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ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001

streamOS(TM) Version 2.0 targets the anticipated $2.8 billion

enterprise streaming market with sophisticated reporting tools and a

user-friendly interface

NaviSite, Inc. (NASDAQ:NAVI) today announced an enhanced version of its leading streaming media management and distribution system, streamOS(TM). streamOS is a scalable, cost-effective platform that leverages multiple content delivery networks for high performance streaming content delivery. This latest version features the ability to easily deploy and manage large volumes of video on-demand and Internet broadcasts for live-events. streamOS boasts sophisticated reporting capabilities that provide users with near real-time access to detailed performance statistics, including unique stream requests, referring URLs and duration of streams.

Recent reports show strong growth potential for NaviSite's existing enterprise business model, which indicates a dramatic increase in the use of streaming media by traditional enterprise business organizations. In a report from April, 2001 Jupiter Media Metrix reported "streaming video is going to be big in the business world." Jupiter's report anticipates that business spending on streaming video technology will grow almost twenty-fold over the next four years from $140 million in 2000 to $2.8 billion in 2005.

Today, enterprise customers such as Anheuser-Busch are realizing the medium's effectiveness for attracting and retaining customers while decreasing costs and generating revenue. Anheuser-Busch recently selected streamOS as its exclusive streaming provider for on-demand videos and live Internet broadcasts at its popular www.budweiser.com site.

"Anheuser-Busch recognizes the potential that streaming media has for bringing us closer to Budweiser's adult consumers. By working with NaviSite we know we are backed by streaming experts," said Tim Schoen, vice president of presence marketing at Anheuser-Busch. "We look forward to working with this latest version to help us deliver reliable, high-quality audio and video to thousands of simultaneous users. These are key capabilities that enable us to meet and exceed our viewers' expectations."

Since its launch in October 2000, streamOS has rapidly become one of the industry's leading technology platforms for managing content distribution of some of the Internet's largest events. NaviSite's resume includes several Internet blockbusters, including streams of Hootie and the Blowfish, the re-entry of the Mir space station and Madonna's London Concert, to date the largest streamed event in Internet history.

"We have a huge competitive advantage because other streaming providers are locked into one delivery network," explained John Stewart, general manager of NaviSite's Streaming Media Group. "We utilize several content delivery partners. If one is backed-up, we simply route a client to another. It's like having your morning traffic report not only warn you where the traffic jams are, but also pick your car up and put it on a less congested road. Combining these resources allows us to handle events with massively scalable audiences, like the Madonna concert."

New features give users more options

streamOS simplifies streaming content management by allowing users to deploy, organize and manage streaming content via a browser-based interface. This latest version of streamOS includes more than 70 additional features. The operating system's Digital File Manager (DFM) allows customers to check-in files with a mere drag-and-drop operation. Other systems typically require cumbersome and complex code writing. Additionally, streamOS allows a customer to up-load one file and create several URLs for different parts of that file. For example, a presentation could feature four speakers. streamOS customers could simply encode one tape and feature the four speakers individually on the Web site. DFM also allows customers to host their own SMIL files.

A Statistical Report Manager (SRM) allows users to gather, manipulate, distribute and view, in near real-time, streaming performance statistics. This information allows businesses to rapidly analyze web traffic patterns, variations in performance and issues that may arise regarding quality of streams delivered. Other streaming providers generally take days to weeks to deliver this type of data to customers; by that time the information has lost much of its value.

Additionally, users can take advantage of the new Broadcast Relay Manager (BRM), which provides more control uploading, deploying and managing live events. Leveraging the ease of management in streamOS, the Broadcast Relay Manager does not require in-depth technical expertise allowing for rapid deployment of live Internet broadcasts. This tool also lets administrators control the permission level required to access an event's streaming files.

For additional information regarding the latest version of streamOS please visit http://www.streamos.com/v2launch/index.php?v=p.

About NaviSite, Inc.

NaviSite, Inc. is a leading provider of outsourced Web hosting and managed application services for companies conducting mission-critical business on the Internet, including enterprises and other businesses deploying Internet applications. The Company's goal is to help customers focus on their core competencies by outsourcing the management and hosting of their Web operations and applications, allowing customers to fundamentally improve the ROI of their web operations. NaviSite is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. with minority investment from Microsoft Corporation.

NaviSite's SiteHarbor(R) solutions provide secure, reliable, co-location and high-performance hosting services, including high-performance Internet access, and high-availability server management solutions through load balancing, clustering, mirroring and storage services. In addition, NaviSite's enhanced management services, beyond basic co-location and hosting, are designed to meet the expanding needs of businesses as their Web sites and Internet applications become more complex and as their needs for outsourcing all aspects of their online businesses intensify. The Company's application services, which include application hosting, management and rental, provide cost-effective access to, as well as rapid deployment and reliable operation of, business-critical applications, including managed services for streaming media. For more information about NaviSite, please visit www.navisite.com or by phone on the East Coast call 888-298-8222, on the West Coast call 888-755-5525. NaviSite is headquartered at 400 Minuteman Road, Andover, MA 01810.

NaviSite's Streaming Media Group (SMG) is a leading service provider for end-to-end streaming needs. NaviSite offers the highest quality production, management, broadcast and service experience to customers who want to stream programming. The SMG provides the complete infrastructure, from filming the event to delivery over the Internet for live, on-demand and interactive video chat events.

This release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release address a variety of subjects including, for example, the expected benefits to be derived from and functionality of the NaviSite's streamOS(TM) product and the expected functionality of NaviSite's other products and technologies. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: difficulty integrating streamOS(TM) with NaviSite's other products, services and technologies and those of other providers; any failure of streamOS(TM) to function as designed, and any failure of systems or internal infrastructure. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to the filings made by each of NaviSite and CMGI with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the most recently filed annual reports on Form 10-K of each of NaviSite and CMGI for the most recently ended quarter and fiscal year for each company.

NaviSite and streamOS are trademarks of NaviSite, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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