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Baker & Taylor Announces Performance Audit of Internap Service
Leader in Publishing Industry Establishes That Internap
Is Its Best Choice to Support Online Applications
SEATTLE, WA - May 8 - Baker & Taylor (www.btol.com), a leading full-line distributor of books, videos and music products, and Internap Network
Services (NASDAQ: INAP), the leading provider of intelligent routing on the Internet, announced the results of a recently completed performance review.
Baker & Taylor is one of the oldest and most well known distributors in the publishing community.
This case study confirmed that Baker & Taylor's Web site runs 70 percent faster using Internap's connectivity than it did with its previous Internet
provider. Additionally, after connecting to Internap's Service Points in New York and Philadelphia, the Baker & Taylor Web site ran 68 percent faster
than the Keynote Business 40 Internet Performance Index during the same period.
"As an established enterprise, we were able to differentiate Internap's service offering as fast and highly reliable, both important factors when considering
Baker & Taylor's traditional customer base and the volume of business that it generates," said Lester Thierwechter, Director of Information systems for
Baker & Taylor. "The value for our customers--behind the scenes--is that Internap actually engineers traffic across the many backbones in a faster, more
direct path than conventional providers."
Baker & Taylor uses Internap connectivity to ensure fast and reliable access to one of the largest combined in-stock book, video and music inventories in
the United States, maintaining and shipping more than 1 million unique ISBNs annually.
"This study clearly validates the value of Internap to large enterprises utilizing the public infrastructure for operational and cost efficiency," said Tony
Naughtin, President and CEO of Internap Network Services. "Baker & Taylor is building on its strong and historic roots with a technology vision that will
allow it to continue growing to meet the needs of its demanding customers."
Internap is the leading provider of intelligent routing services over the Internet. Its Overlay Network continuously monitors the traffic situation over all the
major Internet backbones and routes mission-critical data in a faster, more reliable and more managed fashion than conventional Internet technology.
Internap Contact
Bill Hankes
Internap Network Services
206 262-3737
bhankes@internap.com
Investor Services
Tim Hanson
Internap Network Services
206 262-3742
thanson@internap.com
Baker & Taylor Contact
Eric Saltrick
Baker & Taylor
704-329-8964
SaltriE@btol.com
About Internap
Founded in 1996 in Seattle, Internap provides Internet connectivity that is faster and more reliable than conventional Internet service. Internap's patented
route management technology provides direct data transmission across the major Internet backbones through a single connection from a customer's
network to one of Internap's Service Points. Internap's customers bypass congestion points on the Internet, avoiding packet loss, latency and other
difficulties that can plague conventional Internet connectivity. Internap services are currently available in numerous key markets throughout the United
States including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Jose and Seattle. Major companies and networks served by Internap include The
Nasdaq Stock Market, Datek Online, Colgate Palmolive, Earthlink, Travelocity and many others. Internap(R) and P-NAP(R) are registered trademarks of
Internap. All other trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. For mo!
re information, visit www.Internap.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement
This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these statements
are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Internap with the SEC,
specifically the most recent filing of its annual report on Form 10-K and any later periodic reports, which identify important risk factors that could cause
actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things, Internap's history of operating losses and
expected future losses, Internap's limited operating history, fluctuations in Internap's quarterly operating results, Internet infrastructure and regulatory
changes, volatility of stock price, deployment of new Service Points, integration of acquired businesses and rapid technological and market change. All
forward-looking statements are based on information availabl!
e to Internap on the date hereof, and Internap assumes no obligation to update such statements.
About Baker &Taylor
Baker & Taylor, Inc. is a global information and entertainment services company that offers books, videos, music and fulfillment services to traditional
and Internet retailers, schools, and libraries. It is based in Charlotte, N.C. Baker & Taylor ships more than 1 million unique ISBNs (SKUs) annually. They
maintain one of the largest combined in-stock book, video and music inventories in the United States with approximately 385,000 titles in inventory and
over 3 million available for order. Units of Baker & Taylor include Informata.com, their B2B arm that distributes electronic content, licenses database
services and applications, and Title Source II, a subscription-based service with a sophisticated search tool that allows its customers access to the most
extensive database of bibliographic acquisitions in the US.
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