SRI International's 'Internet Chameleon' Technology Powers AlterEgo Adaptive Network For Wireless Web

Premier R&D Organization Provides Patent-Pending Technology Enabling Scalable Delivery of Adapted Web Content to Any Wireless Device

REDWOOD CITY and MENLO PARK, Calif. (June 5, 2000) - SRI International, a leading independent technology innovator, and AlterEgo Networks, the leading provider of Adaptive Network Services™ for the wireless Internet, today announced a technology licensing and equity sharing relationship. AlterEgo, the latest company to build its business around SRI-developed technology, gains exclusive rights to Internet Chameleon, software technology developed by SRI that promises to play a major role in strengthening the infrastructure of the developing wireless Internet.

AlterEgo Networks has built upon the core Internet Chameleon technology - derived from a broad group of U.S. government funded research initiatives at SRI aimed at improving data communications over highly distributed and diverse networks - to create the industry's first Adaptive Network™. The Adaptive Network, and the Adaptive Network Services™ it provides, is the first scalable, service-based network infrastructure that unobtrusively adapts and distributes rich, customized web content and applications at high speeds to users accessing the Internet via a variety of wireless and connected devices, including PDAs, cell phones, pagers, mobile laptops and a range of Internet appliances.

"The explosive growth of the Internet is fueling demand for wireless Internet access. SRI International has combined its long-standing experience in Internet technologies with its expertise in distributed and wireless computing to address the challenges associated with wireless access," said Curt Carlson, President and CEO of SRI International. "SRI's Internet Chameleon has enormous potential to substantially strengthen the developing worldwide infrastructure of the wireless Internet. As the basis for AlterEgo's Adaptive Network Service, it will play a key role in enabling the scalable delivery of rich content and applications to users accessing the wireless Internet from any type of device."

"AlterEgo and SRI share a common vision for the potential application of advanced distributed architectures optimized for the emerging wireless Internet," said Richard Ling, AlterEgo Networks' President and CEO. "The technology inherent in Internet Chameleon is a giant step toward that vision. As the foundation for our Adaptive Network Service, it allows AlterEgo Networks to significantly raise the bar in performance and functionality for dynamically adapting and distributing rich Internet content over high-speed networks."

About Internet Chameleon
The development of Internet Chameleon originated at SRI through U.S. Government-funded initiatives to address the improvement of the quality-of-service (QoS) of communications in highly distributed and heterogeneous networks, such as the Internet. SRI applied the technology to problems associated with delivering Internet content to a variety of devices (desktop, PCs, cell phones, PDAs, laptops, web appliances, etc.) through different networks (dial-up, broadband, wireless, satellite, etc.). AlterEgo has combined the proprietary Internet Chameleon adaptation technology with an ultra-high-performance network infrastructure. Together, they create an adaptive network service provider framework that will produce optimal user experiences for users of varying device types, at all performance levels. AlterEgo's combination of technology and network infrastructure will make it possible for content producers to "adapt once and publish anywhere" cost effectively, thereby delivering consistent quality across platforms.

About SRI
Silicon Valley-based SRI International (www.sri.com) is one of the world's largest independent research, technology development and consulting organizations. Founded in 1946 as the Stanford Research Institute, SRI has been meeting the strategic needs of global markets for more than 50 years. As part of its strategy to bring its technologies to the marketplace, SRI licenses its technologies, forms strategic partnerships and creates spin-off companies. SRI and its subsidiary Sarnoff Corp. have formed more than 20 spin-offs in information technology, biotechnology, healthcare, education and web-based services.

About AlterEgo Networks
AlterEgo Networks is the leading provider of Adaptive Network Services™ for the wireless Internet. The company provides the first scalable, service-based network that unobtrusively adapts and distributes rich, customized web content and delivers it at high speeds to users accessing the Internet via a variety of wireless and connected devices, including PDAs, cell phones, pagers and Internet appliances. The Adaptive Network, and the Adaptive Network Services it provides, are designed to help e-businesses-content-producers, e-retailers and global enterprises-exploit the enormous potential of the wireless web by enabling the delivery of content, applications and services to any device, anywhere in the world. AlterEgo Networks maintains key partnerships with InterNAP, Inktomi and SRI International. The company is based in Redwood City, Calif., and is privately held.

AlterEgo Networks, Adaptive Network and Adaptive Network Services are trademarks of AlterEgo Networks. SRI International is registered trademark of SRI International.

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