Digital Island`s Content Delivery Service Accelerates Downloads of Scott Adams` First Non-"Dilbert" e-Book
DigitalOwl Selects Footprint to Reduce Operational Costs by 25% and Make Downloads of New E-Book 10 Times Faster
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4, 2001 - Digital Island, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISLD) today announced it has delivered several thousand digital copies of "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams` latest book, God`s Debris, in the first week of publication. DigitalOwl, a leader in digital information delivery, provided hosting and digital rights security for Adams` first e-book. DigitalOwl selected Digital Island`s Footprint® Content Delivery service to reduce its operations cost and to speed the download of God`s Debris, available exclusively as an e-book at www.dilbert.com.
Footprint accelerates the download of DigitalOwl`s free TitleVision™ application, which is required to read Adams` e-book. With TitleVision, end users securely view licensed or proprietary information with a variety of standard readers, including Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat, and PalmOS-based PDA devices. In all cases, content is secured and managed with DigitalOwl`s robust digital rights management infrastructure.
Facing costly network expenses associated with delivering Scott Adams` e-book worldwide, DigitalOwl teamed with Digital Island to save on operational costs through a usage-based billing model that adapts to meet DigitalOwl`s bandwidth needs. As a result, DigitalOwl estimates it is saving approximately 25 percent on content delivery costs. As demand for God`s Debris increases, Digital Island`s global content delivery network will easily scale, enabling DigitalOwl to generate profits from its e-business operation instead of spending more on delivery costs.
"Digital Island`s content delivery service helps us transact profitable e-business in the digital publishing arena by providing our customers with a fast and secure online experience," said Kirstie Chadwick, CEO and president, DigitalOwl. "Digital Island`s usage-based billing system guarantees that we only pay for content actually delivered to our customers. This was a major reason we chose Footprint, as it will make our e-business operations more profitable in this highly competitive marketplace."
Footprint speeds the delivery of content by moving copies of the e-book closer to the end user at the edge of the Internet. A typical e-book now takes only 28 seconds to download, a 10-fold performance improvement.
"Scott Adams is among the pioneers in the publishing world, with this Internet-only version of his latest work. Digital Island is pleased to have been chosen by DigitalOwl to provide fast, reliable and secure downloads for God`s Debris," said Tim Wilson, chief marketing officer, Digital Island. "With Footprint, DigitalOwl can make well-informed business decisions and properly provision new Digital Island services in preparation for increases or shifts in its global customer base."
Adams has sold more than 10 million "Dilbert" books worldwide, including #1 New York Times Bestsellers - The Dilbert Principle and Dogbert`s Top Secret Management Handbook. The Dilbert comic strip appears in over 2,000 newspapers in 61 countries. God`s Debris, however, is a departure from the daily antics of Dilbert. Adams calls the e-book a "thought experiment wrapped in a fictional story. It`s designed to make your brain spin around inside your skull. You`ll want to talk about it with your friends while enjoying a beverage." The 99-page e-book costs $4.95.
About DigitalOwl
DigitalOwl is the first digital rights management company to mobilize and market premium information through corporate intranets, handheld devices and targeted Web sites. Publishing clients include The McGraw-Hill companies, Baker & Taylor, iPublish.com at Time Warner Books and Keesing`s Worldwide. Founded in August 1999, the privately held company based in Winter Park, Florida, recently received $11.1 million in a second round of venture financing, primarily through Noro-Moseley Partners and Draper Atlantic. Visit the DigitalOwl web site at www.digitalowl.com.
About Digital Island
Digital Island® is the leading provider of managed Internet infrastructure for enterprises that need to give their customers a great Web experience in order to drive e-Business transactions. The company integrates managed hosting, content delivery and network services to bypass Internet congestion and guarantee fast and relevant interactions. Digital Island is headquartered in San Francisco, and its global e-Business delivery network reaches 35 countries. www.digitalisland.net
About Footprint Content Delivery
Digital Island`s Footprint Content Delivery service improves Website performance by moving content closer to the end-user and provides significant cost savings for global e-business transactions. Footprint`s Best Distributor Selection technology ensures content is delivered quickly, consistently and reliably so that end-users have the best viewing experience anywhere at any time, and the most economical method is used to distribute content. Footprint is the industry`s only content delivery service capable of distributing all major content types, including streaming media, authenticated content and dynamic content, and is the first and only content delivery service to achieve ICSA.net TrueSecure certification for its protection against common security risks.
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