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To: jhg_in_kc who wrote (1526)	8/17/1999 5:27:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1945

"Plumbing?" 60 percent of their revenue just went down the toilet. INKT derives three fifths of their revenue from internet caching. Novell just gobbled up that market: Company Press Release SOURCE: Novell, Inc. Novell BorderManager Leads Proxy Server Caching Market, Report Shows 1999 Internet Caching Report Reveals More Than Five Million Users Rely On Novell for Internet Caching PROVO, Utah, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL - news) announced today that it is leading the proxy-server caching market, according to the 1999 Internet Caching Report, published by the Internet Research Group. The report confirms Novell's caching market leadership with 85 percent of revenue market share and 49 percent of proxy-server unit sales along with the opportunity for continued growth in a caching market expected to reach nearly $2.2 billion in 2003. ''Our report research shows that in the enterprise market, the two most important factors for choosing a caching system are vendor familiarity and price,'' said Peter Christy, vice president of the Internet Research Group Principal. ''Novell is well positioned to take advantage of these factors with its strategy to provide performance and price-leading caching technology through its BorderManager proxy server, as well as OEM hardware partnerships for the Novell Internet Caching System with vendors such as Compaq and Dell.'' ... biz.yahoo.com It's over. The egg has fallen out of the nest and now we just have to wait for it to hit the ground. Either this or the next quarterly report will tell the story.