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The location of large caches of memory located at the network server platform can reduce traffic on the network trunks or Internet backbone. In some instances these memory caches might be located at the facilities management platform. Those users supported on a specific network server platform no lo

The location of large caches of memory located at the network server platform can reduce traffic on the network trunks or Internet backbone. In some instances these memory caches might be located at the facilities management platform. Those users supported on a specific network server platform no longer would be required to download regularly used information from the Internet backbone minimizing congestion on the network. These memory caches can be supplemented or refreshed with new data on a regular basis based on the requirements or changing requirements of the users. The close location of regularly accessed data allows for faster downloads and minimizes congestion on the communication network. In addition to user requested information, push information can be stored in these caches for fast downloading to the users.

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1. A network caching system, comprising:a plurality of memory caches connectable to a computer network; a plurality of cache engines connected to said plurality of memory caches and further connectable to said computer network, each said cache engine being configured to receive a request from a user

1. A network caching system, comprising:a plurality of memory caches connectable to a computer network; a plurality of cache engines connected to said plurality of memory caches and further connectable to said computer network, each said cache engine being configured to receive a request from a user for data stored on a remote source connected to said computer network; wherein each said cache engine is configured to retrieve said data from at least one of said memory caches and transmit said data to said user when said data is stored in one of said memory caches; whereas each said cache engine is configured to transmit a request for said data to said remote source, receive said data from said remote source, store said data in a memory cache, and transmit said data to said user, when said data is not already stored in one of said memory caches; a cache engine controller connected to said plurality of cache engines, said cache engine controller being configured to manage said plurality of cache engines to provide balanced load access to said plurality of cache engines.