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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (16787)	9/10/1998 7:57:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

William< line extensions, robust infrastructure buildout, share gains.> They lack the cash or the deep pockets. So far.

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (16787)	9/10/1998 8:24:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Inktomi's Traffic Server Deployed Across America Online's Network; Traffic Server Supports Largest Member Community in Cyberspace Business Wire - September 09, 1998 08:11 %INKTOMI INKT %CALIFORNIA %COMPUTERS %ELECTRONICS %COMED %INTERACTIVE %MULTIMEDIA %INTERNET %PRODUCT V%BW P%BW SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1998--Inktomi Corp. (NASDAQ:INKT), developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software, today announced that America Online (AOL), the world's leading Internet online service, has completed deployment of Inktomi's Traffic Server(TM) cache solution across its network. Traffic Server is deployed at AOL's central location and currently supports over 13 million users in the AOL network, the largest member community in cyberspace. Traffic Server buffers users from congestion and traffic spikes on the Internet, delivering information faster to users. At the same time, Inktomi's Traffic Server also conserves bandwidth and increases the effective capacity of existing networks, allowing Internet providers to provide better quality of service to users. "With the largest community of cyberspace users going through the AOL network, they needed the robustness and high scalability of the Traffic Server solution," said David Peterschmidt, president and chief executive officer of Inktomi. "We are very pleased to provide AOL with the infrastructure software supporting this dynamic and growing online community." "Today, more than a billion Web hits are requested every day by the large and growing AOL user community," said Joe Barrett, AOL's vice president of Internet Operations. "The deployment of Inktomi's Traffic Server cache is a key component of our commitment to deliver the highest quality of service to our members. Inktomi's Traffic Server allows us to continue to rapidly scale our web service, improve our members' Internet experience, and avoid increasing congestion on the Internet." Inktomi's Traffic Server is a carrier-class network cache designed to help Internet infrastructure providers scale up their operations to meet rapidly growing demand and performance requirements. Based on Inktomi's innovative cluster and parallel computing technologies, Traffic Server is designed to scale to more than a terabyte of data and millions of users. By embedding programmable intelligence into the network, Traffic Server provides a flexible platform for delivering high quality network services. About Inktomi Based in San Mateo, Calif., Inktomi (pronounced INK tuh me), develops and markets scalable software designed for the world's largest Internet infrastructure and media companies. Inktomi's products include the world's largest search engines, online comparison shopping solutions, and carrier-class network cache software. Inktomi works with leading companies including America Online, @Home Network, CNET, Intel, Microsoft, RealNetworks, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo!. The company has offices in North America and Europe. For more information, visit www.inktomi.com. Note to Editors: All artwork, logos, and the names INKTOMI and Traffic Server are trademarks of INKTOMI CORPORATION. CONTACT: Access Communications Wendi Taylor, 415/904-7070 ext. 272 wtaylor@accesspr.com or Inktomi Corp. Kevin Brown, 650/653-2825 kevin@inktomi.com