| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications hardware |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Santa Ana, California |
| Products | WebMux, DnsMux, WebSpray, WebControl, Firesafe |
| Website | www.cainetworks.com |
CAI Networks, Inc. is a privately held company providing network products for e-commerce, government, and IT industries. It was established in 1998 and since January 2000 is based in Santa Ana, California. It has engineering offices in the USA, UK, Taiwan, and China. It has thousands of customers in the United States, Europe, Oceania, and other part of the world. Its products has been used by USA, Australia, UK, Mexico, Russia, and Mongolia government agencies, hosting companies world wide, as well as online shopping sites.
CAI Networks makes hardware and software: WebMux, Dnsmux, WebSpray, WebControl and Firesafe. CAI Networks first introduced the BAM (burst activity management), MAP (multiple address and port) feature in their products.
BAM feature is a special function allowing the inrush of DNS requests to be distributed to different devices. MAP feature binds multiple addresses and ports as a single service, thus one client will be send to the same server cross all those addresses and ports. MAP feature is useful for making audio/video calls, or in complex database configurations.
In 1999, CAI Networks sponsored open source URL and Cookie based load balancing, also known as KTCPVS.
In 2005, Microsoft selected WebMux to support LCS Local Communication Servers software.
In 2007, Oracle certified WebMux for Application Server 10G.
In 2010, CAI Networks's WebMux successfully provided games contents delivery for Asia Games, the second largest sports event after Olympic Games. During the games, WebMux was able to deliver peak 9GB/s network traffic.