Resonate Introduces Global Dispatch to Manage Multiple Web Sites; See Global Dispatch at Internet World Booth No. 752.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1998--Resonate(R) Inc., provider of enterprise traffic management software, today introduced Resonate Global Dispatch(TM) at Internet World Booth No. 752. Global Dispatch integrates multiple points of presence (POPs) into a single Web site resource. Global Dispatch intelligently balances wide area network (WAN) traffic between multiple Web sites, sending requests to the site capable of providing the fastest service to the client. This technology improves Web site performance, reduces WAN costs, and provides a crucial layer of redundancy to increase site availability.

To build Web sites for electronic commerce and other mission-critical applications administrators are mirroring site content at an additional point of presence. This provides redundancy in case one POP goes down, and enables traffic to be routed between the sites to increase response time. Global Dispatch uses the three most important factors in determining where to send a request: POP availability, POP load, and the Internet latency between the client and each POP.

As requests are received, the Global Dispatch scheduler instructs the agents at each Web server to measure the latency between the POP and the client's local DNS. Results are sent back to the Global Dispatch scheduler and combined with current load and availability information to return to the client the IP address (or virtual IP address) of the POP best suited to respond. Global Dispatch stores this information in cache to enable faster response to future requests.

Global Dispatch takes advantage of existing server resources, regardless of their location on an intranet or the World Wide Web. It can work in conjunction with existing LAN load-balancing solutions or Resonate Central Dispatch(TM) to further increase performance.

"Global Dispatch is the next logical step in increasing the performance and management of Web sites and corporate intranets," said Resonate president and CEO, Chris Marino. "Both the level of traffic and the need for reliable Internet services is increasing. For more than a year our customers have been using Central Dispatch to speed Web server traffic. "We're familiar with user needs in this area which is why we developed Global Dispatch. Optimizing performance at the WAN level results in enterprise-wide increases in availability and speed."

Pricing and Availability

Resonate Global Dispatch is available immediately at a starting price of $35,000. Global Dispatch software runs on Sun SPARC platforms running Solaris 2.5 or later.

About Resonate

Founded in 1995, Resonate is the leading provider of Enterprise Traffic Management software. Resonate's patented technology enables the fastest and most reliable Internet access through a system of integrated products that intelligently select, schedule, and route requests to the optimal resource or service. A privately held corporation, Resonate is financed by Lehman Brothers, Intel Corporation, Chase Capital Partners, the Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers (KPCB) Java Fund, Flatiron Partners, TechFund (previously TechFarm) and Charter Venture Capital. Previous funding was secured from TechFarm, Charter Venture Capital and KNC. Resonate is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. For more information about Resonate visit our Web site at www.Resonate.com.

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