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PRESS RELEASE: Digital Island, Idion In Partnership
( BW)(MA-IDIOM/DIGITAL-ISLAND)(ISLD) Idiom, Inc. & Digital Island Partner to
Advance Global E-business; Synchronize and Deliver Multiple Worldwide Web Sites
for Unprecedented International E-Business
Business/Technology Editors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000--Idiom, Inc., the premier provider of e-business globalization solutions, today announced a strategic relationship with Digital Island, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISLD), a leading global e-Business Delivery Network, to bring their mutual customers industry-leading Web development and delivery solutions for conducting global e-business.
Idiom will team with Digital Island to jointly promote their solutions, WorldServer(TM) Web globalization software and Footprint(TM) Content Delivery Services, respectively. The companies will work together to train their sales organizations and will collaborate to establish joint marketing programs. The combination of Digital Island's network services and Idiom's WorldServer will provide global content and commerce distribution services, enabling customers to capitalize on the benefits of global e-business. Together, the solutions provide distributed control and collaboration for Web content among managers and contributors worldwide, while delivering enhanced speed, performance and reliability to end customers.
"We are excited about this partnership between Idiom and Digital Island because it delivers tangible benefits for organizations that understand the value of providing their Web site visitors with the same quality experience regardless of language or location," said Fred Lizza, president and CEO of Idiom. "Digital Island's services complement Idiom's products and services by allowing an organization to deliver a multi-national Web presence quickly and consistently to more users in more markets."
Digital Islands' Footprint Content Delivery Services enable organizations to move content closer to the end user and ensure a fast, guaranteed and relevant customer experience. The services combine world-class technologies with a global infrastructure to improve a company's ability to conduct e-business more effectively. Idiom's WorldServer is an open, Web-based application that enables companies to manage the complexities involved in creating and maintaining a multi-national, multi-lingual Web presence. It facilitates deployment of a global Web strategy, embracing multiple countries, languages, cultures, business practices and access devices while leveraging an organization's existing Web architecture, content management and workflow systems.
The combination of Idiom's WorldServer Web globalization software and Digital Island's Footprint Content Delivery Services allows corporations to conduct global e-business while providing accelerated content delivery to site visitors worldwide. Companies will be better equipped to fully realize the capabilities and benefits of dynamic content on a global scale. Customers can automatically target their user base, manage their content, and personalize and customize the content on their Web sites for any audience, anywhere in the world.
"Digital Island's Footprint content delivery services allow companies to realize the full potential of the global e-business marketplace by delivering a fast and rich end-user experience," said Tim Wilson, vice president of marketing at Digital Island. "By combining our core competencies, Digital Island and Idiom enhance customers' ability to expand their market reach and develop new revenue streams."
About Idiom, Inc.
Idiom is the world's premier provider of e-business globalization solutions. Idiom's approach encompasses software, strategy, and services that enable organizations such as Lycos Tripod, Travelocity.com, Xerox, and Xilinx, Inc. to deploy a multilingual and multicultural Web presence, thereby increasing revenue, improving customer loyalty and reinforcing brand. Idiom's flagship WorldServer product is Web-based software that allows organizations to maintain a Web architecture that functions on a global scale, providing distributed control and collaboration among managers and contributors worldwide. Idiom is funded by Greylock, North Bridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners. Idiom was recently named one of Computerworld's "Top 100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000." For information, call (617) 456-3000, visit idiominc.com or email info@idiominc.com.
About Digital Island
Digital Island(R) is a leading global e-Business Delivery Network. The company's suite of application services for interactive e-Business allows customers and partners to readily integrate content delivery, hosting and intelligent networking to give the ultimate consumer a superior experience. Strategically located Data Centers in the United States, Europe and Asia are directly connected to leading access service providers in 23 countries. In addition, Digital Island operates a network of more than 1,200 content distributors across the Internet, which improves the performance and reduces the cost of hosting high-volume Web applications in target markets. This network is expected to grow to more than 6,000 content distributors in 350 locations worldwide by the year 2003. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco. www.digitalisland.net. Idiom and WorldServer, are trademarks of Idiom Technologies, Inc. Other products or service names mentioned herein are or may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. |
