Here is an important announcement from Infocast Corp.
INFOCAST ANNOUNCES INSTALLATION OF FIRST
SUN ENTERPRISE 10000
LAUNCHES NORTH AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE APPLICATION SERVICES
TORONTO September 23, 1999 ? INFOCAST CORPORATION (?InfoCast?) (OTC BB symbol: ?IFCC?), a leader in
provisioning enterprise application services via the internet, today announced that it has taken delivery of its initial Sun
Microsystems Enterprise 10000 ?Starfire? server configuration to support the Company?s growing application services
business.
"We are extremely pleased to launch our enterprise-class services to the North American business community, utilizing the
Sun E 10000 as the computing platform for our first information hub (iHub)." said Jim Leech, CEO, Infocast Corporation.
"By making this major investment in Sun?s ?Starfire? for our first installation, we are creating the most secure, reliable and
scalable computing environment for our customers and setting the standard for ASP performance going forward.?
Wayne Bester, Chief Information Officer, Infocast Corporation, stated, "Sun's Enterprise 10000 compliments our
development of best practices for application services provisioning over the internet, giving North American customers truly
reliable service. This is the initial installation of InfoCast's iHub rollout in North America. Following the commissioning of this
first iHub , our immediate expansion plans call for InfoCast to add an additional four ?Starfires?, as well as clusters of other
Sun enterprise-class servers, to host our Call Center, Distance Learning, Telework and other applications. Each iHub will be
capable of providing a consistent quality of service to the local business community on a pay-per-use basis.?
"Additional iHub locations are being negotiated at this time, and we are on-track with our expansion plans into major business
centers in the United States and Canada," commented Darcy Galvon, co-Chairman, Infocast Corporation. "We have had an
exceptionally positive response to our ASP strategy. SUN's enterprise-ready solutions, complimented by our proprietary
ASP applications, provide our customers with the services they need, where, when and how they need them, at an affordable
price."
USA-based InfoCast Corporation, an Application Service Provider (ASP), is in the business of electronic content delivery
and information management to meet the high-speed information needs of global corporate consumers. InfoCast is using a
sophisticated distributed architecture technology that brings reliability and scalability to application distributed across a
network. This technology provides the infrastructure that enables and enhances applications such as InfoCast?s initiatives in
Distributed Learning, Telework, Virtual Call Center Solutions and Application Hosting. More information about InfoCast
Corporation can be found on the worldwide web at www.infocast-corp.com.
About Sun Microsystems: Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network is The Computer(TM)," has propelled
Sun Microsystems, Inc. to its position as a leading provider of high quality hardware, software and services for establishing
enterprise-wide Intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $11.5 billion in annual revenues, Sun can
be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at www.sun.com.
NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, and "The Network Is The Computer" are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Sun Microsystems, Inc., in the United States and other countries.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are dependent on a number of
factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking
statements.
For further information contact:
Mr. James W. Leech, Mr. Cliff A. Jones
President & CEO Investor Relations
jleech@infocast-corp.com cjones@infocast-corp.com
InfoCast Corporation
North America toll Free: (877) 338-8889
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