Cerberian Adopts RuleSpace Technology to Enable Next-Generation Internet Access Management.

Business Editors

SALT LAKE CITY & PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2001

Cerberian Internet Manager Offers Automated Web Content

Recognition in Its Entirely Web-Based Service

Cerberian Inc. and RuleSpace Inc. Tuesday announced that Cerberian has incorporated RuleSpace's Contexion(TM) Services Web content recognition technology within Cerberian Internet Manager, the first entirely Web-based, outsourced Internet management service.

Cerberian's Internet access management service monitors, manages and reports on Internet activity for enterprises and homes. Contexion Services provides Cerberian with real-time categorization of new and dynamically generated Web content, as well as access to the world's largest, continuously updated database of pre-categorized Web sites and subdirectories.

This two-pronged approach to content recognition considers both the content and context of a Web page and delivers a superior alternative to traditional Internet filtering products and services that rely only on static lists of inappropriate Web sites.

"RuleSpace is pleased to provide the automated content recognition technology that powers Cerberian's innovative Internet access management solution," said Charlie Kawasaki, chief executive officer of RuleSpace Inc.

"The Internet is exploding with new content every day. Cerberian's entirely Web-based service, combined with the capabilities of Contexion Services, ensures that no site goes unchecked."

"Recognizing new and dynamically generated Web content in real-time, as well as having access to the largest database of inappropriate Web content, directly translates into a safer, more secure Internet experience for the workplace and the home," said Jeff Smith, CEO of Cerberian Inc. "Contexion Services gives Cerberian Internet Manager a true competitive advantage in the marketplace."

Cerberian Internet Manager

Cerberian provides businesses with a simple solution that helps them responsibly manage, protect and serve their Internet experience. Cerberian Internet Manager addresses the four key Internet abuse challenges facing businesses today: loss in productivity and drain on bandwidth, liability and safety.

Cerberian Internet Manager is a scalable, easily managed and simply deployed solution that moves Internet management beyond simple blocking and filtering. Cerberian's patent-pending RDC(TM) technology, combined with Contexion Services, provides businesses with a complete solution that immediately integrates with an existing infrastructure at no additional cost.

The result is reduced cost of ownership and measurable return on investment.

Cerberian also provides its Contexion-powered filtering to families via an online, subscription-based solution that blocks inappropriate sites and reports to parents on the family's use of the Internet.

Instead of purchasing off-the-shelf solutions that are based on ineffective first-generation filtering methods and require installation and frequent upgrades, parents can simply sign up online for Cerberian's monitoring and blocking service, which provides the most broad and accurate filtering available today and allows parents to customize filtering parameters according to preference.

Contexion Services

Contexion Services automatically recognizes Web content by categorizing both the contents of a Web page and the context represented by the Web site and subdirectory in which the page resides.

The unique features -- patterns of letters, words and phrases -- of a given Web page are analyzed in real-time by the application of patent-pending neural network technology and pattern recognition techniques to determine if the page belongs to specific content categories.

This approach enables Contexion Services to recognize dynamically generated Web pages on the fly such as search results or personalized pages.

Contexion Services is able to categorize Web content in context, using automated content recognition to maintain and expand the largest database of pre-categorized inappropriate Web sites and subdirectories available today. The product continually analyzes millions of Web sites through an automated process by considering their page content, page structure, site relationship and links to other known sites.

The results of the analysis are then aggregated to infer an overall category rating for Web sites and subdirectories, then stored in the database. The combination of Contexion Services' real-time categorization and automated retrieval of site category ratings from Contexion Services' unmatched database of pre-categorized content results in the highest possible degree of filtering precision.

About Cerberian

Cerberian Inc. is a private company founded in April 2000 to provide the world's best Internet management service designed to help businesses improve productivity, free up bandwidth and control Internet access. The company's mission is to manage, serve and protect the Internet experience in the workplace and at home.

Cerberian offers the first totally Web-based, outsourced Internet management service that monitors, manages and reports on Internet activity.

For more information about Cerberian, readers can go to www.cerberian.com or send e-mail to [e-mail].

About RuleSpace

RuleSpace Inc., a privately held corporation located in Portland, is an Internet infrastructure vendor that powers Internet applications with its Contexion Services product family. These products provide automated Web content recognition technology and services that instantly recognize Web content and facilitate the delivery of relevant Web information.

Solutions powered by Contexion Services enable network access vendors, ISPs and portals to deliver more meaningful and appropriate information to users as they surf the Web. More information on RuleSpace is available at www.rulespace.com.