Digital Island Announces Major Content-Aware Routing Patent.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000 Applications Include Improved Web Performance, Digital Rights Management, Localized Marketing and Fraud Detection Digital Island(R) Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ISLD ISLD International Society for Lasers in Dentistry ISLD Island ECN, Inc. (stock symbol) ), a leading provider of managed Internet infrastructure, announced the addition of another U.S. patent under its growing portfolio of intellectual property. The patent optimizes routing of content and transactions over the Internet based on the location of an end-user. U.S. Patent No. 6,130,890 establishes the methods and procedures for building a geographic atlas of the Internet to link IP (Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. ) addresses to countries, in order to leverage this knowledge to accelerate the delivery of web pages, video files and other digital content by as much as 300 percent. The underlying technology is used extensively within Digital Island's e-Business Delivery Network, and is the basis for its TraceWare(TM) service. TraceWare leverages the geographic atlas in real-time to enable a wide range of applications requiring country-specific intelligence, including digital rights management, geographic ad insertion and protection against credit card fraud Credit card fraud is a wide-ranging term for theft and fraud committed using a credit card or any similar payment mechanism as a fraudulent source of funds in a transaction. The purpose may be to obtain goods without paying, or to obtain unauthorized funds from an account. . "Until now, creating a geographic atlas of the Internet has been a challenge since, unlike telephone numbers, IP addresses do not contain any geographic information," said Ruann Ernst chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Digital Island. "Digital Island's content-aware routing technology enables the network to identify both the geographic origin and the destination of the content, which we use to minimizes router hops and deliver our customers' content through the fastest, most secure path." About 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 The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and guarantee fast and relevant interactions. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , and its global e-Business delivery network reaches 33 countries. www.digitalisland.net Important Notice Note to Editors: Digital Island is a registered trademark of Digital Island, Inc. Footprint is a registered trademark and TraceWare is a trademark of Digital Island, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. This press release contains information about the plans, objectives and expectations of the management of the Company that may constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. . Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, include but are not limited to: the operational difficulty of developing, deploying and delivering the Company's complex range of products and services; the potential lack of market acceptance of such products and services; competition from presently existing and new competitors; the risks associated with international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. and expansion; delays in raising or the unavailability of additional capital to fund operating losses operating loss The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income. and capital investment, the possibility of decreased growth in demand for Internet services in general and other factors detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no duty to update information contained in this press release. |
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