ENTERA

Entera is the developer of Internet Content Delivery Systems for Internet network operators and content providers. Entera's scalable software platform significantly enhances the delivery of content on any Internet network. Entera, Inc. develops Internet Content Delivery Systems for Internet network operators and other content providers. The benefits of ICDS include substantially reduced costs, an enhanced user experience, and overall reduction of Internet congestion for companies. The "eng... ine" for building an ICDS is TeraNode, a standards based, scalable software platform. TeraNode works with any Internet network and can be deployed at distributed points or in a central office. It is compatible with a wide range of Internet protocols, and provides an innovative way to cache and deliver frequently used content-- including Web, audio/video and USENET news. TeraNode is designed to be extremely cost-effective, and allows additional protocol and content types to be supported over time, and provides for easy third party application development. Entera, Inc. is a privately held company founded in 1997. Its founders have extensive experience in creating, marketing and supporting Internet infrastructure products. TeraNode, the company's first product, provides an innovative and cost-effective way to cache frequently-used content anywhere on a company's network. Entera announced TeraNode, the world's first intelligent multi-protocol Internet caching node, on September 22, 1998.