FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, September 4, 2001

Widevine Technologies™ Joins Exodus' Alliance Partner Program

Alliance Brings Reliable, Scalable and Secure Streaming and Web Hosting Advantage To Customers of Widevine Technologies

Seattle, WA, September 4, 2001 – Widevine Technologies™ announced today that the company has joined the Exodus Communications®, Inc., (NASDAQ: EXDS) Partnering for Success Alliance Partner program. Under the agreement, Widevine Technologies will refer customers to Exodus® for Internet hosting services. As an Exodus Alliance Partner, Widevine can expand its reach to customers through the Exodus Alliance community.

As an Alliance Partner, Widevine Technologies has access to the Exodus Alliance Exchange, an online community that enables Exodus partners and customers to build relationships and pursue business opportunities with other Alliance Exchange members. Through the Alliance Exchange, Widevine can market Widevine Cypher - the world's only "encryption on the fly"™ streaming media security solution - to other partners and customers across Exodus' global network of Internet Data Centers (IDCs).

Widevine Cypher is a patent-pending communications security product that enables shared encryption for streaming media on the Internet and private networks. Among its existing and planned capabilities are:

• Complete transparency on both the server and client end, allowing customers to continue using the hardware and software they already own.
• Full compatibility with all current standards-based streaming media technologies, including RealMedia (NASDAQ: RNWK), Windows Media (NASDAQ: MSFT), QuickTime (NASDAQ: AAPL), and MPEG.
• Client-side security and monitoring prevents streams from being captured by network stack hacking, screen-scraping, and other common techniques by shutting down streams automatically when such attacks are detected.
• Modular client shim design allows easy development and instant deployment of new encryption algorithms, enhanced client side security technology, custom back-channel data communication and much more.

"Streaming media is revolutionizing the manner in which enterprise customers are conducting their business on a daily basis," said Chris Arisian, senior vice president, worldwide alliances for Exodus. "Teaming with Widevine is a great opportunity to extend the breadth of solutions offered by the Exodus Alliance Partner community."

"We are proud to join Exodus' alliance program, which will allow us to market our secure streaming media services to enterprise customers," said John Beyer, chief executive officer, Widevine. "As Widevine Cypher continues to set the standard for securing streaming media, alliances such as this are expanding the adoption of streaming technologies and the security solutions provided by Widevine."

Exodus, the leader in complex Internet hosting and managed services, hosts mission-critical Internet operations for more than 4,500 companies worldwide in the world's largest global network of IDCs. Exodus provides a variety of services, including system and network management solutions and professional services, to help ensure optimal performance, availability and security for customers' Web sites.

About Widevine Technologies, Inc.
A communications security and network technologies leader, Widevine Technologies is an emerging leader in the development of Internet infrastructure security products and technologies. The company's products are platform-and format-independent and provide value-added services and technologies for Internet streaming media and copyright protection. Founded in 1999, Widevine Technologies is based in Seattle, Washington. The core of the company is a world-class team of streaming media and encryption technology developers. For more information about Widevine Technologies, please visit www.widevine.com.

Media Contact:
Eric Moser
Ruder Finn Chicago (for Widevine Technologies)
Tel: +1 312 329 3908
mosere@ruderfinn.com

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