“Threshold Networks, a provider of server appliances, announces
the availability of a line of server appliances designed to empower
the edge of the Internet.”
“Three products, EDGE Web, EDGE Cache, and EDGE IP, are
scalable, fault-tolerant solutions that can be implemented in any
environment, ranging from small corporations to top Internet
Service Providers….”
“EDGE Web – Web appliances have found a new standard to which
they can compare themselves. To start, EDGE Web supports SSL, has a
full-featured firewall, and is based on the Apache HTTP engine,
which is widely recognized to be the most powerful web server in
use today. The appliance can easily support hundreds of domains,
using either virtual IP or virtual hosting methods. Once a domain
is created, the administrator has the ability to enable e-mail and
FTP services, turning EDGE Web into a powerful web, e-mail, and FTP
server. As a comprehensive development platform, the EDGE Web is
enabled to support PHP, CGI, Java VM, and Mod Perl. For individual
control, accounts can be created which give end users the ability
to maintain websites, as well as add e-mail and FTP accounts. EDGE
Web also contains a powerful mailing list application and is the
only server capable of fully supporting both Microsoft Frontpage
subweb administration and Microsoft ASP extensions.”