Connection cache method and system

An intermediate server for maintaining a connection cache, the connection cache relating to resource requests from a plurality of devices to a plurality of servers remote therefrom, the intermediate server comprising a processor configured to:

• monitor resource requests received addressed to a plurality of the remote servers during a first time period;
• generate statistics data on the basis of the monitored resource requests;
• establish a plurality of connections from the intermediate server to a subset of the plurality of remote servers, the subset being determined on the basis of the generated statistics data;
• and
• store data indicative of the plurality of established connections in a connection cache.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to perform a method of maintaining a connection cache at an intermediate server, the connection cache relating to resource requests from a plurality of devices to a plurality of servers remote therefrom, the method comprising:

• monitoring resource requests addressed to a plurality of the remote servers during a first time period;
• generating statistics data on the basis of the monitored resource requests;
• establishing a plurality of connections from the intermediate server to a subset of the plurality of remote servers, the subset being determined on the basis of the generated statistics data;
• and
• storing data indicative of the plurality of established connections in a connection cache.