Inktomi to Acquire FastForward Networks - Brief Article

ISP Business, Sept, 2000

Inktomi Corp., a developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software, announced that it has singed a definitive agreement to acquire FastForward Networks. Based in San Francisco, CA, FastForward Networks has developed the industry's first scalable software technology for the distribution and management of live broadcasting over the Internet.

The acquisition will propel Inktomi into the next generation of media infrastructure and enable the company to target the rapidly growing Internet broadcast market, projected to reach $40 billion by 2003.

Inktomi's infrastructure technology combined with the FastForward Networks Internet broadcasting software platform will allow millions of users to experience a more vibrant and entertaining Internet, and enable network service providers to build profitable business models based on Internet broadcasting.

With the addition of FastForward Networks, Inktomi will offer a core foundation for live Internet broadcasting to its customer base of content delivery networks and service providers, and will add live broadcast capabilities to the recently announced Content Bridge alliance for cross-network content distribution.