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Novell Internet Caching System to Serve as Caching Backbone for Internet2 Project Partners with Compaq to Extend the Cutting Edge of the Internet PROVO, Utah — April 28, 1999 — Placing itself on the forefront of Internet development, Novell today announced the donation of ten Novell® Internet Caching Systems™ running on Compaq caching appliance servers to the Internet2 project (I2), a joint effort of university, government and industry partners building the next generation of the Internet. The donation by Novell, the leading provider of directory-enabled networking software, will be made in conjunction with a donation of ten dedicated caching appliances by Compaq, the leading provider of Web servers. With the potential to increase the speed and capacity of I2's Web servers ten-fold, the I2 project will benefit from dramatic improvements in Web server speed and efficiency, increased information access speeds and lowered telecommunication costs. The Novell Internet Caching System donation to the Internet2 project further demonstrates that Novell solutions are increasingly becoming an integral part of Internet-based computing. Novell's Internet Caching System recently emerged as the leader in performance and price/performance value for Web caching based on a report released by the National Laboratory of Applied Network Research (NLANR) following their first Web Cache Bake-Off, March 15-17, 1999. "Novell's Internet Caching System is the highest performing cache on the market and the only one that we believe can handle Internet2 speeds," said Dr. Glenn Ricart, Chief Technology Officer, Novell. "With more than five million enterprise users already relying on Novell's caching technology for improving their Web performance, Novell has clearly established itself as the leader in the Internet caching market. This donation helps Internet2 take Internet technology to a new level of performance." "Compaq's caching appliance server draws on Compaq's engineering and integration expertise to optimize the performance of Novell's ICS in a reliable, ready-to-deploy format," said John Young, Director of Appliance and Communications Servers, Compaq Computer Corporation. "This single-purpose server takes the guesswork out of application integration and simplifies administration, allowing enterprises and ISPs — such as the Internet2 Project (I2) — to deploy eBusiness and Internet solutions faster and with less risk."
Advancing the Internet Just as today's Internet arose from the academic and federal research networks of the 1980s, the Internet2 project is helping to develop and test the next generation of Internet technologies in a pre-commercial setting. The ten donated Compaq caching server appliances running Novell Internet Caching System will be deployed as part of I2's Distributed Storage Initiative (I2-DSI). The I2-DSI project will allow replication of content across multiple servers, and provide users with transparent access to that content at their chosen cost/performance point. Once integrated with the Novell Internet Caching System and Compaq's caching server appliances, the I2 project will generate important feedback to help Novell and Compaq refine and develop future caching technology. "The I2 project is building leading-edge network capabilities to enable the next generation of Internet applications," said Micah Beck, research associate professor at the Innovative Computing Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. "Caching will be an important part of the future of the Internet and we are proud that Novell and Compaq share our vision."
Novell Internet Caching System Announced at BrainShare '99, Novell's annual developer's conference, the Novell Internet Caching System is a scalable, plug-and-accelerate caching appliance architecture available for license by Intel architecture-based OEMs. Novell's Internet Caching System, with its new cache object store, dramatically improves the speed and efficiency of delivering Internet content. Novell's Internet Caching System can accelerate any Web site up to ten times the performance of common Web servers, host over 100,000 persistent connections, and dramatically reduce the hassle and expense of scaling traffic across multiple Web servers. Novell Internet Caching System, which can be easily installed in any Cisco, Unix, Windows NT or NetWare network, enables content publishers, ISPs and enterprises to deploy high-performance, content-rich Web storefronts that increase buyer satisfaction, attract new customers and drive new revenue opportunities.
About Internet2 Internet2 is led by more than 150 U.S. research universities, working with federal research agencies and leaders in the information technology industry to accelerate the next stage of Internet development in academia. As a project of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID), Internet2 is bringing focus, energy and resources to the development of a new family of advanced applications to meet the emerging academic requirements in research, teaching and learning. For more information about Internet2, see http://www.internet2.edu.
About Novell Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading provider of directory-enabled networking software. Novell solutions give businesses total control of their private networks and the Internet, simplifying the management of user access and identity. Novell's worldwide channel, consulting, developer, education and technical support programs are the most extensive in the network computing industry. For information on Novell's complete range of products and services, contact Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (4272), or visit Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com. Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/pressroom. Novell is a registered trademark and the Novell Internet Caching System is a trademark of Novell, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holder.
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