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: Sandpiper Networks and RadicalMail Team up to Deliver Streaming Multimedia
E-Mail
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 8, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Sandpiper's Content Delivery Network Ensures
Rapid and Reliable Delivery of RadicalMail's Rich Content to
Maximize E-Mail Marketing Campaigns
Sandpiper Networks Inc., the leading provider of comprehensive
content delivery solutions for e-business, today announced from the
Streaming Media West Conference that they have entered into a
partnership with RadicalMail, the industry leader in multimedia e-mail
technology, to enhance the speed and reliability of streaming e-mail.
Sandpiper's Footprint(SM) Content Delivery Network (CDN) speeds
delivery of rich media up to 10 times by distributing content from a
worldwide network of servers, putting Web content closer to the
consumer and shortening the delivery path.
By integrating Sandpiper's CDN as part of its delivery method,
RadicalMail can now deliver targeted multimedia content faster and more
efficiently. Sandpiper will also refer their clients to adopt
RadicalMail's technology in their rich media e-mail campaigns.
As the most comprehensive content delivery solution available today,
Sandpiper's Footprint service supports the delivery of all media types,
including dynamic content, streaming media and authenticated content.
Large download files, streaming media files, e-commerce transactions
and dynamic content can often slow down performance, especially during
heavy traffic periods. Sandpiper has built the world's first and
largest CDN so that online information is delivered closer to the end
user, avoiding network congestion and outages.
"Sandpiper's content delivery network provides the necessary
infrastructure to quickly and reliably deliver RadicalMail's streaming
capabilities, maximizing its customers online marketing efforts," said
Leo Spiegel, president and CEO of Sandpiper Networks. "Sandpiper is
committed to providing RadicalMail's customers with the richest media
experience available on the Internet."
With more than 7 trillion e-mails expected to be sent in the year 2000,
e-mail remains the Internet's "killer app" and a powerful marketing
tool. RadicalMail seamlessly streams audio, graphics and video directly
into the body of an e-mail without requiring a plug-in or attaching an
executable file, or by launching a Web browser.
Instead, a Java applet is embedded into the e-mail so the audio or
video message can stream immediately upon opening. In addition,
RadicalMail offers its clients real-time tracking capabilities, letting
them know when the audience received the stream, if they forwarded the
message and if they made a purchase.
"Reliability is the most important quality of any Internet company,
whether it's on the Web or in e-mail," said Robert Strack,
RadicalMail's president and founder. "Sandpiper's Footprint service
gives us and our clients the confidence and assurance that our
multimedia content will be quickly and efficiently delivered when
campaigns are deployed and e-mails are opened."
Sandpiper announced in October 1999 that the company intends to merge
with Digital Island Inc. (Nasdaq:ISLD), a leading provider of network
services for globalizing e-business applications.
The combined company plans to integrate content delivery, hosting and
intelligent network services to address the two significant
requirements of global e-business applications: support for centrally
controlled and secure transactions and fast content delivery at the
edges of the network.
The Footprint network will have more than 1,200 servers worldwide by
year-end. Sandpiper has deployed Footprint servers in more than 20
networks worldwide, including America Online, Concentric Networks,
Uunet, GTE BBN, Sprint, Cable and Wireless, PSINet,
Frontier/Globalcenter and TCG/Cerfnet.
Other customers using the Footprint service to ensure the fast and
reliable delivery of online content include: Activision, Adforce,
Astound, Blue Mountain, CalWave, CNBC.com, EarthLink, Eonline.com,
Gamesville, LATimes.com, LiveOnLine, PBS, Sabela Media, SCO, University
Netcasting, Value America, WireBreak.com and other leading Internet
content providers.
Online events delivered by Sandpiper include the 1999 Academy Awards,
Woodstock.com's real-time photo gallery, "id Software's Quake III
Arena" and the Starr Report.
About RadicalMail
Based in Marina del Rey, Calif., RadicalMail is the inventor of
streaming multimedia e-mail technology. Continuing to push the envelope
of the e-mail medium, the company's patent pending technology requires
no executable files, no lengthy downloads and no special plug-ins.
RadicalMail's rich media adds 2K to the e-mails' file size and the
remaining content streams in, ensuring that valued customers seamlessly
"experience" the message within seconds, regardless of their bandwidth
constraints.
RadicalMail adds value to the campaigns of ad agencies, e-mail
deployment companies and permission e-mail list brokers.
About Sandpiper Networks Sandpiper Networks is the world's first
content delivery service provider for the Internet. Founded in 1996,
Sandpiper has built the largest and most comprehensive Content Delivery
Network (CDN).
The company's initial service offering, Footprint, gives leading
e-businesses the power to deliver Web sites more efficiently and
profitably while dramatically improving site performance. Footprint
ensures the delivery of fresh Web content of all types while providing
management statistics that are vital to Web-centric businesses.
For more information, visit www.sandpiper.net. The network is changing.
Adapt to it(SM).
Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved.
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CONTACT: The Townsend Agency (for Sandpiper Networks)
Michelle Balconi/Carolyn Ward
858/457-4888, ext. 132/156
mbalconi@townsendagency.com
carolynw@townsendagency.com
or
RadicalMail.com, Marina del Rey
Jay Stevens, 310/578-6725
jay@radicalmail.com
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