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Mirror Image Internet Celebrates 10 Years of Successfully Powering Online Business with Digital Media Delivery.


Company Demonstrates Significant Momentum through Considerable Revenue Growth, Increased Customer Adoption, New and Expanded Partnerships, Infrastructure Upgrades and Continued Technical Excellence

TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Mirror Image[R] Internet, a leading provider of content delivery solutions powered by a patented global network, today announced a series of corporate, customer and technical milestones in conjunction with the company's 10th anniversary. As a result of this significant momentum, Mirror Image is well positioned to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on`   

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 increasing customer demand for innovative Content Delivery, Streaming Media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub.  and Web Computing solutions, helping to ensure the company's continued growth and success in the years ahead.

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* Demand for Streaming Media Solutions - Mirror Image is experiencing unprecedented demand for its Streaming Media solutions, stemming from the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous

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 of broadband connectivity and corresponding demand from consumers to access rich, interactive content at faster speeds, without interruption and regardless of location. Based on this demand, streaming traffic on Mirror Image's network increased 150 percent in Q1 2007 over the same period a year ago, and now accounts for 50 percent of overall traffic.

* Significant customer adoption - Mirror Image currently serves hundreds of leading organizations in the retail, advertising, media and entertainment and government markets. Longstanding customers, such as Amazon.com, Bose, Boston.com, Center for Disease Control and Prevention Noun 1. Center for Disease Control and Prevention - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
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* New and expanded strategic partnerships - Mirror Image has expanded its partner ecosystem to help bolster revenue streams and create new business opportunities. In April, Mirror Image announced a strategic partnership with Ipercast, a leading video streaming See streaming video and video stream.  company headquartered in Paris, France. Through the partnership, Ipercast will resell Mirror Image's object caching services to companies in France and other European countries. Mirror Image has also extended its relationship with RIS RIS

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* Geographic expansion - Mirror Image significantly expanded its geographic presence with the opening of a new office in London. The new facility is providing customers and end-users with increased availability of dynamic content, while enabling Mirror Image to continue delivering exceptional service and support to its clients in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets.  region.

* Corporate re-branding campaign - Encompassing the launch of a new corporate website as well as updated company and product logos, marketing material and collateral, Mirror Image's corporate re-branding initiative reflects the company's significant growth over the past year and continued evolution throughout its ten-year history.

* A patented Content Access Point (CAP) network platform - Mirror Image's innovative solutions for Content Delivery, Streaming Media, Web Computing and Reporting have resulted in the company being awarded three patents in the areas of Internet Communication Systems and Web Serving Systems. This technical excellence is strong validation of Mirror Image's leadership in the global CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network.  market.

* Strategic network upgrades - Substantial network enhancements have resulted in increased storage capacity and faster delivery for rich media applications, such as Windows[R] Media[TM], Flash[R], Real[R] and QuickTime[TM] video files. These core infrastructure investments have enabled Mirror Image to meet surging demand in Europe and other geographical regions worldwide while staying well ahead of capacity demands.

* Microsoft Silverlight Microsoft Silverlight (code-named Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere or WPF/E) is a proprietary runtime for browser-based Rich Internet Applications, providing a subset of the animation, vector graphics, and video playback capabilities of Windows Presentation  support - Building upon support for industry-leading multimedia formats, including 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. , Flash, Real, and QuickTime, Mirror Image recently announced it will support Microsoft Silverlight, a new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences on the Web. Mirror Image's ability to work with Silverlight provides customers with even greater flexibility and reliability when delivering streaming media content, while enabling them to realize greater efficiencies in the utilization of bandwidth and hardware.

* Substantial revenue growth - Mirror Image revenues increased more than 100 percent in 2006 over 2005.

"We are proud to celebrate our tenth anniversary with impressive growth, strong customer adoption, geographic expansion and continued technical excellence," said Gustav Vik, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mirror Image. "Mirror Image has benefited greatly from the proliferation of broadband connectivity worldwide, which has resulted in heightened consumer expectations for uninterrupted access to online content and rich media. Moreover, we have the resources and talent in place to take further advantage of the growing demand for content delivery solutions and propel the company to the next stage of its growth and success."

About Mirror Image Internet

Mirror Image[R] Internet, Inc. combines a patented global network with results-driven content delivery solutions to help customers deploy, monitor and refine online strategies. The company's track record of success has given leading retailers, advertisers, media companies and enterprises the control they need to maximize assets and reduce costs while enhancing the visitor experience.

Recognized by EContent magazine as one of the 100 "Companies That Matter Most" in the digital content industry, Mirror Image is a U.S.-based company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Tewksbury, Mass. Mirror Image is a subsidiary of Xcelera Inc. and was founded in 1997. For additional information, please visit www.mirror-image.com or call +1 866 374 4113.

Mirror Image is a registered trademark of Mirror Image Internet. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Flash is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA.  Incorporated. Real is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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