NetJet

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{{short description|First commercially available web accelerator}}

File:NetJet.jpg NetJet was the first commercially available web accelerator. The product was developed by Peak Technologies (changed in 1997 to PeakSoft Multinet Corp.{{cite web |title=Peaksoft Multinet Corp (PEAMF) SEC Filing 20-F Annual report for the fiscal year ending Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |url=https://last10k.com/sec-filings/peamf/0001141218-04-000019.htm |website=Last10K.com |access-date=17 January 2022}}) in 1996 and released in November 1996 at COMDEX{{Cite web|last=Festa|first=Paul|title=Promo: CNET Comdex Hot List|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/promo-cnet-comdex-hot-list/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=CNET|language=en}} in Las Vegas, Nevada. NetJet was named a 'Best in Show' product{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNPCD55IQ8Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FNPCD55IQ8Q |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Computer Chronicles - Comdex 1996|last=|first=|date=24 July 2013|website=The Computer Chronicles}}{{cbignore}} in the internet category.

NetJet was derived from the ExpressO Java Server designed and developed by Charles T. ("Chuck") Russell{{cite web |title=Peaksoft Multinet Corp (PEAMF) SEC Filing 20-F Annual report for the fiscal year ending Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |url=https://last10k.com/sec-filings/peamf/0001141218-04-000019.htm |website=Last10K.com |access-date=17 January 2022}} the founder of Innovative Desktop Inc.{{Cite web |date=1996-10-31 |title=Innovative Desktop |url=http://www.capitalcity.com/Innovative |access-date=2022-01-13 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961031070408/http://www.capitalcity.com/Innovative |archive-date=31 October 1996 }} a Delaware corporation acquired by Peak Technologies in June, 1996.{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitalcity.com:4321/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961031042839/http://www.capitalcity.com:4321/|archive-date=1996-10-31|title=Peak ExpressO|last=|first=|date=1995|website=Internet Archive}} ExpressO was the first widely distributed, commercially available java application server.

NetJet features provided better response time and enhanced download speeds for web browsers by performing work in the background.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/what-do-carrier-pigeons-and-microsoft-have-in-common/|title=What do carrier pigeons and Microsoft have in common?|last=|first=|date=|website=CNET}} NetJet drew interest from the World Wide Web community in December 1996 when CNET magazine wrote: "Web accelerators--one of the hottest tools on the Internet--are supposed to make life easier for Net surfers, but they are causing some headaches for Web site operators."{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/accelerators-cause-headaches/|title=Accelerators Cause Headaches|last=Jeff|first=Pelline|date=December 5, 1996|website=CNET}} At that time link prefetching was causing a number of HTTP requests to be delivered to each website the browser visited. While this increased browsing speed for the user it did cause web server traffic to be magnified, much to the concern of website administrators.

NetJet paved the way for commercial Java technologies and may be considered notable because of the following:

1. It was the first commercially available, shrink wrapped application written for the Java platform.
2. It was the first software product updated over the air via the internet.
3. It provided the first look ahead technologies to enable link prefetching.{{Cite web|title=CNN - Do Web accelerators really work? - February 5, 1999|url=http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9902/05/webaccel.idg/index.html|access-date=2022-02-05|website=www.cnn.com}}
4. It contained intelligent caching algorithms ensuring frequently visited content was fresh and up-to-date.
5. The product was the first software product to provide web update features allowing NetJet updates to be automatically downloaded online and applied to the product without user intervention.

The product acted as a client-side caching web proxy and was compatible with most web browsers. All fetched content was cached and updated within background threads based upon user's browsing habits. The 'smart cache' used several algorithmic tricks to ensure that content users browsed regularly was updated and fresh. This behavior sped up browsing, much of which was done through dial-up modem at speeds of 56 KBS.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aToEAAAAMBAJ&q=peak+technologies+website&pg=PA40-IA4|title=Peak Net.Jet Speeds up Browsing for Some Users|last=|first=|date=February 3, 1997|website=Infoworld}}

Peak Technologies changed the name of the product from NetJet to PeakJet in 1997{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mR7akW7Y0WYC&q=peakjet+java+software+box&pg=PA81|title=No More Stale Pages|last=|first=|date=August 1, 1997|website=PC Magazine}} after settling a trademark dispute with NetJet inc. (www.netjets.com).

PeakSoft's website was shut down in 2002-2003.{{Cite web |title=PeakSoft |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2002*/http://www.peaksoft.com/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine}}