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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
  
  
  
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
  
  
                        Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  
   
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  September 25, 1998
  
   
  
   
                                INKTOMI CORPORATION
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
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          DELAWARE                       000-24339                         94-3238130
  (State of incorporation)      (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer Identification No.)
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          1900 S. NORFOLK STREET, SUITE 310, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA 94403
              (Address of principal executive offices of Registrant)
  
  
   
                                  (650) 653-2800
               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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  Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
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       On September 25, 1998, Inktomi Corporation, a Delaware corporation
  ("Inktomi") completed its acquisition of C2B Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
  corporation ("C2B), a privately held developer of online comparison shopping
  software.  In the acquisition, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inktomi merged with
  and into C2B; C2B became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inktomi; and the former
  stockholders of C2B received shares of Inktomi Common Stock in exchange for
  their shares of C2B at the rate of 0.11602 shares of Inktomi Common Stock for
  each share of C2B Common Stock (the "Merger").
  
       An aggregate of 2,026,871 (or a smaller number determined after accounting
  for the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares) shares of Inktomi Common
  Stock were issuable pursuant to the Merger.  These shares were issued in
  reliance on exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended (the "Securities Act").  As a result, all shares of Inktomi Common Stock
  issued in connection with the Merger are subject to restrictions on transfer
  under the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and carry a legend
  reflecting such restrictions.  Under the terms of the Merger, Inktomi has
  granted the former stockholders of C2B rights to register under the Securities
  Act the shares of Inktomi Common Stock received in connection with the Merger.
  
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  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
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        (a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
  
            To be filed by amendment when such financial statements are available.
  
        (b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
  
            To be filed by amendment when such pro forma financial information is
  available.
   
        (c) Exhibits.
  
            Exhibit No.             Description
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            2.1                     Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated
                                    August 31, 1998, by and among Inktomi
                                    Corporation, IC Merger Corp. and C2B
                                    Technologies, Inc.
  
   
            99.1                    Press release of Inktomi Corporation, dated
                                    September 1, 1998.
  
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                                    SIGNATURES
  
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                      INKTOMI CORPORATION
  
  
                                           /s/ Jerry M. Kennelly
  Dated:  October 7, 1998             By:  _______________________________________
                                           Jerry M. Kennelly, Vice President of
                                           Finance and Chief Financial Officer
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
                        Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
   
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  September 25, 1998
  
   
  
   
                                INKTOMI CORPORATION
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  DELAWARE                       000-24339                         94-3238130
  (State of incorporation)      (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  1900 S. NORFOLK STREET, SUITE 310, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA 94403
              (Address of principal executive offices of Registrant)
  
   
                                  (650) 653-2800
               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
           ------------------------------------
  
       On September 25, 1998, Inktomi Corporation, a Delaware corporation
  ("Inktomi") completed its acquisition of C2B Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
  corporation ("C2B), a privately held developer of online comparison shopping
  software.  In the acquisition, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inktomi merged with
  and into C2B; C2B became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inktomi; and the former
  stockholders of C2B received shares of Inktomi Common Stock in exchange for
  their shares of C2B at the rate of 0.11602 shares of Inktomi Common Stock for
  each share of C2B Common Stock (the "Merger").
  
       An aggregate of 2,026,871 (or a smaller number determined after accounting
  for the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares) shares of Inktomi Common
  Stock were issuable pursuant to the Merger.  These shares were issued in
  reliance on exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended (the "Securities Act").  As a result, all shares of Inktomi Common Stock
  issued in connection with the Merger are subject to restrictions on transfer
  under the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and carry a legend
  reflecting such restrictions.  Under the terms of the Merger, Inktomi has
  granted the former stockholders of C2B rights to register under the Securities
  Act the shares of Inktomi Common Stock received in connection with the Merger.
  
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  Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
            ------------------------------------------------------------------
  
        (a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
  
            To be filed by amendment when such financial statements are available.
  
        (b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
  
            To be filed by amendment when such pro forma financial information is
  available.
   
        (c) Exhibits.
  
            Exhibit No.             Description
            -----------             -----------
   
            2.1                     Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated
                                    August 31, 1998, by and among Inktomi
                                    Corporation, IC Merger Corp. and C2B
                                    Technologies, Inc.
  
   
            99.1                    Press release of Inktomi Corporation, dated
                                    September 1, 1998.
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                      INKTOMI CORPORATION
  
                                           /s/ Jerry M. Kennelly
  Dated:  October 7, 1998             By:  _______________________________________
                                           Jerry M. Kennelly, Vice President of
                                           Finance and Chief Financial Officer