Mangosoft Corp. (OTC BB: MGOF), a Westborough software firm, has inked a deal to
include its caching technology in an Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC)
product targeted at small business buyers.
Mangosoft's "CacheLink" software will be made part of Intel's "InBusiness Internet Station
56K." The software is designed to speed Internet connections of
personal computers linked in small networks, as in many small and mid-sized
businesses.
CacheLink stores frequently viewed websites in a network "pool," then allows network
users to view cached versions of the sites from the pool rather than through
the Internet each time. Mangosoft says the product delivers 40 times faster than non-cached
56K modem connections, and scales to work with large numbers of PCs within a
network.
Under terms of the deal, Intel will absorb the $7 per-unit cost without
raising the price of its InBusiness product.
Lee Cormier, product line manager of Intel's small business networking operation, said
"With Mangosoft's CacheLink software, we are able to exponentially
enhance the speed at which our small business customers can access the Internet, and
therefore increase their productivity and visibility as part of the Internet
economy".
Scott Davis, Mangosoft's chief technology officer, said, "The integration offers an ideal
solution for small businesses that need higher-speed Internet access to obtain
the right information as fast as possible".
In morning trading, Mangosoft's share price was down 6 percent at $20.25,
while Intel was up 3 percent at $121.06.
