Corel Corporation Boosts Global Web Performance Through Partnership With Digital Island: Content Delivery Service Makes Downloading Up to Five Times Faster.

Business Editors

SAN FRANCISCO & OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2001

Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CORL)(TSE:COR) is pleased to announce that it is partnering with Digital Island, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISLD) to accelerate its Web performance, enabling fast, easy and secure e-commerce transactions, software downloads and access to the Corel Web site at www.corel.com.

Customers can buy and download market-leading Corel products, including WordPerfect(R), CorelDRAW(R) and Corel PHOTO-PAINT(R), directly from the company's Web site at www.corel.com. In addition to speeding up the performance of Corel's Web site, Digital Island's Footprint(TM) content delivery service makes downloading large software packages up to five times faster. The Footprint service stores content close to users at the edge of the network and seamlessly directs queries to the nearest optimal server.

According to research firm Cahners/DataMonitor, Internet users spent an extra 2.5 billion hours waiting for Web pages to download in 1999. Each year 78 per cent of all attempted Web transactions are discontinued due to slow response times. More than $1.6 billion in additional revenue could have been made if businesses worldwide had better Internet infrastructure services.

"With Digital Island's Footprint service, loading and downloading takes just a few seconds," said Annette McCleave, executive vice-president, Corporate Marketing for Corel Corporation. "This is an incredible upgrade to our system and it reaffirms our commitment to our international customers. The global scalability and reliability of Digital Island's managed Internet infrastructure ensure secure and efficient transactions between Corel and our customers. We are proud of the fact that visitors to our Web site who are in the South Pacific will get the same top quality service as the ones right here in North America."

"Corel understands the benefits of using the Footprint content delivery service in order to ensure fast, consistent and secure Web experiences," said Tim Wilson, chief marketing officer for Digital Island, Inc. "Our clients recognize that the key to establishing a successful e-commerce Web site is to guarantee a fast and consistent online experience every time."

Corel Corporation

Corel Corporation provides its customers with the creative tools they need to unleash their imaginations. With its heritage of software innovation and a solid franchise of loyal customers worldwide, Corel has earned its reputation as an internationally recognized developer of award-winning graphics and business productivity applications on the Windows(R), Macintosh(R), Linux(R) and UNIX(R) platforms. In 2001, Corel will continue to expand its support of the Web, delivering the Internet's versatility to customers through exciting Web-based applications, content and services. Corel will also be developing applications for Microsoft's .NET platform as part of its commitment to provide customers with a full range of applications and services over the Internet. With its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, Corel continues to be one of Silicon Valley North's most exciting and influential software companies. Corel's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COR. For more information on Corel Corporation, please visit www.corel.com.

Digital Island

Digital Island is the leading provider of managed Internet infrastructure for enterprises that need to give their customers a great Web experience in order to drive e-Business transactions. The company integrates managed hosting, content delivery and network services to bypass Internet congestion and guarantee fast and relevant interactions. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco, and its global e-Business delivery network reaches 33 countries. www.digitalisland.net

About Footprint

Digital Island's Footprint(R) content delivery network improves Website performance by moving content closer to the end-user and provides significant cost savings in transacting global e-Business. Footprint is the industry's only content delivery network capable of distributing all major content types, including streaming media, authenticated content and dynamic content, and is the first and only content delivery service certified by TruSecure Corp. to protect against common security risks. Footprint's Best Distributor Selection technology ensures content is delivered quickly, consistently and reliably from the nearest optimal server so that end-users have the best viewing experience anywhere at any time.

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, involving the company's expectations about future financial results and other matters. These statements reflect management's current forecast of certain aspects of the company's future business. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results of operations to differ materially from historical results or current expectations. The words "plan," "expect", "believe", "intend", "anticipate", "forecast", "target", "estimate" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Risk factors include shifts in customer demand, product shipment schedules, product mix, competitive products and pricing, technological shifts and other variables. Readers are referred to Corel's most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of the other risks and uncertainties. The factors underlying forecasts are dynamic and subject to change. As a result, forecasts speak only as of the date they are given and do not necessarily reflect the company's outlook at any other point in time. The company does not undertake to update or review these forward-looking statements.

Corel, the Corel logo, CorelDRAW, PHOTO-PAINT and WordPerfect are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited in Canada, the United States and/or other countries. Digital Island and Footprint are trademarks or registered trademarks of Digital Island, Inc. All other products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.