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To: Apollo who wrote (358)	9/17/1999 10:27:00 PM
From: RTev	Respond to of 1817

Sounds like a feeding frenzy of everyone trying to get in on the $1.3 trillion in B2B commerce. ITXC seems to be taking a different approach with an emphasis on IP telephony. "ITXC terminates calls anywhere using a combination of the IP PoPs on this map and PSTN." That's a unique take on the crowded field of network services providers, but I'm not sure it qualifies as a strictly b2b commerce play. They seem to have the executive staff to pull off something interesting: ITXC was founded in 1997 by Tom Evslin, following his departure from AT&T where he developed the concept for and built AT&T's WorldNet ISP. Evslin joined AT&T from Microsoft where he was responsible for the "BackOffice" products. Ed Jordan, former CFO of Dialogic Corporation joined the company shortly after its inception as CFO. In early 1999, John Musci, formerly of LCI and Qwest joined the company as COO. ITXC was originally founded with seed money from AT&T and VocalTec Communications. from itxc.com (About: Company)

To: Apollo who wrote (358)	9/17/1999 11:12:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 1817

Stan, [ITXC] sounds very much like yet another web-hosting firm I didn't take a look at their web site, but based on the paragraph tekboy provided I don't think that's their business. Instead, I think they're offering a network and the proprietary technology that allows people to make telephone calls for voice and fax on data networks, both public (the Internet) and private. If they branch out into related businesses, they'll also offer the opportunity to receive voice mail, e-mail and faxes regardless of whether they were transmitted by voice mail, e-mail or fax. Those business models usually employ least-cost routing as a monetary savings and multiple platforms as a convenience and productivity enhancer. The important thing to look at will be the revenue sources five and ten years from now. --Mike Buckley

To: Apollo who wrote (358)	9/20/1999 10:15:00 AM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1817

Snasraway: B2C Is this combination important? Cha2 Subj: Akamai Teams With Realnetworks for Streaming Media... Date: 9/17/99 8:40:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: AOL News Akamai Teams With Realnetworks for Streaming Media Delivery; Akamai Integrates RealNetworks' Streaming Software Into Global Network CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1999--Akamai Technologies, which operates a global Internet content delivery service that speeds up Web performance, announced today the incorporation of software technology from RealNetworks(R) to support the delivery of RealAudio(R) and RealVideo(R) content in the Akamai network. RealNetworks is licensing RealProxies for integration across Akamai's global network. In addition, Akamai is developing a customized service for the fast and reliable delivery of streaming content created using RealNetworks' RealSystem(TM) G2. "Our support for RealNetworks-based content demonstrates Akamai's commitment to providing our customers world-wide with the best high performance service for delivering streaming media," said George Conrades, chairman and CEO of Akamai. "Our customers want the high quality of RealSystem G2 streaming media which is both a proven and recognized leader in today's interactive arena. RealNetworks has become pervasive with content creators and Internet users through its award-winning technology, broad deployment of millions of players, and vast number of content sources available in RealAudio and RealVideo formats." In addition, the two companies are collaborating on NetAid, an initiative aimed at ending extreme poverty. Akamai, in its role as a sponsor of NetAid (www.netaid.org), has donated and deployed more than 300 servers over multiple carrier networks. On October 9th, these Akamai servers will be used by Cisco Systems and RealNetworks to webcast the NetAid concert live via the Real Broadcast Network (RBN) using RealSystem G2. By offering a scalable network capable of supporting 125,000 simultaneous streams, NetAid has the potential to be the Internet's largest streaming media event to date. About RealNetworks RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq "RNWK"), based in Seattle, is the recognized leader in media delivery for the Internet. It develops and markets software products and services designed to enable users of personal computers and other consumer electronic devices to send and receive audio, video and other multimedia services using the web. RealNetworks can be found on the World Wide Web at www.real.com About Akamai Akamai Technologies is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Akamai provides a global Internet content delivery service that improves Web site speed and reliability and protects against Web site crashes due to demand overloads. Currently, Akamai has 900 servers deployed in 15 countries across 25 telecommunications networks, providing Akamai's customers with guaranteed global Internet content delivery service. Akamai (pronounced AH kuh my) is Hawaiian for intelligent, clever and cool.