Contact:
Mei Li
Senior VP, Corporate Communications
Phone: 650.627.1063
E-mail: meili@netsuite.com
NetSuite, Inc.
Netledger Launches Powerful,
Consolidated Data Center
San Mateo, Calif. March 29, 2000 NetLedger,
Inc., the gateway to e-commerce and worlds first
provider of a Web-based accounting solution for millions
of small businesses, today announced the launch of a
new, consolidated Data Center with increased capacity,
more power, enhanced scalability and superior reliability.
The new Data Center establishes NetLedger as the largest
Linux installation of Oracle worldwide. The Data Centers
platform is built on three breakthrough technologies:
VA Linux Systems (Nasdaq: LNUX), Network Appliance,
Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP), and Rainbow Technologies (Nasdaq:
RNBO).
NetLedger selected industry-leading technologies to
build the most secure and reliable infrastructure offered
by any small business application service provider (ASP).
Recognizing accounting as the core financial application
of every online business, NetLedger is dedicated to
delivering a Web-based accounting solution that will
become the platform of choice for every entrepreneurial
e-commerce effort. In addition to supporting current
and future customer growth, as well as the companys
numerous distribution partnerships, the new Data Center
is a milestone for NetLedger in the small business ASP
industry.
"The new Data Center positions NetLedger to become
the gateway for millions of small businesses as e-commerce
continues to expand their ability to compete in todays
global marketplace," said Bill Mirbach, president
and CEO of NetLedger, Inc.
"We now have improved scalability in our infrastructure
to handle the tremendous traffic our business is attracting
and retaining," said Evan Goldberg, CTO of NetLedger,
Inc. "The new Data Center provides 100 percent
redundant capacity and has connectivity with 96 percent
of the worlds networks, giving our customers and
partners greater bandwidth and faster transaction rates."
The New Data Center is Built on
Three Breakthrough Technologies:
VA Linux
NetLedger selected VA Linux (Nasdaq: LNUX) to provide
rackmount Linux servers and integration management services
for the entire application server infrastructure, resulting
in the worlds largest deployment of Oracle on
Linux. VA Linux Professional Services provided NetLedger
with additional expertise in resolving kernel and NFS
issues as they arose, leveraging the Open Source community
to facilitate rapid response times. "As a recognized
leader in helping dot-coms build their businesses on
Linux and Open Source, VA Linux is pleased to provide
NetLedger with our systems, professional services and
support for its ground-breaking ASP infrastructure,"
said Robert Russo, general manager and senior vice president
of worldwide operations, VA Linux Systems. "The
design and scale of NetLedgers new Data Center
establishes NetLedger as a premier ASP for small businesses."
Network Appliance
The second technology NetLedger selected for this massive
undertaking is Network File System (NFS) from Network
Appliance (Nasdaq: NTAP), a leading provider of network-attached
data access and management solutions. Network Appliance
manufactures high-performance multi-protocol file servers
(or filers) and caching appliances for UNIX (NFS), Windows
(CIFS) and Web (HTTP) environments. The new NetLedger
Data Center is the largest production instance running
NFS on Linux. Network Appliance NFS provides higher
performance, higher scalability and greater fault tolerance.
Rainbow Technologies
The third partner NetLedger tapped is Rainbow Technologies
(Nasdaq: RNBO), a leading provider of security solutions
for the Internet and eCommerce. The new NetLedger Data
Center uses Rainbow Technologies' CryptoSwift, EN 1000
eCommerce accelerator that contains a public-key processor
that off-loads and speeds up the secure operations that
would otherwise saturate the Web server's main processor.
Running up to 1000 transactions per second and processing
a 1024-bit RSA transaction in less than 5 milliseconds,
CryptoSwift improves server response time by up to ten
times and frees servers to perform accounting tasks.
"We are pleased with NetLedger's decision to use
CryptoSwift," said Robert Shields, director of
strategic marketing, Rainbow Technologies. "In
processing accounting transactions, security and speed
are critical features to NetLedger customers, which
makes our technology solutions a perfect match."
About VA Linux Systems
Since 1993, VA Linux Systems has been a recognized leader
in advancing Linux and Open Source solutions. VA Linux
provides a single point of contact for Linux systems,
Open Source software, and world-class professional services
and support. VA Linux Systems owns and operates SourceForge[tm],
the world's largest Open Source development center,
as well as Linux.com and Themes.org. Headquartered in
Sunnyvale, VA Linux is located on the Web at http://www.valinux.com/.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, a veteran in network file serving
and caching, has been providing data access solutions
since 1992 and is a member of both the S+P 500 and NASDAQ
100 index. Major corporations and ISPs, including Lycos,
Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco,
Motorola and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp
solutions. NetApp's Internet caching solutions (NetCache
appliances) and file servers ("filers") deliver
fast, simple, reliable and cost-effective access to
network-stored data and enable simultaneous shared file
services for UNIX®, Windows NT® and the World
Wide Web.
The company pioneered the concept of the"network
appliance, an extension of the industry trend
toward dedicated, specialized products that perform
a single function. Network Appliance filers and
NetCache appliances are based on the Company's innovative
data access software known as Data ONTAP operating
system and standards-compliant hardware.
About Rainbow Technologies
Founded in 1984, Rainbow Technologies is a leading
provider of security solutions for the Internet and
eCommerce. Rainbow applies its core technology to a
variety of Internet applications from securing software,
to the acceleration of secure communication for eCommerce
and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Rainbows
products include secure Web server and VPN acceleration
boards; anti-piracy and Internet software distribution
solutions; PKI-based security solutions; voice, data
and satellite security systems; and USB-based authentication
tokens. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California,
and maintains offices throughout the United States,
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, China, India,
The Netherlands, Russia, and Taiwan. A network of nearly
50 authorized distributors sell Rainbow products worldwide.
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