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MONDAY, MAY 3, 1999 6:30 A.M. EST CONTACT: Will Rely on Exodus’ Proven Infrastructure and Management Expertise to Deploy SkyCache Internet Broadcast Technology to Improve Response Time for Web Page Requests Santa Clara, CA, May 3, 1999: Exodus Communications™, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXDS), a leading provider of Internet system and network management solutions for enterprises with mission-critical Internet operations, today announced that SkyCache, Inc. has joined the Exodus’™ "Partnering for Success" alliance program. SkyCache, Inc., the world's premier satellite broadcast overlay network for the Internet, is placing satellite dishes on selected Exodus Internet Data Centers (IDCs) located throughout the world. These dishes will receive cache turbocharging updates and Usenet News data for servers hosted at Exodus, thus enabling ISPs and corporations to leverage existing bandwidth and in many cases substantially improve web page response time. An upgrade path is already planned to support streaming media distribution later this year. Utilizing Exodus’ premier network, SkyCache will offer its customers cache turbocharging and a full Usenet News feed through high-speed satellite datacasting, constantly updating open-standards cache with the most popularly accessed web traffic. Frequently accessed web pages are delivered directly to the cache via satellite broadcast before customers request them, enabling them to get content at LAN speeds rather than facing delays at an overtaxed web server, at a congested NAP, or at another bottleneck. Built on scalable technology and open standards, SkyCache provides a clean growth path for other datacasting services, such as streaming audio and video. "Customers using the SkyCache service will certainly benefit from the additional bandwidth and performance benefits that are gained by implementing our cache turbocharging," commented Bob Marggraf, Chief Operating Officer of SkyCache. "This alliance provides ISPs and enterprise customers a powerful solution for maximizing bandwidth and improving the cache hit ratio to improve customer and end user performance." "We are pleased to work with SkyCache to help its customers experience maximum uptime and performance," said Ellen M. Hancock, president and CEO of Exodus. "SkyCache can take full advantage of Exodus’ flexibility and scalability to further enhance its satellite broadcast service." About SkyCache SkyCache is building and operating a global satellite broadcast overlay network for the Internet to improve the movement of World Wide Web content, Usenet News, digital audio/video, FTP mirroring, and web site replication, among other uses. The corporation is headquartered in Laurel, MD in the United States and created by Internet pioneer Doug Humphrey. SkyCache is a privately held company. Additional information is available at http://www.skycache.com. About Exodus Communications Exodus Communications is a leading provider of Internet system and network management solutions for enterprises with mission-critical Internet operations. The company manages Internet Web sites and its network infrastructure from eight Internet Data Centers in the San Francisco(3), Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and Seattle metropolitan areas and a server hosting facility in London. Exodus recently announced the planned addition of new Internet Data Centers in Chicago and London and second Internet Data Centers in Seattle and Washington, D.C. Exodus' wholly-owned subsidiary, Arca Systems™, is a premier provider of advanced network and system security consulting services. Arca designs and develops state-of-the-art security technology solutions for complex and sensitive information networks and systems. More information on Exodus can be found at www.exodus.net.
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