Sorry, I won't be able to provide a link to it. I appreciate the advice. I'll look into more into profiling but I'm sure some sort of implementation of something like FastCGI will be needed as a point. Would you happen to have a good (simplified) link on how to use FastCGI? The apps are tested and used on Windows and later installed on both Windows and Linux. Thanks again.
The work I do is more low-volume, high-processor utility runs, and in the instances where I have to deal with high-volume traffic, I use PHP instead (yes, this is a Perl site, but both languages have their strengths and weaknesses, imho). Someone more pure Perl will have to supply you with info on FastCGI.