| PRESS RELEASE FOR RELEASE ON OCTOBER 12, 1998 AT 6:30 AM ET CONTACT: SKYCACHE CERTIFIES CISCO CACHE ENGINE AS "SKYCACHE COMPATIBLE" Laurel, MD (October 12, 1998) - SkyCache Inc., the world's premier high-speed datacasting company revolutionizing the Internet today certified Cisco System's Cache Engine version 1.7 as SkyCache Compatible. "Cisco's Cache Engine enables ISPs and enterprise WANs to maximize bandwidth through a simple and cost effective solution, stated Doug Humphrey, president and CEO of SkyCache. "The combination of SkyCache and the Cache Engine will also provide an 'octane booster' for Web environments." SkyCache, through a combination of its patent-pending Reactive Caching system and cache prepopulation, provides superior performance by supplementing a stand-alone cache with high-quality data delivered by satellite broadcast technology. The SkyCache Release 1.0 cache turbocharging service enables ISPs to add more customers to existing leased line capacity and deliver substantially faster web page response times in many cases. "Caching enables ISPs to maximize use of available bandwidth and improve performance for the end user," said Jeff Baher, product marketing manager of Cisco Systems, Inc. "SkyCache is a good complement for creating a cost-effective solution for our customers." SkyCache uses satellite broadcast technology to constantly load the most often requested Internet Web and directly into customer-side ICP-compliant caches. In addition, SkyCache uses reporting statistics from customers to build a large cache community for the reactive caching component of the service. ISPs and enterprises will realize reduced bandwidth and communications costs plus faster response times when the most popular, constantly updated Internet and news traffic is delivered via SkyCache's satellite broadcast service to Cisco's Cache Engine appliances. End users reap faster response times since the most commonly requested Web pages are stored at local Web cache servers. SkyCache, by virtue of being a true broadcast mechanism to deliver data, solves updating and communications problems across distributed caching systems implemented by Tier 1 ISPs and enterprises. Since all caches are constantly and directly refreshed with the most frequently accessed Web pages via satellite, terrestrial leased line bandwidth is not consumed by cache communication and data updating, nor is it necessary to implement a multi-tiered hierarchical infrastructure. About SkyCache SkyCache is devoted to the implementation and operation of high-speed satellite datacasting systems for the movement of World Wide Web content, Usenet News, digital audio and video data streams, and the synchronization of distributed data systems, among other applications. The corporation is headquartered in Laurel, MD and founded by Internet pioneer Doug Humphrey. Humphrey is also the founder of DIGEX, Inc., a 1991 basement startup ISP that was sold for $150 million to Intermedia Communications, Inc. in 1997. Additional information on SkyCache services is available at www.skycache.com. "SkyCache" and its logo are trademarked throughout the world and SkyCache Compatible is a trademark of SkyCache. SkyCache is a privately held company. # # # Cisco, Cisco Systems and Cisco IOS are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
