WAM!NET and DCA Announce Release of OptiSend for WAM!NET.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Media Tech Expo 2003

Booth 2440

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2003

Solution provides customers with optical media-specific application

for CD/DVD workflow automation and enhanced quality control

WAM!NET(R), a global provider of shared content management and distribution services and Doug Carson & Associates, Inc. (DCA), the innovative leader in signal processing technology for the optical disc industry, today announced the release of OptiSend for WAM!NET, a new application from DCA for the secure electronic transfer of CD and DVD content that has been integrated for use with the WAM!NET Direct! digital delivery service.

OptiSend for WAM!NET is a software application designed to simplify the distribution of CD and DVD content while providing tools to automate optical media quality control processes. Because OptiSend has been integrated with WAM!NET, customers realize the benefits of using WAM!NET for complete management and distribution of digital media content with an application built specifically for optical media manufacturing workflows.

OptiSend for WAM!NET has been tightly integrated with the WAM!NET service so that WAM!NET capabilities including email notifications, package tracking, address book management and full administrative and reporting functions for the service are available through the OptiSend user interface. The solution also ensures enhanced security once files have been downloaded from the Direct! service onto the recipient's local area network. The Full version of OptiSend for WAM!NET includes both "send" functionality which packages, encrypts and sends the content, and "receive" functionality which downloads the content, and unpacks and decrypts it. OptiSend for WAM!NET can also be configured and distributed in a limited Send Only version.

DCA utilized the WAM!NET Application Programming Interface (API), which is based on SOAP and XML standards, to integrate the OptiSend application with the WAM!NET Direct! service.

"Together, WAM!NET and DCA have shown the way to achieve secure electronic distribution of DDP files from content owners to replication facilities around the world. We think the integration of OptiSend with WAM!NET will help both companies deliver on the promise of saving both time and money and simplifying the process of securely delivering content for replication," says Doug Carson, DCA Chairman and CEO.

Tom Van Sickle, WAM!NET's managing director for the media and entertainment markets added, "We believe OptiSend for WAM!NET brings together the best of both worlds - our customers can now use an application designed to meet the specific needs of the optical media industry with the speed, security and reliability of the WAM!NET Direct! service. As a content management and distribution service provider to this industry, we were eager to work with DCA to allow our optical media customers to benefit from this complete, end-to-end solution."

About DCA

DCA is a global company with 15 years of experience in CD and DVD mastering. Since 1988, CD and DVD manufacturers world-wide have relied on DCA's pre-mastering, mastering and verification products for optical discs, including copy protected discs. DCA's products include MIS (Mastering Interface System), SVS+ (Signal Verification System), INMS (Integrated Network Mastering System). DCA has also been responsible for the signal processing of many special formats for the optical disc industry, including the Xbox game console from Microsoft.

For information about the company, visit the DCA website at www.dcainc.com.

About WAM!NET Inc.

WAM!NET Inc. is a global provider of shared services for content management and distribution. The company's data distribution, remote storage, enterprise network and professional services, and its range of service enhancing solutions, enable its customers to access the combination of IT services they need on an outsourced, subscription basis. In doing so, customers are connected with their partners and clients within WAM!NET's secure, online digital environment, enabling them to share, collaborate, store and manage content. With WAM!NET services, customers gain considerable productivity, time-to-market, and cost-saving benefits, they eliminate time-intensive and costly analog steps in their workflows, and they are not burdened by the significant capital investments and systems management requirements often associated with proprietary networks or FTP workflows. Headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, WAM!NET commenced operations in 1994. The company has more than 10,000 corporate end users of its services in 21 countries worldwide. WAM!NET services are available in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.

For information about the company, visit the WAM!NET website at www.wamnet.com.

WAM!NET is a registered trademark of WAM!NET, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.