Some of the many technology "firsts" WDIG has achieved include:

• First Web property to serve over one million pages in its first year (1995)
• First Internet publishing system (1995)
• First Internet authentication/registration system (1996)
• First dynamic content architecture system (1996)
• First Internet infrastructure management systems (1997)
• First massively multiplayer online game for kids and families (2002)
• First cached video delivery system (2003)

As an Internet technology leader, we place particular importance on our continuing ability to grow and improve our technology leadership position. Our most popular Web properties experience very high volumes of traffic and our technology infrastructure is, therefore, one of our top priorities.

The Walt Disney Internet Group is the owner and operator of one of the world's largest Internet infrastructures, with data centers in Seattle and Orlando. Our capacity is impressive:

• More than 2,000 servers handling nearly three billion page views per month
• Available peak bandwidth of more than eight gigabits per second and well over three gigabits per second sustained

In addition, WDIG's Web properties host many of the world's most popular entertainment, news and sporting events, including: the NCAA Basketball Tournament, The Academy Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Awards and annual election coverage. Our experience in hosting these events allows us to leverage and scale our infrastructure so that we consistently provide an optimum consumer experience. Some recent achievements include:

• During the 2004 Academy Awards season, the Oscar.com home page, supported by Walt Disney Internet Group technology, loaded in under two seconds and the site served 2.5 million page views per hour on Oscar Sunday, February 29.

The Walt Disney Internet Group is focused on its technological objectives of operating better, faster and more efficiently - to handle an ever-growing number of visitors, a consistent increase in the richness of our delivered media assets, and the requirements of a demanding audience.