IBM Unix Servers Chosen by Paltalk

Business Wire, Dec 12, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000

Leading Provider of Software for Live Voice communications Via the

Internet Chooses IBM RS/6000 M80's to become First to

Offer Instant Voice Conferencing for up to 1000 Users

Paltalk today announced it has selected ultra-powerful IBM Unix Servers to help expand the company's instant voice conferencing capabilities. The new RS/6000 M80 servers will enable Paltalk to become the first company to offer instant voice conference for up to 1000 people simultaneously. The company said the decision to switch to a Unix based server is a direct result of its substantial user growth.

Paltalk, one of the fastest growing providers of software for live voice and video communications over the Internet, was established in June of 1998. Since its inception the company has grown to a user base of over 2.3 million with 250,000 using the service daily.

"Paltalk remains committed to providing users with the best voice quality on the Internet," said Perry Scherer, chief technical officer at Paltalk. " After competitive testing, we found that the IBM RS/6000 M80 server provided the fastest response time and offered the best support for our Java based server applications. When you have over 1000 chat rooms in operation at one time with 10,000 simultaneous users, you need the power that IBM's M80 can provide."

The two to eight-way, rack-mounted IBM RS/6000 M80 system offers breakthrough copper microprocessor technology and is bolstered by mainframe-class reliability and serviceability. Smaller, denser, faster and cooler than their aluminum counterparts, copper chips are also more reliable and less expensive to manufacture. IBM's line of UNIX servers is the industry's first to be completely powered by copper.

"Rapidly growing Internet companies like Paltalk rely on the scalability and high availability from their hardware infrastructure," said Mike Kerr, vice president of products IBM Web server unit. "IBM's work with Paltalk and the installation of the M80's will help assure that Paltalk customers receive state-of-the-art instant voice conferencing. We are excited to be deploying IBM servers in a fast growing ebusiness like Paltalk."

About Paltalk

Paltalk is a New York-based privately held Internet software company that produces Voice over Internet Protocol Software, video conferencing, instant messaging and voice e-mail. Paltalk was founded in June of 1998 and was the first company to launch video and voice and an on-line contact list in one package. The company offers high quality video and voice communications with a 390KB download the smallest file size of any major chat software available. Paltalk's user base has expanded 1000% over the last year to 2.3 million users in over 100 countries. Paltalk currently handles over 120 million minutes of voice communication per month.

About IBM

IBM is the number one server vendor in the world, according to International Data Corporation. For more information, visit the IBM servers Web site at www.1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries.>

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