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2.2.1 DynaCache history
For several years, IBM Research has developed and refined technologies that enable the caching of dynamic content. These technologies were implemented, deployed, and verified at various high-volume sporting event sites such as the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano. The success of the sports sites demonstrated the feasibility of caching dynamic content and confirmed the scalability and reliability of the caching technologies.
DynaCache has evolved from this research into a feature rich, cross platform, WebSphere Application Server based caching system. DynaCache has been built into all editions of WebSphere Application Server, from Express through to Enterprise, and has existed with various degrees of capability since WebSphere Application Server version 3.5. DynaCache can cache several types of Web objects regardless of whether they are static or dynamic.