Digital Lava and Network Appliance Introduce Bundled Solution for Streaming Media Content Creation and Delivery

Business Wire, April 19, 2001

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MARINA DEL REY & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2001

Digital Lava Inc. (Nasdaq:DGLV), a provider of rich media software and services, and Network Appliance Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery solutions, today announced a bundled solution for creating and deploying streaming media applications in the enterprise.

This joint effort provides corporate customers with an advanced solution for the creation and delivery of on-demand rich media business communications.

Digital Lava provides digital publishing services and the enabling software technology to Fortune 1000 companies for creating on-demand interactive presentations, communications and training applications. Digital Lava's rich media software applications seamlessly link digital video and audio content with a variety of other formats such as text, graphics, animations, PowerPoint(R) slides, software demonstrations and Web links.

The company's unique service offering provides a turnkey solution for delivering rich media to the desktop quickly and efficiently -- enabling more impactful and effective corporate communications, sales, marketing and e-learning applications.

Network Appliance will be offering Digital Lava's content creation services as an optional part of the NetApp(R) enterprise content delivery network (CDN) bundles (announced on April 16, 2001).

The bundles include storage and content delivery hardware, Data ONTAP(TM) 6.1 software, NetCache(TM) 5.1 software, and the latest versions of ContentDirector(TM) and ContentReporter(TM).

"Network Appliance and Digital Lava share the common vision of providing enterprises with the technology infrastructure and software to enable streaming applications for e-learning and corporate communications that are sensitive to this time of scrutinized IT spending," said Amit Pandey, senior director of content delivery marketing at Network Appliance. "Our combined solutions will provide greater returns on IT investments without compromising communications initiatives that make companies and their employees successful."

"We view our close collaboration with Network Appliance as a natural fit for providing organizations with a single-source solution for creating and delivering streaming media in the enterprise," commented Bob Greene, chairman and CEO of Digital Lava. "This alliance is the perfect blend of an exciting new enabling technology and a real-world application. It's an opportunity to showcase to new clients the powerful combination of Network Appliance's unique caching solution and Digital Lava's on-demand rich media applications working together."

About Digital Lava

Digital Lava provides digital publishing services and the enabling software technology to Fortune 1000 companies for creating on-demand interactive presentations, communications and training applications. Digital Lava's rich media software applications seamlessly link digital video and audio content with a variety of other formats such as text, graphics, animation and Web links.

The company's unique service offering provides a turnkey solution for delivering rich media to the desktop quickly and efficiently, enabling more impactful and effective corporate communications, sales, marketing and e-learning applications. End-users are provided with a fully integrated and interactive experience delivered to the desktop via the Internet, intranet, extranet, DVD, CD-ROM or any combination.

Digital Lava's partners and clients include Microsoft, Akamai, RealNetworks, Cisco Systems, Dell Computers, Siebel Systems, KPMG, Prudential Insurance, Network Associates, Alcatel, CompuCom, Whirlpool and medschool.com. Digital Lava has headquarters in Marina del Rey. For additional information, visit Digital Lava's Web site at http://www.digitallava.com/ or call 888/222-LAVA.

About Network Appliance (NetApp)

Network Appliance Inc., a veteran in network file storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions.

The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp's storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This center-to-edge(TM) solution offers seamless data management, from the back-end data center to the edge of the network, quickly, simply and reliably.

The Network Appliance(TM) product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX(R) and Windows(R) environments.