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Inktomi Adds Intel Veteran to Board of Directors; Frank Gill brings seasoned technology perspective to Inktomi BusinessWire, Wednesday, February 03, 1999 at 13:19 SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1999--Inktomi Corporation today announced the addition of a prominent industry executive and visionary to its Board of Directors. Frank Gill, a 23-year veteran of Intel Corp. and former executive vice president brings valuable insight and experience to Inktomi as the company moves ahead to becoming core to the Internet infrastructure. "We are delighted that Frank accepted our invitation to join Inktomi's Board of Directors," said David Peterschmidt, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Frank's achievements in the industry and comprehensive experience in sales and marketing, product development, and manufacturing operations will be a great asset to Inktomi." Throughout his 23 years at Intel Corporation, Mr. Gill held a variety of positions and most recently was executive vice president, before his retirement in June 1998. In the preceding 21 years, Mr. Gill contributed significantly to Intel's business, and was appointed general manager of Intel's newly created Internet and Communications Group in 1995. Inktomi's Board of Directors includes John Porter, a co-founder and director of WorldCom, Fred Harman, partner, Oak Investments, and Alan Shugart, founder, Seagate Technology. 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, GeoCities, Intel, Lycos, RealNetworks, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo!. The company has offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.inktomi.com. Note to Editors: Inktomi, Traffic Server, Scaling the Internet and the tri-colored cube logo are all trademarks of Inktomi Corporation. All other company and product names referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Inktomi Corp. Julie Keslik, 650/653-3074 jkeslik@inktomi.com or Access Communications Wendi Taylor, 415/904-7070 ext. 272 wtaylor@accesspr.com