Apache RPO is here

The Apache RPO beta Website Accelerator is now available for download from  http://www.getrpo.com/Product/Apache. Update: you can now trial the Linux/Apache version.

What it does

For intranets and web sites, pages that load fast locally are often slow when accessed over long distance or internationally. This is the effect of network latency - every image, style, script takes longer to travel from the server to browser over long distance. Because of this, up to 90% of a web page's load time is due to the browser making multiple journeys back and forth to the server.

Apache RPO Website Accelerator is a web server component that dynamically optimizes the page to increase performance. HTML, scripts and styles are merged into fewer files, meaning less journeys from browser to server. The RPO Website Accelerator also minifies and compresses each file and increases caching so only files that have changed are requested by the browser for a repeat view of a web page.

Installation

On the download page, you'll find installation distributions for Debian and RedHat and install instructions.

Beta

This is a beta, we're looking for feedback - installation issues, compatibility questions for JavaScript libraries. Email them to apache@aptimize.net.

Aaron Sinclair

Here is Aaron Sinclair, the Software Development Lead on Aptimize's Apache team deep in code, implementing the memory cache for Apache RPO Website Accelerator.

Aaron architected the Apache RPO Website Accelerator and implemented the product in C++ and will be your primary support contact during the beta. Email him apache@aptimize.net.