iCAP Forum Extends Invitation to Free Seminar On Expanding Edge Services for the New Internet; iCAP Forum Seminar Scheduled for January 25, 2001.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2001 The iCAP Forum of leading Internet companies will host a free half-day seminar at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. on January 25, 2001. This seminar, hosted by iCAP Forum members 8e6 Technologies, Everypath, Inc., Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything , Inc., Trend Micro, and Zack Network, will feature in-depth presentations on preparing and scaling networks to meet the demands of edge services by utilizing the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol See ICAP/4 for the computer program. Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) is a lightweight HTTP based protocol designed to off-load specific content to dedicated servers. (iCAP). Information topics will include ways to implement new revenue sources, operate with emerging access devices, and discover innovative ways to improve network efficiency and security, as well as employee productivity. Technology demonstrations will include iCAP Jive, video on demand, and Network Appliance(TM)ContentDirector(TM) and ContentReporter(TM) software. Key to delivering these solutions is iCAP - personalizing the Internet experience by delivering rich content and services packaged for individual specificity. As an open architecture, iCAP provides the common communication infrastructure to deliver value-added services like content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. , virus scanning, wireless content delivery, human language translation, and targeted ad insertion at the edge of the Internet, allowing end users to leverage the ASP model for revenue generation and Internet outsourcing. "We continue to see interest in additional services enabled by iCAP technology that can expand the content delivery market to almost limitless proportions," said Lee Duggs, director of edge services for the content delivery business unit at Network Appliance. "iCAP solutions can help customers evolve their business services to the next level with farther-reaching deployments, new functionality, and seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. from the data center to the network edge." Location DoubleTree Hotel 2055 Gateway Place San Jose, CA (408) 453-4000 Agenda 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast Partner Booths Open 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion and Speaker Presentations 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Partner Booths Open How to Register: Visit the iCAP Web site at http://www.i-cap.org or call (925) 287-5111. Media Hotline: For questions regarding the iCAP Forum or the iCAP Forum Seminar, or to arrange an interview with a representative from the iCAP Forum or a participating company, please contact Alison Miley, Voce Communications at (650) 322-6966. About iCAP The iCAP Forum is hosted by Network Appliance and Akamai Technologies Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) is a company that provides a distributed computing platform for global Internet content and application delivery, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. and is joined by leading Internet companies including content delivery service providers, application developers, and Internet infrastructure companies. Forum members participating in the development of iCAP include: AdForce, Advertising.com, Allaire Corporation Allaire Corporation was a computer software company founded by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in Minnesota, later headquartered in Cambridge, then Newton, Massachusetts. It commenced operations in May of 1995, had its initial public offering on NASDAQ (trading as ALLR) in January 1999, and , Anystream, Appliant, Inc., BroadVision, Capella, Cidera, Cobalt Networks Cobalt Networks was a maker of low-cost servers based on Linux. Founded in 1996 in Mountain View, California under the name Cobalt Microserver, the company pioneered easy to use server appliances featuring secure web user interfaces for Internet service providers (ISPs) , Compaq, Direct Hit, DoubleClick, eBuilt, Ecliptic ecliptic (ēklĭp`tĭk, ĭ–), the great circle on the celestial sphere that lies in the plane of the earth's orbit (called the plane of the ecliptic). , eColor, Engage, Entera, Finjan Software, Fresher Information, Frictionless Commerce, Gomez, Google, Idiom, Idini, iKnowledge, InfoLibria, Ingeniux, iWeb.com, Izar iz·ar n. A long cotton outer garment, usually white, traditionally worn by Muslim women. [Arabic 'iz , Kanda Software, Lionbridge Technologies, Mirror Image Internet, Navisite, Network Associates, Novell, N2H2, Oki, Open Market, Optibase, Oracle Corp., Pandesic, Predictive Networks, PictureWorks, RuleSpace, Secure Computing, SightPath, StarBurst StarBurst - An active DBMS from IBM Almaden Research Center. Software, Symantec Corp., Trend Micro, Inc., Vignette Corporation, Websense, and WWWhoosh. Instructions on how to participate in development of the protocol are available on the iCAP Web site at www.i-cap.org or by contacting partners@i-cap.org. Network Appliance, ContentDirector and ContentReporter are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
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