EAGAN, MN -- At Graph Expo 2000, WAM!NET Inc., a leading provider of digital content management services, highlighted its Layered Media Services, the company's suite of network, storage and hosted workflow applications, tailored for the creation and production of digital content. WAM!NET(R) Layered Media Services include: -- Network Services: WAM!NET enables customers to efficiently collaborate online and share large digital files, shortening production cycles and reducing costs. The company provides three levels of network services: 1. WAM!NET(R)Direct!(tm)Service is the company's fastest, most secure and reliable network service, supporting both still and motion-based media; 2. WAM!NET(R) ISDN Tracked Service provides customers with secure, predictable connectivity to the WAM!NET(R) private network via an ISDN dial-up connection; 3. The WAM!NET(R) Internet Gateway Service combines the simplicity of Internet access with the security of WAM!NET's private network, allowing industry partners to exchange data files over the Internet in a more predictable, secure and trackable fashion. -- Storage Services: Forrester Research estimates that online storage requirements will grow at a compound annual rate of 78.8 percent between 1999 and 2003. Addressing this trend, WAM!NET now delivers an expanded portfolio of storage services that help customers efficiently manage data throughout the workflow, from content creation to the final production and management of digital assets. Available on an outsourced, subscription basis, WAM!NET's storage services are accessible via the company's privately-managed, IP-based network or a secure Internet connection through WAMNET.COM. The company's storage services include WAM!NET(R)WorkSpace, an online, accessible disk drive for works in progress, and WAM!BASE(R)Archive Service, a centralized, off-site management and storage service for completed projects. Both services offer a range of storage capacity levels to meet customers' unique media production and distribution, and digital asset management requirements. -- Hosted Workflow Applications: Hosted applications embedded in WAM!NET Services enhance digital collaboration and improve workflow efficiency. Tools include electronic job tickets, which provide critical information about each digital file shipment, and WAM!NET(R)InfoCenter, a service that allows customers to manage their WAM!NET distribution online. Other hosted industry applications and tools include the WAM!PROOF(R)Remote Proofing Service, a service that enables clients and their creative teams to output and review hard copy proofs from any PostScript(tm)device. Customers Highlight the Value of WAM!NET Layered Media Services... "For us, WAM!NET brings a comprehensive one-stop solution for the creation and production of large media files," says Brad Mintz, vice president, manager of graphic services at McCann-Erickson Worldwide in New York City. "They provide us with a full suite of application services that are also Internet accessible, so our network connection is even more valuable to our clients. WAM!NET Layered Media Services easily integrate into our workflow, enhance our productivity, improve our time to market and, most importantly, save money." "WAM!NET offers us an easy-to-use, online storage service that eliminates the barriers of working across time zones and dealing with long-distance couriers," says Vince Pittman, head of IT at D36/House Creative Products, a London-based reprographics firm that serves a global client base, including McCann-Erickson and DDB Needham. "It's as if we're all in the same room, working from the same file cabinet. During the creative process, clients work with us through the Internet on WAM!NET WorkSpace, which literally puts a secure, hard drive up on the worldwide web. Following the production of the finished creative, we now can store our completed projects on WAM!BASE Archive Service to share and repurpose our media assets with designated partners. And best of all, this is available through the Internet, so it is ubiquitous to all of our client base." "These initiatives are indicative of WAM!NET's strategy to deliver a wide-range of e-services that help corporations and their creative, production and distribution partners work together more efficiently," said Ed Driscoll, chief executive officer, WAM!NET. "For corporations and their creative and production vendors, the ability to efficiently produce and distribute media is a mission-critical function. However, while they invest billions in these processes, they aren't receiving the time-to-market, productivity and cost-saving benefits that are inherent in a collaborative, secure digital workflow. Our network, storage and hosted applications enable companies to reap enormous productivity and cost saving benefits." About WAM!NET... Headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, WAM!NET Inc. helps corporations and their creative, production and distribution partners work more effectively online in a secure, digital environment. WAM!NET unites collaborative communities that specify, create, print, store, broadcast and distribute digital content. The company serves many of the world's leading corporations, pre-press shops, printers, advertising agencies and publishers, and increasingly is in demand in the feature film production, broadcast, medical and government markets. Commencing operations in 1995, WAM!NET has approximately 13,700 users of its e-services worldwide. WAM!NET services are available throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. The company has strategic relationships with SGI, MCI WorldCom and Winstar Communications. For information on WAM!NET, call 800.611.9006, or visit the company's Web site at www.wamnet.com