HTTP compression is a safe, powerful, and affordable way to save precious bandwidth. httpZip is an IIS server module that reduces costs, improves page load times for your site's visitors, and leverages your current server resources - transparently compressing Web pages using HTTP encoding algorithms supported in modern browsers. This powerful compression reduces page sizes to as little as 2% of their original size!

httpZip takes compression even farther by employing optional white space removal and other forms of safe HTML/CSS compression to improve performance and combat hackers' source sifting. With httpZip's built-in caching feature, pages can be accessed in pre-compressed format, minimizing unnecessary recompression. The result is faster, more efficient page loads, reduced transmission costs, and Web servers that can handle more volume. Unlike IIS' built-in HTTP compression feature, httpZip selectively encodes content and addresses browser incompatibilities right out of the box. The software can be completely customized to adjust compression rules for particular files, directories, data types and more to ensure an optimal user experience.

httpZip provides both a standalone and an MMC based interface for server administrators, as well as a COM interface for ASP, .NET and ColdFusion developers looking to directly control compression for their Web pages. Of course, httpZip will compress scripted pages transparently for ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP and PERL server-side scripting environments.

With 70-98% savings, the best compression rates of any HTTP encoder on the market, httpZip is fast, powerful, affordable and will easily pay for itself by reducing bandwidth costs and dramatically improving network response time for Web pages - speeding up e-business transactions and enhancing overall user experience.

Add some zip to your site today! For full performance optimization, make sure to try CacheRight for intelligent caching policy management and w3compiler for code optimization as well.

What's New in This Release:

· Improved handling of compression for streaming and chunked transfer encoded content.
· Added compatibility with IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003 and other systems.
· Browser compatibility checking rules updated.
· Redesigned, more performant white space and comments removal.
· Streamlined UI for easier administration, including renaming and reordering of controls.
· Revised default settings based on customer feedback, including default support for IBM WebSphere backend server compression, revised default compression file size range for maximum performance, and logging and caching (and related automated folder creation on install) are turned off by default.
· General performance and stability enhancements.