Digital Fountain Dramatically Accelerates Enterprise Data Distribution for Siebel Systems; Fountain Servers Move Critical Data Up to 16 Times Faster than Conventional Servers.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001

Digital Fountain is helping Siebel Systems shorten its product development cycle by dramatically accelerating the distribution of data across its enterprise. Siebel Systems has chosen Fountain Servers from Digital Fountain to distribute lifeblood data among its mission-critical enterprise locations with unprecedented speed and reliability. As part of its product development cycle, Siebel Systems transmits between two and 20 gigabytes of vital code and product information nightly between its North American and European headquarters. Where previously it took 6-8 hours to move two gigabytes of information from San Mateo, Calif., to Galway, Ireland, Fountain Servers are able to move the same amount of data in 35 minutes.

"We have a very large pipe connecting our offices in California and Europe, but because of inadequate data transport technology, we were only able to move small amounts of data in a given period of time -- it was like a tiny stream trickling through a great riverbed," said Mark Sunday, vice president, IT and chief information officer for Siebel Systems. "Fountain Servers overcome network problems to move our data as fast as the network will allow. This has a tremendously positive ripple effect on our business -- shortening our product cycles and vastly improving our time-to-market advantage. We estimate that a positive return on our investment in the Fountain Servers was realized in less than one week, which is unheard of for this type of equipment."

Digital Fountain has created an extraordinary technology that guarantees that data will be delivered and received in the shortest amount of time possible. Fountain Servers save enterprises time and money by overcoming the traditional problems associated with delivering large amounts of data -- packet loss, network latency and transmission interruption or failure -- to guarantee delivery of vital business information no matter how large or complex. Digital Fountain saves an enterprise hours or even days by delivering engineering diagrams, code trees used to develop software applications, integrated circuit designs, databases of financial information or other critical data. Fountain Servers' incredibly fast and predictable data transport allows enterprise teams in dispersed locations to collaborate in near-real time.

"Today's businesses have simply outgrown today's networks," said Cliff Meltzer, chief executive officer of Digital Fountain. "Fountain Servers remove traditional data delivery obstacles to allow businesses to unlock the full potential of their networks. We have developed a very powerful new technology--our products challenge existing assumptions about the limitations of data delivery and help our customers reach product development goals that were previously impossible."

Fountain Servers use a patented technology to encode data into a series of equations or "Meta-Content(TM)" that can be distributed over any IP network. Most IP packets must be delivered in a specific sequence to be successfully received. Meta-Content packets are mathematical representations of original data and they are interchangeable -- the next Meta-Content packets in any sequence seamlessly replace packets lost in transmission. For this reason, Meta-Content technology eliminates the need for retransmissions or receipt acknowledgement and makes data loss irrelevant. As a result, Fountain Servers with Meta-Content technology deliver data faster and more reliably than any other data transport technologies or products available today.

About Digital Fountain

Digital Fountain is the leading innovator in the delivery of high-volume, mission-critical data and media-rich files over IP networks. Unlike standard servers, the family of Fountain Servers(TM) uses Meta-Content(TM) technology, which encodes data into a series of equations from which an unlimited number of users can reconstruct a perfect copy of the original content. Meta-Content technology eliminates the need for retransmissions or receipt acknowledgement and makes data loss irrelevant. As a result, Fountain Servers deliver data faster and more reliably than any other data transport technology or product. More information may be obtained by calling 510/284-1400, sending a fax to 510/284-1499 or sending e-mail to [e-mail]. Company information is also available at www.digitalfountain.com.

Additional information may be obtained by calling Digital Fountain at 510/284-1400, sending a fax to 510/284-1499, or sending e-mail to [e-mail]. Company information is also available on the Web at www.digitalfountain.com.

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