Digital Island Provides Streaming Media Services for Bill Gates' Keynote At Windows 2000 Conference and Expo.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000 Digital Island Delivers to Microsoft a Comprehensive Suite of Services for a Global Streaming Solution of Product Launch Digital Island, 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 global e-Business Delivery Network, announced today it has been selected to help provide live streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. services by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) for their official Windows 2000 launch event at www.microsoft.com/windows2000/launch/keynote.asp. In addition to downlinking the live video signal from Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates' keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. , Digital Island's Footprint(TM) Live service will encode in the Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. Format and distribute the signal across its global network of 1,200-plus content distributors. At today's Webcast, 12:30 PM EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy , Gates will showcase new Windows 2000 features and highlight customer solutions. &uot;We are pleased to be part of this important streaming event in which expectations from a technology leader such as Microsoft will be very high,&uot; said Ruann F. 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. &uot;Digital Island's e-Business Delivery Network has been designed to provide a superior end-user experience that today will benefit Microsoft and its customers.&uot; Live On Line, which Digital Island had recently acquired, will be conducting the streaming event for Microsoft. Live On Line is a provider of live and on-demand streaming media services. Digital Island(R) is a leading global e-Business Delivery Network. The company's suite of application services See ASP and Web services. for interactive e-Business allows customers and partners to readily integrate content delivery, hosting and intelligent networking to give the ultimate consumer a superior experience. Strategically located Data Centers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe and Asia are directly connected to leading access service providers in 23 countries. In addition, Digital Island operates a network of more than 1,200 content distributors across the Internet, which improves the performance and reduces the cost of hosting high-volume Web applications in target markets. This network is expected to grow to more than 6,000 content distributors in 350 locations worldwide by the year 2003. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco. www.digitalisland.net. Important Notice Digital Island is a registered trademark of Digital Island, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, include but are not limited to: the company's short operating history which makes it difficult to predict its future results of operations; the company's history of operating losses and expected future losses which could impede its ability to address the risks and difficulties encountered by companies in new and rapidly evolving markets; the company's future operating results could fluctuate which may cause volatility or a decline in the price of the company's stock; the company may not be able to price its services above the overall cost of bandwidth causing its financial results to suffer; and other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its recent filings on Form S-1. |
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