UltraDNS™ Joins the Content Bridge Alliance

Leading Directory Services Company to Lend Expertise to Content Peering Standards Setting Efforts

San Mateo, Calif. - April 3, 2001 - UltraDNS Corporation, a managed directory services company that offers the industry's leading service-based solutions for next-generation networks and global applications, today announced it is has joined the Content Bridge(tm) Alliance Technical Advisory Working Group. UltraDNS brings its expertise in managed directory services to the alliance, and will apply its resources and intellectual capital to the development of standards for content peering.

As a member of the Content Bridge Alliance Technical Advisory Working Group UltraDNS joins leading technology vendors, service providers and content providers to collaborate on the development of standards and technologies to support cross-network content distribution. Initial areas of focus for this group include:

  • Injection - Establishes common methods for content providers to communicate content updates to member networks
  • Distribution - Defines methods to pass content updates between peer networks
  • Accounting - Provides a common mechanism for collecting usage data and allocating revenue to member networks

UltraDNS' participation in the Alliance will provide an additional focus on standards for end-user redirection and cross-network directory resolution. UltraDNS' market leading solutions improve the performance and reliability of online directories - a capability of key importance to content distribution networks, which must support a complex system of directory queries and resolution to deliver quick, reliable access to content.

"UltraDNS is excited to bring our managed directory services expertise to an open forum that is defining the next generation of content distribution services," said Darren K. Johnston, chief strategy & development officer for UltraDNS. "Joining the Content Bridge Alliance allows us to further enhance content delivery standards especially as they relate to directory performance and reliability."

"The Content Bridge Alliance is pleased to welcome UltraDNS as a member of the Technical Advisory Working Group," said Peter Galvin, chair of the Executive Advisory Board of the Content Bridge Alliance. "With the technical expertise and support of companies like UltraDNS, Content Bridge is helping to define new standards and business models for content internetworking on the Internet."

About Content Bridge Alliance

Formed in August 2000, Content Bridge is an alliance that includes leading technology and network service providers. The Content Bridge alliance provides a platform for cross-network content distribution, streamlining the link between content providers and consumers. Current members include: Adero, Inc., Alteon WebSystems, Apogee Networks, Bandwiz, BoostWorks, Brix Networks, Ciprico, Compaq Computer Corporation, Dell Computer Corporation, Digital Island, Inc., Exodus Communications(r) Inc., Genuity Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Inktomi Corp., Intel Corporation, Madge.web N.V., Mirror Image Internet Inc., Nano, Nextra, Portal Software, Inc., StorageNetworks, Inc., Sun Microsystems, TrueSpectra, UltraDNS, and Vignette Corp. For more information, access http://www.contentbridge.org/.

About UltraDNS
UltraDNS Corporation is the world's leading Managed DNS Service Provider, delivering superior security, reliability and performance to organizations that rely on DNS for their critical business processes, applications and services. With the growth in e-commerce and the emergence of advanced DNS-based communication and supply chain management services, organizations can no longer rely on traditional approaches to DNS. On October 20th, 2005 UltraDNS launched the DNS Shield™ in partnership with major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) including AOL, Earthlink, Time Warner and Yahoo to provide the highest level of reliability and security to over 100 million Internet users.

UltraDNS provides a range of global and local DNS solutions - both managed services and custom infrastructure - built on its unique Directory Services Platform and proprietary, patented technologies. Through its thousands of enterprise, service provider and TLD infrastructure customers, UltraDNS powers the resolution of over 15 million domains around the globe. UltraDNS has offices in California, Virginia, Arizona, Chicago and the UK. For more information please visit www.ultradns.com.

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