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=20 06:12 PM --------------------------- =20 =09Enron North America Corp. =09 =09From: Press Release @ ENRON 02/02/2000 06:21 = PM =09 To: All Enron Worldwide cc: =20 Subject: ROAD-SHOW.COM Q4i.COM CHOOSE ENRON TO DELIVER FINANCIAL WEB CONTEN= T HOUSTON =01) Enron Broadband Services (EBS), a wholly owned subsidiary of E= nron=20 Corp. and a leader in the delivery of high-bandwidth application services,= =20 announced today content delivery contracts with Road-Show.Com, an online=20 resource for individual investors, and Q4i.com, a financial services provid= er=20 offering an online broker resource called BrokerIQ. The two financial=20 services companies will use Enron=01,s ePowered=01v Market Cast and the Enr= on=20 Intelligent Network=01v (EIN) to enhance the quality and speed of content= =20 delivery to their investors. Enron=01,s solution provides TV-quality strea= ming=20 video with delivery speeds up to 50 times faster than the public Internet. =01&These agreements reflect the financial services industry=01,s need for = better=20 and faster delivery of online content,=018 said Joe Hirko, co-CEO of Enron= =20 Broadband Services. =01&The Enron Intelligent Network allows visionary=20 companies like Road-Show.Com and Q4i.com to serve their customers with vide= o=20 to the desktop that has unparalleled speed, clarity and quality.=018 Road-Show.Com is a fully integrated producer of online streaming media. Th= e=20 company=01,s Xvenue=01v platform offers clients a turn-key solution for=20 personalized live or on-demand webcast communications. Road-Show.Com broad= ly=20 streams the presentations that companies typically give on road shows prior= =20 to an initial public offering to audiences that include individual and=20 professional investors. =01&The Enron Intelligent Network and Market Cast technology will allow=20 Road-Show.Com to offer our customers something they have never had access t= o=20 before =01) real-time company presentations and one of the fastest, richest= =20 viewing experiences possible. This will enhance their ability to make full= y=20 educated investment decisions,=018 said Trey Fecteau, president of=20 Road-Show.Com.=20 Q4i.com provides =01&one-stop=018 advanced technology solutions for financi= al=20 services companies and their clients. With its flagship product, BrokerIQ= =01v,=20 professional brokers and their firms have a complete broker management syst= em=20 at their fingertips. Q4i.com will utilize EBS to distribute financial vide= o=20 clips to clients via its BrokerCity=01v product. In addition, Enron will= =20 deliver Q4i.com=01,s live and on-demand streaming video clips of golf resor= ts,=20 golf courses, golf real estate, equipment and golf travel for Internet user= s=20 around the world through GolfTV=01v, Q4i.com=01,s online video network. =01&Our clients now have streaming video features available on their deskto= ps=20 via Enron=01,s network,=018 said J. Frederic Storaska, chairman and co-CEO = of=20 Q4i.com. =01&They not only will enjoy on-demand streaming video of financi= al=20 and golf information, but they=01,ll have the opportunity to take advantage= of=20 special vacation and equipment offers reserved exclusively for our=20 broker-dealers.=018 Enron=01,s ePowered Market Cast Solution ePowered Market Cast, an application of the Enron Intelligent Network, is a= n=20 end-to-end streaming media solution for banks, brokerages and other financi= al=20 services firms. Using ePowered Market Cast, companies can enhance investor= =20 relations, conduct virtual road shows and stream analyst presentations from= =20 their websites. In addition, ePowered Market Cast is a powerful intranet= =20 solution for providing real-time financial news, data feeds, training and= =20 presentations to an internal audience. The application streams video at an= =20 average bit-rate speed of 200 kilobits per second (kbps). The Enron Intelligent Network is based on distributed server architecture, = a=20 pure Internet Protocol (IP) platform and embedded software intelligence tha= t=20 sets it apart from other networks. The EIN=01,s enhanced performance is du= e to=20 its ability to deliver streaming media content =01&one hop=018 away from th= e user=20 at the closest EIN edge server. The result is a TV-quality viewing=20 experience for the user. In contrast, the public Internet=01,s ability to= =20 deliver the broadband content businesses need is often hampered by packet= =20 loss, interference and other disruptions that slow down transmission speed= =20 and compromise the end user=01,s experience. About Enron Broadband Services Enron Broadband Services, formerly Enron Communications, Inc., is a leading= =20 provider of high quality, broadband Internet content and applications. The= =20 company=01,s business model combines the power of the Enron Intelligent Net= work,=20 Enron=01,s Broadband Operating System, bandwidth trading and intermediation= =20 services, and high-bandwidth applications, to fundamentally improve the=20 experience and functionality of the Internet. Enron introduces its Broadban= d=20 Operating System to allow application developers to dynamically provision= =20 bandwidth on demand for the end-to-end quality of service necessary to=20 deliver broadband content. Enron is also creating a market for bandwidth= =20 that will allow network providers to scale to meet the demands that=20 increasingly complex applications require. A wholly owned subsidiary of=20 Enron Corp. (NYSE: ENE), Enron Broadband Services can be found on the Web a= t=20 www.enron.net. About Enron Enron is one of the world=01,s leading electricity, natural gas and=20 communications companies. The company, which owns approximately $34 billio= n=20 in energy and communications assets, produces electricity and natural gas,= =20 develops, constructs and operates energy facilities worldwide, delivers=20 physical commodities and financial and risk management services to customer= s=20 around the world, and is developing an intelligent network platform to=20 facilitate online business. Enron=01,s Internet address is www.enron.com. = The=20 stock is traded under the ticker symbol, =01&ENE.=018=20
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