Tasmania Network Systems
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Tasmania Network Systems is a web cache
Web cache
A web cache is a mechanism for the temporary storage of web documents, such as HTML pages and images, to reduce bandwidth usage, server load, and perceived lag...

 company based in the United States
United States
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. It was acquired by Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...

 on October 26, 1999.

The company was an early technical inovator in the Web Cache and Proxy space. They were an early Linux supplier to the Web Services Industry.

The company was founded by Pei Cao and Roy Thiele-Sardina
Roy Thiele-Sardiña
Roy Thiele-Sardiña is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist.-As Entrepreneur:Sardiña holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an M.B.A...

. The company was Funded by Bill joy
Bill Joy
William Nelson Joy , commonly known as Bill Joy, is an American computer scientist. Joy co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as chief scientist at the company until 2003...

 and Roy Thiele-Sardina
Roy Thiele-Sardiña
Roy Thiele-Sardiña is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist.-As Entrepreneur:Sardiña holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an M.B.A...

 via HighBAR Ventures
HighBAR Ventures
HighBAR Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by noted Sun Microsystems co-founders Bill Joy, Andy Bechtolsheim together with entrepreneur and former Sun executive Roy Thiele-Sardiña...

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