ApplianSys
ApplianSys, founded in 2000, is a privately held venture capital-backed technology company based in Coventry, United Kingdom. It designs, builds and markets Internet server appliances that are deployed in more than 150 countries. Forrester Research have listed ApplianSys as being a key vendor in the worldwide IP Address Management market, with its DNS engine used in a third of all GPRS networks. Products. ApplianSys' portfolio of appliances include more than 20 models split across a range including DNSBOX (DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management), CACHEBOX (Web cache, Proxy Server, WAN Optimization and Content Filtering) and EDUGATEBOX (Gateway (telecommunications ) appliance for schools that are connecting to the internet for the first time). DNSBOX. The DNSBOX range was launched in 2001. It is divided into 4 series: Management appliances use a combination of open source and proprietary software, developed by ApplianSys and Nixu. According to IDC's 2007 IPAM report the average DNSBOX customer manages 15,000 IP addresses. CACHEbox. CACHEBOX is a dedicated web caching proxy appliance with software editions targeted at Education, SME, Corporate/Governmental and ISP markets. Five models provide different performance levels: CACHEBOX's caching engine employs code from the Squid project. Customer types include: In 2005  it launched the Becta approved Protex content filtering service in collaboration with the East of England Broadband Network, who represent more than 2800 schools across 10 authorities. In 2006, it acquired the assets and customer base of its rival Freedom2. It has since expanded activity into the North American schools market and was the caching device most requested by US schools for 2015 E-rate funding. Operating system. ApplianSys maintains its own hardened Linux operating system that has been developed from the ground up with appliance use in mind. All products make use of industrial grade CFast that in most  cases stores both the OS and configuration files, minimising or removing reliance on non solid state storage for reasons of both performance and reliability. After initial deployment using a VGA or serial console, all configuration of ApplianSys products is performed via a secure web interface.