SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 28, 1997 - Exodus Communications, Inc. the leading provider ofInternet Data Center services, and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), the worldwide leader innetworking for the Internet, today announced that Exodus' Internet Data Centers have beenselected to participate in the Cisco Powered Network program. Exodus is the first InternetData Center - a facility that provides customers with network management capabilities as wellas Web server co-location - to be selected for the program.
Under the program, the two companies will team to offer reliable, secure and high-performanceInternet services to deliver enhanced connectivity and network-based applications to customers.In the Cisco Powered Network program, Exodus will market Internet Systems Management servicesbased predominately on Cisco equipment and software.
"Corporations whose Web sites are an integral part of their business understand that theircompany's perception to the outside world depends heavily on how well their Internet siteperforms," said B.V. Jagadeesh, vice president of engineering for Exodus Communications. "Thispartnership between Internet leaders is good news for companies anxious to deploy cutting-edge,high-performance Internet solutions. By working with Cisco, we can continue to provide ourcustomers with industry leading Internet services in terms of reliability, performance, networkmanagement and innovation."
The Exodus Internet Data Centers leverage Cisco networking solutions to provide unparalleledbandwidth and network management to a growing number of corporate Web sites. Through Exodus'advanced network management capabilities the solutions provided by Cisco, the Exodus InternetData Centers are able to accommodate massive and rapid increases in "hits" to a Web site, hostWebcasting events and enable corporations to rely on the Internet to deploy mission-criticalbusiness applications.
"Enterprise customers worldwide depend on Internet solutions from Cisco and Exodus to keep theInternet an integral part of their business," said Don Listwin, senior vice president of CiscoSystems' service provider line of business. "Together, Exodus and Cisco deliver a high level ofnetwork interoperability and performance, as well as new, advanced and differentiated networkmanagement services businesses can rely on to keep Web operations running."
The Exodus Internet Data Centers use a variety of Cisco products including the Cisco 7500series routers and the Cisco Catalyst 5500 switches with Route Switch Modules (RSM). Inaddition, Exodus uses the Cisco Distributed Director and Cisco Local Director to direct Webtraffic to the network hub closest to the customer's location.
Exodus Network Services: Maximum Internet Performance
The Exodus Internet Data Centers provide the global network and operating infrastructurerequired to allow Web operations to seamlessly scale to accommodate exponential growth commonto popular Internet sites and tap scarce expertise in managing technologies.
Founded in 1994, Exodus Communications Inc. pioneered the Internet Data Center market. Thecompany is the leading provider of Internet systems and management solutions for the growingnumber of companies whose Internet sites are an integral part of the business. The companymanages Internet Web sites and network infrastructure from Internet Data Centers in SantaClara, New York and Seattle. Future Internet Data Center expansion will include Los Angeles,Washington D.C., the United Kingdom and Japan. More information on Exodus can be found athttp://www.exodus.net.
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