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Company Digest
March 31, 1999 06:10
CNN and Inktomi Team Up for Faster Online Content Distribution
ATLANTA and SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1999-- CNN,
the world's news leader, and Inktomi Corp. (Nasdaq:INKT), developer of
scalable Internet infrastructure software, today announced a strategic
technology relationship to enhance the CNN Web sites' infrastructure for online content distribution. Inktomi's Traffic Server(TM) network cache platform will be deployed to accelerate content delivery while
simultaneously improving the efficiency of the CNN Web sites' network in the second quarter of this year.
"As the world's largest provider of news content over the Internet, the CNN Web sites required the proven scalability and robustness provided by Traffic Server," said Monty Mullig, vice president of CNN Internet Technologies. "Inktomi's flexible caching platform provides the high performance needed to handle efficiently the CNN Web sites' large and growing Internet traffic, which in March averaged 23 million page views each weekday."
"Internet-based content and commerce providers like CNN know that
blazing performance has become a competitive necessity," said Paul
Gauthier, chief technology officer of Inktomi. "Inktomi is building the infrastructure software enabling the major content providers to
intelligently optimize content distribution and interoperate with
Internet backbone and ISP networks."
The CNN Web sites generate more traffic and attract more unduplicated
Internet users than any other company's general news and Web sites. The CNN Web sites, which averaged 138 million page impressions per week during February 1999, consist of: CNN.com; CNNfn.com, a unit of CNN Financial News; CNNSI.com, a joint sports site with Sports Illustrated; AllPolitics.com, a U.S. political news site produced in conjunction with TIME magazine and Congressional Quarterly; CNN CustomNews, CNNenEspanol.com; and CNNemPortugues.com.
Inktomi's Traffic Server is a carrier-class network cache designed to
help Internet infrastructure and content providers scale up their
operations to meet rapidly growing demand and performance requirements. By embedding programmable intelligence into the network, Traffic Server provides a platform for ISPs, backbone companies, and hosting providers to deliver value-added services to their customers. Support for caching and distributed hosting of advanced multimedia protocols is the first component of this strategy. Traffic Server also supports the world's first streaming media caching, advanced features for web hosting, and rich support for popular Internet protocols.
About Inktomi
Based in San Mateo, Calif., Inktomi (pronounced INK tuh me), develops
and markets scalable software designed for the world's largest Internet
infrastructure and media companies. Inktomi's products include the
world's largest search engines, online comparison shopping solutions,
and carrier-class network cache software. Inktomi works with leading
companies including America Online, @Home Network, CNET, CNN, GeoCities,
Intel, RealNetworks, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo!. The company has
offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit
www.inktomi.com.
Note to Editors: Inktomi, Traffic Server, Scaling the Internet and the
tri-colored cube logo are all trademarks of Inktomi Corporation. All
other company and product names referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
CONTACT: Inktomi Corp., San Mateo
Kevin Brown, 650/653-2825
kevin@inktomi.com
or
CNN Interactive
Kerrin Roberts, 404/827-5340
kerrin.roberts@turner.com
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