Hi kilo and all:
Volera's revenues:
I think a central issue is how profitable is going to be the Globalcenter (now Exodus) partnership..since those guys are real pros I think this bodes well for Volera..Your take?
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GlobalCenter Launches A Content Acceleration Exchangesm Service
GlobalCenter's New Service Offers a "Plug-and-Play" Solution to Speed the Availability and Performance of Dynamic
and Static Web Site Content
SUNNYVALE, CALIF., October 25, 2000 - GlobalCenter Inc., a Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX) subsidiary and
leading Internet services company, today announced it will begin offering a fully managed Content Acceleration ExchangeSM
service developed through a partnership with Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), the leading provider of Net services software.
GlobalCenter's Content Acceleration Exchange service increases the speed of GlobalCenter customers' dynamic and static
Web site content on a global scale, offering a solution to maximize performance without requiring additional custom
development or investment in Web server infrastructure. The new service is currently available at all U.S. GlobalCenter data
centers, with plans to expand in Europe by year-end 2000 and Asia Pacific in 2001.
The Content Acceleration Exchange service allows GlobalCenter's customers to deliver content with unparalleled performance.
The network-based service increases the effective capacity of existing Web servers by an order of magnitude, dramatically
improving Web site response, increasing the number of page views and enhancing the viewer experience without requiring
additional custom development. Additionally, the service provides customers with flexible control over downstream content
distribution by dynamically configuring content for use with content distribution networks, freeing them from network-specific
commitments.
"The development of the Content Acceleration Exchange with Novell demonstrates GlobalCenter's commitment to deliver
leading Internet tools and solutions, such as scalability and reliability, to our customers," said Leo Hindery, Jr., Chairman and
CEO of GlobalCenter.
The Content Acceleration Exchange service will provide customers with access to the entire worldwide network of
GlobalCenter data centers. The service blasts content worldwide, eliminating Web server bottlenecks. There are no set-up
fees, capital expenditures or staffing requirements. The service complements existing content distribution networks and is a
completely managed turnkey solution backed by GlobalCenter's professional support staff 24X7.
Activation of the Content Acceleration Exchange service occurs at GlobalCenter's extensive network of data centers. Once
activated, the service is placed in front of the customer's origin Web server. As it receives requests for Web pages and other
material, the Content Acceleration Exchange service retrieves files from the original server, saves them in cache and then
forwards them to the requesting end-users. Because the files are cached, all subsequent requests for the information are now
served directly from the local Content Acceleration Exchange copy, dramatically increasing the performance of the Web
servers.
GlobalCenter and Novell recently partnered to accelerate the file sharing community for the Blair Witch WebFest, an online
convention in support of the highly anticipated release by Artisan Entertainment of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. The
partnership ensured the successful delivery of user content during the event by using GlobalCenter's Content Acceleration
Exchange service. As the worldwide community interacted in WebFest, Novell's JustOn Internet file storage and sharing Web
site facilitated easy sharing of film footage, original artwork, music and other media content between participants. GlobalCenter
provided the complex Web hosting services for parts of the WebFest, including the Content Acceleration Exchange service to
help make the event successful.
"As demonstrated with the Artisan's WebFest, GlobalCenter's solution, based on Content Exchange, allows web site operators
and content providers to completely scale with demand without incurring any hardware or software costs," said Simon Khalaf,
vice president and general manager, Net Content services, Novell. "By powering GlobalCenter's Content Acceleration
Exchange service, we can help address Web server bottleneck before content is even placed on the Internet to ensure a
consistent consumer experience."
GlobalCenter's services integrate the latest technology into an economical outsourcing model that specializes in the four
elements critical for e-businesses to succeed in the new economy: connectivity, data centers, on-demand Internet applications
and professional services. These services offer GlobalCenter customers reliability, cost-effectiveness, faster time to market
advantages and economies of outsourcing, significantly reducing total cost-of-ownership with less capital and fewer internal IT
staff requirements.
About GlobalCenter
GlobalCenter Inc. is a subsidiary of Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX). As a leading Internet services company,
GlobalCenter delivers an integrated Internet solution, including the global infrastructure and performance necessary for scale in
the new economy. GlobalCenter's customers include many of the largest and most densely trafficked sites on the Web. Global
Crossing is building and offering services over the world's most extensive global IP-based fiber optic network, which will have
more than 101,000 route miles, serving five continents, 27 countries and more than 200 major cities. For more information
contact GlobalCenter at www.globalcenter.net or Global Crossing at www.globalcrossing.com.
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expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a
number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause Global Crossing's actual results to differ materially from those
projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to complete
systems within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price
competitive marketplace; changes in the nature of telecommunications regulation in the United States and other countries;
changes in business strategy; the successful integration of newly-acquired businesses; the impact of technological change; and
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