A Larger Footprint

By KAREN KAPLAN

April 5, 1999 12 AM PT

Sandpiper Networks will announce today that it has upgraded its Footprint service for distributing content efficiently on the Internet. Footprint will now be able to accommodate streaming music and video, so-called authenticated content that is available only to certain users, and Web pages that are generated on the fly, said Leo Spiegel, president and chief executive of the Westlake Village start-up.

Footprint uses a private computer network to bypass traffic jams on the increasingly congested Internet. Sandpiper has signed up about 15 customers--including E! Online and WebRadio.com--since Footprint’s launch in September.

Spiegel also said Sandpiper will complete a second round of financing by the end of the month. The company expects to raise about $17 million from a combination of venture capital firms and strategic investors.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

A Larger Footprint

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