Exodus Expands Hosting Relationship With Yahoo! - Company Business and Marketing

Exodus Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXDS), a leader in complex Internet hosting and managed services, Monday announced that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), a leading global Internet communications, commerce, and media company serving 145 million individuals worldwide, has expanded its presence in the Exodus Internet Data Center network with the establishment of a mirrored site at an Exodus facility on the East Coast. "A scaleable and redundant network infrastructure helps Yahoo! support the needs of its growing worldwide Internet audience," said Ellen M. Hancock, president and CEO of Exodus. "By expanding its presence at Exodus, Yahoo! will continue to provide its users with the ability to seamlessly access information, communicate with others, and buy things."

"Exodus has proven that they can quickly and reliably expand our Internet capabilities worldwide," said Kevin Timmons, director of operations, Yahoo!. "They successfully provide the infrastructure and level of service we need to help maintain the reliability of one of the world's most visited Internet domains."

Yahoo! already has a long-standing relationship with Exodus. In January, Yahoo! again named Exodus as its primary service provider for Yahoo! GeoCities (http://geocities.yahoo.com). Exodus has provided network space and managed services to support the popular online community site.

Leading the Web Hosting Market

According to International Data Corporation, the Web hosting market is expected to grow from $1.8 billion in 1999 to $17.6 billion by 2003. Exodus provides a variety of services to help ensure that its customers complex Internet operations are always available and secure. The company has certified system administrators and network professionals to manage Internet systems for peak performance, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Exodus also provides customers with access to Internet systems management expertise, critical for providing reliable Internet services and quickly expanding Internet capabilities. Exodus provides complex Internet hosting services and enterprise-class Internet systems management for companies deploying mission-critical Internet operations. Exodus Internet Data Centers offer a range of benefits including:

High Performance: Exodus customers benefit from industry-leading availability, reliability and redundancy through a high-speed network design, 24x7 system monitoring, diagnosis and problem resolution, performance monitoring, stress testing, and content distribution technology.

Scalability: As customers grow, Exodus is positioned to meet their needs for increased hosting space, bandwidth and managed and professional services.

Security: End-to-end electronic and physical security measures are in place to protect customers' data, applications and systems.

Exodus Communications is a leading provider of complex Internet hosting for enterprises with mission-critical Internet operations. The Company offers sophisticated system and network management solutions, along with technology professional services to provide optimal performance for customers' Web sites. Through its subsidiary, Service Metrics, Exodus is a leading source of Web site performance monitoring and measurement services. Exodus manages its network infrastructure via a worldwide network of Internet Data Centers located in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. More information on Exodus can be found at http://www.exodus.net.

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