Volera Integrates HP OpenView Network Management Tools With State-Of-The-Art Content Networking Solutions

Business Wire, Sept 24, 2001

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2001

Combined Solution Empowers Service Providers and Enterprises to

Optimize Networks, Reduce Costs and Improve Quality of Service

Volera Inc., the leading provider of intelligent content networking solutions and a subsidiary of Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL), today announced the interoperability of Volera's content networking solutions and Hewlett-Packard Company's HP OpenView's Network Node Manager (NNM), part of HP OpenView's I-biz and Integrated Service Management solutions. The interoperability extends HP OpenView's NNM system monitoring capabilities to manage networks powered by Volera Excelerator(TM) and Volera Velocity CDN(TM)

With Excelerator, the resulting solution provides enterprises and service providers with a robust system monitoring solution and the power to intelligently manage the distribution of content and rich-media applications. With Volera's Velocity CDN, HP OpenView's NNM joins a complete suite of content networking software products that provide enterprises and service providers with everything they need to build complete content distribution networks.

"This is an ideal option for network administrators seeking a comprehensive and cost effective solution to manage the delivery of complex data, improve network performance and provide optimal quality of service," said Gary Gysin, vice president of product management and business development at Volera. "Our customers can now tap the benefits of advanced content networking, leveraging both the leading content delivery technology and the top network management solution."

From a single, graphical view, OpenView's NMN allows IT administrators to quickly identify, isolate and resolve problems that might occur anywhere within an organization's infrastructure. Used in conjunction with Volera's content networking solutions, HP OpenView's NNM offers customers advanced features to evaluate network performance and preempt network disruption, thus ensuring the highest quality of service to employees, partners and customers. OpenView's NNM provides immediate notification and constant monitoring of all resources and serves as central interface to monitor alerts.

Additionally, NNM offers data collection capabilities that provide trend analysis on the overall health of the network, while generating alarms for any changes in firmware, links or other variables. Because of NNM's ability to map the entire network, customers can resolve network events in a timely and cost effective manner.

Volera's content networking solutions give customers the ability to leverage their existing infrastructure and IT resources to deploy today's most compelling streaming media applications, including e-learning, corporate communications, video on demand and more. Volera's award-winning caching engine, Excelerator, forms an extensible caching platform that dramatically speeds the delivery of content, leveraging Volera Secure Excelerator to off-load SSL processing and Volera Media Excelerator to support the distribution of streaming media. Excelerator forms an extensible platform that supports the deployment of Volera's complete content distribution network solution, Velocity CDN.

About HP

Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services -- is focused on making technology and its benefits accessible to individuals and businesses through simple appliances, useful e-services and solutions for an Internet infrastructure that's always on.

HP had total revenue from continuing operations of $48.8 billion in its 2000 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.

About Volera

Volera, Inc. is transforming today's Internet into a fast, scaleable and reliable business tool by providing service providers and the enterprise with a comprehensive solution for managing the intelligent, efficient delivery of content. Volera's core technology is the Excelerator(TM) platform - the fastest caching technology in the industry based on third party testing. The company's Velocity CDN(TM) solution comprises all of the tools, technologies and expertise customers need to build their own content distribution network (CDN) to gain extraordinary control over the delivery and management of rich and streaming content, secure data and countless Web-based applications. Velocity CDN customers are supported by Volera Professional Services, which architects, integrates and operates customers' CDNs.

Volera Inc. is a subsidiary of Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) with a strategic investment from Nortel Networks and equity participation from Accenture. More information on Volera can be found at http://www.volera.com