N2H2

N2H2 understands that parents, teachers and employers want Internet content that's relevant and appropriate for their children, students and employees. Our technology and services provide a safer, smarter and more productive Internet experience for millions of people worldwide.

In 1995, the creation of the Bess® Filtering System — the Internet's first server-based filtering proxy network — quickly established N2H2 as the market leader in education. Today, more schools use N2H2 than any other available filtering system. Over 13.4 million students in North America viewed more than 4 billion Internet pages delivered by the Bess Filtering System last year alone!

As N2H2 expands into the Enterprise and Consumer markets worldwide, we're developing new, customized solutions for each market. By leveraging our advanced categorization and filtering technologies, N2H2 is able to provide our customers with tools that make browsing the Web safer, and searching the Internet more productive.

The engine that drives N2H2's success is the N2H2 Network - a unique balance of advanced Internet technology and human review that makes the Web more meaningful to users.

Consisting of more than 1,500 proxy servers worldwide and a URL database exceeding 15 million sites, the N2H2 Network has more than 15 million subscribers.

The N2H2 Network continuously and comprehensively combs the Web using the following processes:

A complex array of artificial intelligence tools that scour the Web 24 hours a day.

An extensively trained Human Review team of more than 100 people who use sophisticated, proprietary categorization software to review results.

A sophisticated URL database that organizes Web sites into more than 40 specific categories, such as pornography, e-commerce, and auctions. This database is distributed worldwide daily.

More than 15 million N2H2 Network users transparently access the Web through our proxy network, receiving content that best fits the categories they choose. These users can communicate with N2H2 via our patent-pending N2H2 ResourceBar, a communications toolbar that appears on the bottom of every Web page delivered by the N2H2 Network. We use this technology to categorize new sites, thus continuously improving our product with the help of our users. Our Human Review team monitors and responds to user requests immediately, and approvals are instantly configured into the N2H2 Network.

This blend of advanced technology and human review makes the N2H2 categorization process the best available.

We don't stop there, however. N2H2 offers customized directories and catalogues to schools, families, and businesses based on the knowledge we gain from our content management services. This gives users a direct source of relevant information, thus increasing their productivity. We also offer exclusive content to N2H2 Network users so they can get more value out of the Web.

All of N2H2's services are fully backed by a worldwide, 24/7 technical support team.

By design, N2H2's carrier-quality, open-architecture network is interoperable with advanced broadband communications devices and Internet appliances, keeping pace with the growth and evolution of the Internet.

N2H2's relationships with telecommunications companies, hardware manufacturers, and content providers ensure that the N2H2 Network remains the global standard for filtering and categorization.

With more than 200 employees in its corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington, N2H2 completed its initial public offering of 5 million shares on July 30, 1999, and is listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "NTWO."

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