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Technology Stocks : Exodus Communications, Inc. (EXDS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: William F. Wager, Jr. who wrote (1155)	8/31/1999 10:04:00 PM
From: Bob A Louie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3664

There isn't a company in America that doesn't have unhappy customers. EXDS's churn rate is still only 2% and adding customers at the rate of 2 per day. Nuff said.

To: William F. Wager, Jr. who wrote (1155)	9/1/1999 5:20:00 AM
From: DOUG H	Respond to of 3664

To: Mason (30021 ) From: DOUG H Wednesday, Aug 25 1999 3:26AM ET Reply # of 30265 This may be a stretch but the leaders of these companies are looking so far ahead it's incredible. ................................................. Smokescreen Analysts at Prudential Securities call the ongoing dispute between AOL and Microsoft a smokescreen. The real issue between the two companies, according to the research report, is the struggle for control over the future of the Internet. The analysts rate AOL a STRONG BUY because, they say, "Microsoft [will] have to deploy products at nearly every venue and level where AOL now has a presence." Regards,Mason ......................................... Exodus Unveils Rapid Deployment Initiative; Industry Leaders Compaq and Sun Join Exodus to Enable Companies to Quickly Initiate and Expand Web Operations and Increase Time-to-Market SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 1999--Exodus Communications(TM), Inc. (NASDAQ:EXDS), a leader in complex Internet hosting and managed services today announced the Exodus(TM) Rapid Deployment Initiative. The Exodus Rapid Deployment Initiative is designed to enable companies to quickly initiate, manage and expand their Web operations and global businesses through a single source -- Exodus. Through this initiative, Exodus and its partners will provide customers with the platforms, hardware, software, applications and services they need to quickly initiate and expand their Web operations. The first Exodus Rapid Deployment Initiative partners are Compaq Computer Corporation and Sun Microsystems. The Exodus Rapid Deployment Initiative initially supports the Solaris and NT platforms. As part of this initiative, Exodus is utilizing its international network of Internet Data Centers (IDCs) to provide customers with the infrastructure they need to quickly get their mission-critical Web operations up and running. The Exodus Rapid Deployment Initiative establishes Exodus as the complex Web hosting platform for growth, providing companies complete access to the platforms, hardware and software applications they require to build and maintain their global Web operations. Exodus is well positioned to provide its customers with the expertise, scalability and flexibility to help them design, deploy and manage their increasingly complex and mission-critical Internet operations. Forrester Research predicts that by 2003, 55 percent of all enterprises will be on-line. In order for businesses of all sizes to globally expand Internet operations, they will need to have their Web sites up and running quickly to save time to market. Companies need to promote their products instead of spending time building Web infrastructure and negotiating with hardware and software vendors. Enterprise customers turning to outsourcing want to ensure that their Web sites will run smoothly, and need a one-stop solution in which they can purchase the servers, the physical space and monitoring servers for hosting to ensure successful Web operations. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now here's the stretch, is it possible that Mr. Softie is concerned that with companies like Exodus remotely providing applications run off SUN servers consumers/small businesses won't need Win/NT? IBM and DELL embracing Linux can't be making $ill Gates very happy. I guess it was not that big of a stretch after all. EXDS is in the middle of it all!