OPTIVIEW NAMED NETWORK COMPUTING "WELL-CONNECTED AWARD" FINALIST

OptiView's TurboCache Recognized as a Premier Web Content Acceleration Solution

DULLES, VA, April 22, 2002 —OptiView Technologies (www.optiview.com), a leading provider of Web content optimization services, has been named a finalist for the Network Computing "2002 Well-Connected Award" for its TurboCache content acceleration product. TurboCache intelligently reformats and resizes both dynamic and static Web images and text and speeds page downloads from 2-4 times across any connection, including corporate LANs, modems, and wireless devices. This is the eighth year Network Computing has recognized outstanding enterprise products and services. Other finalists in the content acceleration category are BMC Software and Packeteer.

"OptiView conducted extensive research into how businesses were losing ROI through their Web sites, and we developed a cost-effective, focused solution which is being recognized as the leader in the content acceleration category," said Donna Hemmert, CEO of OptiView. "Awards such as this validate our leading-edge products and technology, and we feel honored to be recognized by Network Computing."

TurboCache is the only Web content optimization product focused on optimizing all traffic for an entire audience, giving users 2-4 times the speed. TurboCache combines proprietary Web image and content optimization technology with caching to provide an in-the-flow solution with broad applicability. As TurboCache improves the Web surfing experience for all end-users while significantly reducing operating costs, this breakthrough product presents tremendous opportunity to sell to every xSP and corporate office worldwide.

"No other annual awards program in the industry uses hands-on evaluations to choose its winners," said Fritz Nelson, Publisher of CMP's Network Computing. "Our editors worked at length to research and test the best offerings in the enterprise arena. Being named a Well-Connected Award Finalist is a true reflection of product quality rather than merely product popularity or marketing effectiveness."

Winners of the Network Computing Well-Connected Awards will be revealed at a gala event held on the evening before one of the industry's largest trade shows, NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas. In addition, all finalists will be highlighted in the May 13th issue of the magazine, and will also be featured online at http://www.networkcomputing.com.

About OptiView Technologies
OptiView Technologies is a privately held Internet content acceleration company based in the Dulles high-tech corridor of Northern Virginia. OptiView develops Web content optimization products and services that reduce image bulk and speed page loading—thereby lowering operating costs and improving customer retention. Customers include The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ipicturebooks, and Baby Universe. Since 1996, OptiView has had over 50,000 customers, and has optimized millions of Web images. For more information about OptiView, please visit the company's Web site at www.optiview.com.

About Network Computing
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