Great news item for SCF(Scandinavia).......Monday June 21, 9:07 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Mirror Image Internet, Inc. Brings Broadband
Benefits to Netscape Proxy Server Users Worldwide
Mirror Image Ready Partnership Program Results in Central Caching Solution that Accelerates
Corporate Customers' Network Performance
WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1999-- Committed to delivering caching solutions that unleash the full
potential of the broadband Internet, Mirror Image Internet, Inc., majority owned by The Scandinavia Company, (AMEX:SCF
- news) today announced they are delivering central caching support for the Netscape Proxy Server. This caching solution
further improves the performance of Netscape Proxy Servers with the added boost of Mirror Image Internet's Central Cache
Connection(tm).
''Performance is a critical part of the Netscape Proxy Server,'' said Dr. Stuart Wells, senior vice president of infrastructure
products for the Sun-Netscape Alliance. ''Mirror Image Internet provides an ideal service to deliver central caching benefits
and the power of broadband Internet connections to our customers.''
''Everyone wants to know how to deliver multimedia Internet content faster and faster,'' said David Wu, president of Mirror
Image Internet, Inc. ''By tapping into our Central Cache Connection, customers using Netscape Proxy Server are able to reap
the benefits of faster downloads, taking advantage of economies of scale, while using a central caching solution that eliminates
Internet bandwidth bottlenecks.''
About the Mirror Image Solution
The Mirror Image solution benefits network administrators and MIS organizations that support many web clients for companies
or ISPs, enabling them to provide network services that are faster, more reliable, more efficient, and more secure. Combining
these two offerings creates a solution that essentially ''turbo charges'' an Internet connection by bringing Internet content closer
to end users on-demand.
Netscape Proxy Server is high-performance server software for caching and filtering web content for enterprise customers or
Internet Service Providers (ISPs). It provides caching on-demand by intelligently caching frequently accessed documents and
caching on-command for batch updates of the cache. This replication model conserves network bandwidth and reduces
response times for clients.
Installed in a customer's LAN, Netscape's Proxy Server links to the Mirror Image global network of large, scaleable central
caches at key Internet exchange points worldwide -- the Central Cache Connection. Each Mirror Image Central Cache acts as
an aggregate cache for a large number of local caches. Because a larger user base means a higher cache hit rate, this translates
into higher performance for users worldwide.
About the Mirror Image Ready Partnership Program
The Mirror Image Ready Partnership Program, launched in February 1999, is a technology- and product-oriented partnership
program that enables caching industry vendors to gain access and incorporate benefits from the Mirror Image Central Cache
Connection with their offerings. Coupling existing cache technologies with the Mirror Image Central Cache Connection can
more than double the performance of existing cache configurations. For details about other Mirror Image Ready partners, or
information about joining the program, visit www.mirror-image.com.
Solution Availability
Netscape Proxy Server customers can request the Mirror Image central caching capability by contacting Mirror Image's sales
organization at 1-800-353-2923 or ussales@mirror-image.com. The Mirror Image Central Cache Connection requires no
installation or ongoing maintenance.
Company Background
Mirror Image Internet is a broadband network and infrastructure company that owns the central caching space, enabling ISPs
and enterprises to deliver significantly faster Web downloads to their Internet users. The company is the first mover in central
caching and offers a revolutionary, patent-pending product, the Central Cache Connection(tm). This open, easy-to-access
caching solution requires no new hardware, installation or maintenance.
Mirror Image Internet's global network of central caches provides the platform to offer additional premium services to ISPs,
enterprises, and content providers worldwide, making the company well positioned to greatly benefit from the tremendous
anticipated growth in broadband access and streaming media content.
Majority owned by The Scandinavia Company, Inc., (AMEX:SCF - news), Mirror Image Internet is based in Woburn,
Massachusetts and serves customers worldwide with European headquarters in London. Further information on Mirror Image
can be found at mirror-image.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contemplated herein, including the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances relating to
the fact that Mirror Image Internet, Inc. is in a highly competitive industry subject to rapid technological, product and price
changes. Other factors include the possibility that demand for the Company's products may not occur or continue at sufficient
levels, changing global economic and competitive conditions, technological and other risks, costs and delays associated with the
start-up and operation of major capital projects and corporate restructurings, changing governmental regulations and other risks
and uncertainties, including those detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mirror Image
Internet, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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