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To: Ron Bozak who wrote (22)	6/30/1999 8:59:00 AM
From: Len Hynes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 87

Hi Ron; The ASP business will be one of the cornerstones of IFCC's business strategy,along with Telework, Virtual Call Center Solutions and Distributed Learning . Here is a short exerpt from a recent press release which better explains the IFCC business focus. I would encourage you to visit the company's website for more detailed info:www.infocast-corp.com Infocast is viewed as on of the leading companies poised to capture a significant market share of the U.S.$6.4 million web hosting business. EXCERPT USA-based InfoCast Corporation, an Application Service Provider (ASP) is in the business of electronic content delivery and information management to meet the growing global needs of high-speed corporate information consumers. Infocast content will be delivered through a North American network of strategically placed information hubs. These hubs will be implemented on Sun Microsystem's Enterprise 10000 computing platform and based on Sun Solaris,Netscape and Java related technologies, providing the highest levels of reliability, scalability and performance in the industry. InfoCast is using a sophisticated distributed architecture technology that brings reliability and scalability to applications 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.

To: Ron Bozak who wrote (22)	6/30/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: Len Hynes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 87

Hi Ron; In reference to my earlier reply,here are a few points of interest and clarification: 1.Many of the ASP companies such as Futurelink and USInternetworking rent packaged software applications from large software producers i.e.Microsoft,PeopleSoft etc. and provide these on a user-fee basis to companies via remote central networks. 2.Infocast is not dependent on packaged applications from other software companies.Infocast uses its technologically superior ,wholly owned,proprietary software solutions. 3.Furthermore,Infocast has specifically developed and tailored these software applications for the multi-billion dollar markets in Call Center Solutions, Telework,Distributed Learning, and IT Application Outsourcing. 4.Infocast's iHub network will be one of the fastest,most powerful,and most secure networks available-supported by AT&T Canada's digital Virtual Private Network(VPN) with global connectivity throughAT&T Corp. and the power of Sun Microsystems Enterprise 10,000 Servers In essence, Infocast will be one of the first, and maybe few stand-alone ASP to develop and bring to market a central server capability ...providing high-speed,secure networks with real time,interactive.distributed computing capabilities that include live voice and multimedia features.