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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)  October 31, 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 5.  Other Events
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       Inktomi Corporation (the "Company") hereby reports unaudited revenues of 
  $2,819,300 and unaudited net losses of $1,822,500 for the thirty-one days ended 
  October 31, 1998. Such results reflect the combined operations of the Company 
  and C2B Technologies Inc. which was acquired by the Company on September 25,
  1998 in a transaction acccounted for as a pooling of interests. The purpose of
  this Report is to satisfy the reporting requirements for transactions accounted
  for as poolings of interests. The results reported herein for the thirty-one
  days ended October 31, 1998 do not necessarily indicate the Company's results
  for the current fiscal quarter.
  
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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:  November 6, 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)  October 31, 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 5.  Other Events
           ------------
  
       Inktomi Corporation (the "Company") hereby reports unaudited revenues of 
  $2,819,300 and unaudited net losses of $1,822,500 for the thirty-one days ended 
  October 31, 1998. Such results reflect the combined operations of the Company 
  and C2B Technologies Inc. which was acquired by the Company on September 25,
  1998 in a transaction acccounted for as a pooling of interests. The purpose of
  this Report is to satisfy the reporting requirements for transactions accounted
  for as poolings of interests. The results reported herein for the thirty-one
  days ended October 31, 1998 do not necessarily indicate the Company's results
  for the current fiscal quarter.
  
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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:  November 6, 1998            By:  _______________________________________
                                           Jerry M. Kennelly, Vice President of
                                           Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  
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