Accellion Responds to the Fortune 2000's Requirement for an Intelligent Storage and Content Delivery Solution.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001

Accellion, Inc., a second-generation Storage and Content Delivery Network (CDN), is delivering solutions today that solve the problem of controlling the storage, distribution, delivery and management of premium content on the edges of the Internet. These solutions are a response to the Fortune 2000 requirements for a more permanent solution than caching that combines storage and content delivery into one integrated system. Accellion allows companies to choose (i) where content is stored globally, (ii) who can access the content, as well as (iii) how and when they can access that content. With Accellion's technology, no longer are companies restricted to having to store and distribute large or user specific files from a centralized location on the Internet.

Accellion is the only provider who can deliver a combined Intelligent Storage and Content Delivery service at the edges of the Internet. Through its proprietary operating system SeOS (Smart Edge Operating System) Accellion allows its customers to securely store, and manage content on its global network of EPoPs (Edge Points of Presence). SeOS runs across the Accellion network and orchestrates all communications so that the network behaves as a unified and unlimited pool of storage that is intelligently distributed at the edges of the Internet. Customers can quickly and easily distribute and access content globally, as well as upload and download content more efficiently for a superior end user experience.

"We are focused on delivering a suite of services that will enable our customers to store and share information faster and more efficiently by building a platform that combines the best of intelligent storage with the superior performance of a content delivery network," said Warren J. Kaplan, President and CEO of Accellion. "Our customers benefit from (i) increased revenues, (ii) reduced costs, and (iii) improved performance and reliability, as well as significant ROI as a result of leveraging our Instant Internet Infrastructure to manage their content at the edges of the Internet. These types of solutions are a necessity as a result of increased pressures from CEOs to tighten IT spending."

Accellion has developed a set of APIs that enable fast and simple application integration to the Accellion network. These APIs require minimal coding and customization of a customer's existing application. The result is rapid deployment over a global network that speeds time to market and allows our customers to quickly see increased revenues and reduced infrastructure and personnel costs.

"We have spent the past two years developing our technology to ensure a powerful, flexible and easily customizable platform for our customers," said Nikhil Jhinghan, Founder and CTO of Accellion. "Speed of integration and ease of implementation of our services is our number one goal. We can have our customers up and running on our network in as little as a few hours."

About Accellion, Inc.

Accellion is a Second-Generation Storage and Content Delivery Network (CDN) that delivers all of the performance improvements of a traditional CDN and provides highly dense and fault tolerant storage on the edges of the Internet. The Company's proprietary Smart Edge Operating System (SeOS) provides secure services for controlled file storage, access and management; application processing; and content distribution. Customer's content is managed and distributed through a worldwide EPoP network that brings content closer to the end-user; increases reliability; and provides limitless scalability. With Accellion solutions, customers will see increased revenues, reduced costs, improved performance and accelerated time to market. For more information regarding Accellion and its service offering please visit the company's web site: www.accellion.com.

Note to Editors: Accellion, Accellion Confidential Delivery, Accellion Global Storage Express, Smart Edge Operating System, SeOS, and EPoP are proprietary marks of the Accellion Group of Companies. All other company names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.