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To: Dealer who wrote (2144)	9/19/2000 8:46:44 AM
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CSCO--Digital Island's CustomHost Service to be Jointly Sold and Marketed With Cisco Systems in U.S., Europe and Asia Digital Island Further Deploys Cisco's Products for Solutions to Allow Enterprises to Customize an Outsourced e-Business Infrastructure SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2000-- Continuing to build on its close relationship with Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO - news), Digital Island, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISLD - news) announced today that it is working with Cisco to create, market and sell application-hosting services based on Digital Island's CustomHost(TM) service. The combination is expected to garner global support for Digital Island's CustomHost through joint marketing and sales initiatives. Digital Island's CustomHost is the first application-hosting service that allows enterprises to outsource a customized ``data center within a data center'' on a global infrastructure, which helps bridge the gap between the enterprise and service providers. In support of CustomHost, Cisco will provide standardized Cisco equipment, network and management services packages to meet the demands of customers, including 7200 series routers, 6500 and 5500 series Catalyst Switches, LocalDirector, PIX Firewalls and 2500 and 3600 series multiservice modular access routers. The initiative with Cisco enhances Digital Island's ability to offer a wide range of differentiated services and comprehensive Web-hosting solutions to customers, while strengthening Digital Island's Cisco Powered Network implementation. The agreement also provides for the two companies to implement cooperative marketing efforts through the Cisco JumpStart Joint Marketing program. By integrating Cisco Network technologies into its global network, Digital Island is able to offer its customers a high-performance, reliable and scalable global network for mission-critical e-Business applications. By utilizing Cisco switches, routers and access devices throughout its Cisco Powered Network, Digital Island is able to guarantee the delivery of mission-critical content to the right customer at the right time worldwide. For example, UBS Warburg is using CustomHost as its sole hosting solution because it offers the flexibility required for global execution of the financial services' e-Business initiatives. UBS Warburg has opted to implement CustomHost, rather than building out an in-house data center. ``We are pleased to be building a stronger connection with Cisco,'' said Tim Wilson, vice president of marketing at Digital Island. ``Cisco's commitment to pursue opportunities in diversified markets reflects our shared interest in targeting the demand for Web outsourcing. We look forward to working closely with Cisco to provide enterprises with the resources they need to outsource their network services and help them drive a successful e-Business.'' ``Digital Island will now be able to offer customizable solutions that meet individual enterprises needs, allowing them to individualize application content while outsourcing Web-site support and maintenance. Cisco is pleased to be working with Digital Island to bring new Web outsourcing services to market,'' said Larry Lang, vice president of service provider marketing, Cisco Systems. The combination of Digital Island's global network and Cisco's network technologies enables superior hosting and gives companies the ability to deliver a better Web experience to their customers. With CustomHost, enterprises can concentrate on individualized application content, while outsourcing all other aspects of Web-site support and maintenance. To remain competitive in today's marketplace, enterprises are closely evaluating their infrastructure outsourcing needs. According to research from META Group, by 2001, 60% of enterprises will outsource at least a portion of its e-Business infrastructure. And, by 2003, META predicts that dedicated hosting solutions will become the preferred hosting options for new e-Business initiatives for the enterprise. Recognizing this growth potential, Digital Island's CustomHost delivers a powerful balance of customized network design for individual enterprise customers with dedicated access to Digital Island's Global e-Business Delivery Network. Digital Island® is a leading Global e-Business Delivery Network with hosting, content delivery, networking and application services to help companies improve their customers' on-line experience by making Web applications run faster and more reliably and scale globally, resulting in more successful e-Business transactions. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco with a presence in 26 countries. www.digitalisland.net. Important Notice This release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, include but are not limited to: the company's short operating history which makes it difficult to predict its future results of operations; the company's history of operating losses and expected future losses which could impede its ability to address the risks and difficulties encountered by companies in new and rapidly evolving markets; the company's future operating results could fluctuate which may cause volatility or a decline in the price of the company's stock; the possibility that the company may not be able to price its services above the overall cost of bandwidth causing its financial results to suffer; and other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: Digital Island is a registered trademark of Digital Island, Inc. Footprint is a trademark of Digital Island, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

To: Dealer who wrote (2144)	9/19/2000 8:47:59 AM
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<FONT COLOR=TEAL>:-)LATEST ON LAPTOP--Laptop thieves usually not after data By Robert Lemos ZDNet News Laptop thieves are usually after a quick profit, not the valuable data that's on the device, said experts on Monday, the day after the high-profile theft of the CEO of Qualcomm Inc.'s laptop. "Fortunately, most laptop thefts are to buy drugs, not to sell to competitors overseas," said Lee Curtis, managing director for high technology in the western United States for corporate-intelligence provider Kroll Associates Inc. While laptops can be worth thousands of dollars, the data on the laptops can be valued in the millions, said Curtis. "It's really fortunate that the criminals aren't any more intelligent." On Sunday, Qualcomm CEO Irwin Jacobs had his laptop stolen off the podium of a hotel conference room where he had just finished giving a talk to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Jacobs had been talking to several members of the organization not 30 feet away when he noticed that the laptop had disappeared, reported the Associated Press on Sunday. The laptop hardware was valued at around $4,000, according to the report, but contained "proprietary" data that could be valued in the millions. Qualcomm, well-known for its Eudora e-mail program, has also had a lead role in developing a wireless communications technique known as Code Division Multiple Access, or CDMA, technology. The wireless technology is on the track toward playing a major role in connecting personal devices to the Internet in the next decade. Target: Corporate laptops Yet, Qualcomm could be a target of corporate espionage. While informal surveys have indicated that one out of every 1,000 laptops are stolen, about 10 percent to 15 percent of those laptops are stolen by criminals intent on selling the data, said William Malik, vice president and information-security research director for market researcher GartnerGroup. "Some hacker rings have bounties on laptops from certain companies, such as Intel," said Malik, who added that boring laptop bags -- without a spiffy logo or flashy business card -- can go a long way toward reducing targeted laptop theft. For most thieves, a laptop merely represents a valuable, but light, piece of equipment, he said. "It's the weight of the thing that matters. If it were a diamond, so much the better." Identity theft possible Noted identity-theft litigator Mari J. Frank added personal information to the list of worries for the Qualcomm chief. "If I were this CEO, I would immediately put fraud alerts on my credit reports," she said. Frank has aided both TV network CBS and carmaker General Motors Co. with identity thieves who have stolen personal information from the companies in order to apply for credit in the name of their executives. "In this day and age, information is currency," she said. That sentiment has made technologies, such as encryption, all the more valuable as a security measure, said Jim Magdych, security research manager for the PGP security business unit of software maker Network Associates Inc. "If (Qualcomm) has any proprietary data on the laptop, competitors could use it to get a leg up," he said. "While Qualcomm can replace the data lost from the backups, preventing others from using that information requires encryption," Magdych said. Several security software makers, including Network Associates Inc., offer such technologies. Only time will tell whether Jacobs' laptop -- which had no such protections -- will be valued at $4,000 as a computer or possibly $40 million as a Rosetta Stone to decode Qualcomm's business.