FORMER PSINET EXECUTIVE JOINS THE OPTIVIEW TECHNOLOGIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Former PSINet President & COO John Kraft Bring Years of Executive Sales and Business Development Experience

Dulles, VA (March 24, 2003)—OptiView Technologies, a leading provider of Web content acceleration products and services, today announced the addition of John Kraft, former President and COO of PSINet and a leading Internet strategist, to the company's Board of Directors.

Kraft served as President and Chief Operating Officer of PSINet U.S., and was tasked to lead the company through its difficult Chapter 11 bankruptcy phase. When Kraft joined PSINet in 1996, he was the founder and vice president of the Carrier and ISP Services division. Kraft came to PSINet from MCI Communications, where he served in several executive positions from 1986-1996.

Kraft was intrigued by the potential of OptiView’s unique approach to content acceleration. OptiView speeds content through a combination a technologies, including text compression, image optimization, caching, protocol management, and persistent connections. The result is faster transfer rates, increased online revenue generation, and substantial hardware and bandwidth cost savings.

"OptiView is poised for success," said Kraft. "Their products are getting great reviews, they are being nominated for industry awards, and the customer pipeline is full... it’s exciting to be a part of it, and I look forward to contributing to their success."

"We are thrilled to have John Kraft join our Board," said Donna Hemmert, OptiView's President and CEO. "John has extensive experience managing businesses towards growth, and he will help guide us in developing and executing policy. He also provides experience within our target industries."

OptiView's Board of Directors includes Chuck Ennis, Partner at Mercator Partners; Kurt Baumann, Chairman of Inter.net; Tom Kirchman, OptiView's CTO and founder; Todd Girvin, OptiView's COO; and Donna Hemmert, OptiView's President and CEO.

About OptiView Technologies
OptiView Technologies is a privately held Web content acceleration company based in Dulles, Virginia. OptiView's suite of products and services provide network acceleration and site acceleration for the enterprise and xSPs, reducing network load and increasing download times by 2-10 times with no visual degradation. All OptiView products utilize a unique combination of features including improved content cacheability, proprietary image optimization, standards-based caching, text compression, and protocol management. Current customers include: Babson University, barnesandnoble.com, ePinions, iPlicity, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ipicturebooks, and Baby Universe.