Mirror Image Internet and Novell Team to Integrate Content Acceleration Services.Business Editors WOBURN, MA/PROVO, UT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2000 Companies will integrate Novell's Internet Caching System with Mirror Image's instaContent(SM) Global Distribution Service; Combined Solution to Streamline and further Accelerate Web Content Delivery Mirror Image Internet, Inc., an innovative leader in content delivery services See CDN. and a subsidiary of Xcelera.com (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :XLA XLA X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia XLA Excel Airways (British airline) XLA Microsoft Excel Addin XLA Xbox Live Arcade (gaming) XLA X-Band Limiter Attenuator XLA Excel Add-in XLA Xlib Archive ), and Novell, Inc., a leading provider of Net services software, today announced a partnership that will further accelerate delivery of Web content for content publishers, service providers and e-businesses. Under the agreement, the companies will integrate Mirror Image's instaContent(SM) Global Distribution Service with Novell's Internet Caching System (ICS (1) (Internet Connection Sharing) A Windows feature that enables two or more computers to share one Internet connection. First introduced in Windows 98 Second Edition, sharing is accomplished with network address translation (NAT), which is the common method. ). Novell will also extend its caching technology to dynamically direct Web content to the Mirror Image global network of Content Access Points(TM) (CAPs). This will allow content and service providers to improve delivery times of Web content, further enhancing their customers' Web experience, increase advertisement click-through and e-commerce sales. "The relationship with Novell will help us accelerate the adoption of instaContent and streamline the content acceleration services See Web page acceleration. we offer our customers," commented Martin Alsen, Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at Mirror Image Internet. "While we continue to deploy our CAPs throughout the fabric of the Internet, we look forward to working with Novell on better and faster integration with our customer's Web properties." Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
"Our integration work with Mirror Image will further accelerate the delivery of information across the Net regardless of where Web users live or the kind of equipment they're using," said Simon Khalaf, Vice President and General Manager of Novell Net Content. "By working together to streamline our technologies, we not only eliminate data 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. , we improve the overall Web experience." The combined solution will be available this summer from Novell and its authorized dealers and OEMs. About Novell Novell, 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 :NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), is a leading provider of Net services software that delivers services to secure and power all types of networks -- the Internet, intranets, and extranets; wired to wireless; corporate and public -- across leading operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Novell's Net services software provides the foundation for one Net -- a single global network that supports new applications and forms of business. Worldwide channel, consulting, education and technical support programs, along with strategic alliances, combine Novell Net services software with third-party products and services to form complete Net solutions. For information on Novell's complete range of products and services, contact Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. (4272), or visit Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com. Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/pressroom. In addition, detailed comparisons between Novell products and competitive offerings from other vendors are available on the Web at http://www.novell.com/advantage. About Mirror Image Internet Mirror Image Internet is an innovative leader in Internet content delivery services, singularly able to consistently deliver requested content faster than other methods, regardless of location or volume demand. This is accomplished using globally deployed patented technology that employs open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and offers unmatched scalability and reliability. The foundation for this uniquely cost-effective approach is the secure and intelligent Content Access Point(TM) (CAP) architecture, which powers the suite of instaDeliverySM Internet Services and enables Mirror Image to provide content providers, service providers, enterprises and end-users with an increasingly superior and satisfying Internet experience. Principally owned by Xcelera.com Inc. (AMEX: XLA), Mirror Image serves customers worldwide through headquarters in Woburn, Mass. For additional information, visit Mirror Image Internet on the Web at www.mirror-image.com. About Xcelera.com Xcelera.com, an Internet holding company, trades on the American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921. under the symbol "XLA". The company's efforts are focused on European Internet companies, Internet infrastructure companies, B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business companies and companies that provide their complete service and value proposition digitally on the Internet. The company is actively expanding its portfolio of Internet companies. For additional information, visit Xcelera.com on the Web at www.xcelera.com. Novell is a registered trademark and the Novell Internet Caching System is a trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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