Mirror Image Internet Bolsters End-to-End Streaming Offering; Technology and Business Partners Extend instaStream Audio & Video Service

Business Wire, Dec 12, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

Streaming Media West 2000

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000

Mirror Image Internet, an innovative leader in Internet content delivery services, today announced technology and business partnerships that extend the instaStream(SM) Audio & Video Service, Mirror Image's end-to-end streaming media solution. Working with digital media, Internet and streaming innovators such as RealNetworks, Exodus, Cisco, Activate, e-Vue and others, Mirror Image offers a solutions-based approach to streaming digital media that consistently delivers high-quality audio and video to a global audience.

Mirror Image's "whole solution" strategy is designed to provide organizations with a full range of streaming services, from production and encoding to delivery and measurement. Key partners and their respective technologies for the Mirror Image instaStream solution include: Activate providing production services for on-demand and live streaming; Digital Bitcasting (an EMC company) for high-bandwidth MPEG encoded formats; EncodeThis! offering digital media encoding; E-Vue for MPEG-4 streaming; Cisco for global network access; Exodus providing hosting services and performance measurement; and RealNetworks offering the leading format in streaming media.

Through its technology and partnering efforts, Mirror Image can help businesses, service providers and content providers eliminate the choppy, unreliable delivery of streaming media that commonly plagues today's Web applications. As organizations search for an effective means to deliver streaming media, Mirror Image provides a unique solution that utilizes its advanced Content Access Point(TM) (CAP) architecture to ensure reliable, scalable and high- quality global streaming at a low cost.

To date, a range of leading organizations have selected Mirror Image's instaStream Audio & Video Service to deliver streaming content to their end users worldwide. Leveraging Mirror Image's sophisticated content distribution architecture and leading-edge streaming technologies, organizations now have a business model and the resources to recognize the full potential of streaming media for e-business and tap into what had previously been elusive revenue generating opportunities.

"We are pleased to forge partnerships with organizations that share our commitment to improving the overall Internet experience for end users," said Hal Bennett, vice president, business development at Mirror Image. "By combining our unique services with technologies from our world-class streaming partners, Mirror Image can offer a comprehensive solution that delivers fast and reliable streaming media around the globe and helps organizations apply their business models to the rich content delivery market."

"We are thrilled to have teamed our technology with Mirror Image's instaStream Audio & Video Service," said John Lynch, COO and CTO of e-Vue Inc. "We recognize Mirror Image as an innovative leader in content delivery services and look to their instaStream service to work with our MPEG-4 video authoring and player tools to securely deliver high-quality, interactive multimedia over the Internet. As our customers increasingly request the secure, standards-based content delivery and scalable bandwidth utilization that MPEG-4 provides, we will continue looking to Mirror Image to assist us in efficiently streaming MPEG-4 content to meet their needs."

"We partnered with Mirror Image because they enhance Activate's ability to deliver outstanding results for digital media," said Jeff Schrock, CEO of Activate. "Mirror Image's instaStream service offers a superior solution for minimizing delays, allowing our customers to reach their audiences with higher-quality audio and video regardless of the number or location of users. As people head to Activate for their streaming needs, we will leverage Mirror Image's strengths to provide the best in the business."

About Mirror Image Internet

Mirror Image Internet is an innovative leader in Internet content delivery services, singularly able to consistently deliver requested content faster than other methods, regardless of location or volume demand. This is accomplished using globally deployed patented technology that employs open standards and offers consistent performance, reliability and scalability. The foundation for this cost-effective approach is the secure and intelligent Content Access Point(TM) (CAP) architecture, which powers the suite of instaDelivery(SM) Internet Services and enables Mirror Image to provide content providers, service providers, enterprises and end users with an increasingly superior and satisfying Internet experience. Principally owned by Xcelera Inc. (AMEX: XLA), Mirror Image serves customers worldwide through headquarters in Woburn, Mass. For additional information, visit Mirror Image Internet on the Web at www.mirror-image.com.

About Xcelera Inc.

Xcelera Inc. is a European Internet technology company focusing on operating, developing and financing Internet technology companies whose technologies, products or services can be enhanced by or complement Xcelera's core competencies in content management, content distribution, caching, storage and streaming. The company is expanding its portfolio of Internet companies, which includes a controlling interest in Mirror Image Internet, an Internet infrastructure company that speeds up the Web. For more information, visit us on the Web at www.xcelera.com.