7-Eleven Makes Strategic Technology Investment in NetScaler.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2003

Largest Convenience Retailing Chain Delivers Key Microsoft-based

Technologies to Upwards of 32,000 Employees with NetScaler Secure

Application Networking Systems

NetScaler, Inc., the application intelligent networking company, today announced that 7-Eleven, Inc. (NYSE:SE) has deployed NetScaler 9000 Series secure application networking systems for its employees' access to e-mail.

NetScaler's secure application networking technology will give 7-Eleven's employees improved access to applications along with scalability, performance, and security capabilities and provide a more robust and highly reliable office automation environment. 7-Eleven purchased the technology to ensure the secure, optimized delivery of key applications to employees located in its corporate headquarters and 62 other locations across the United States and Canada.

"The NetScaler system adds a level of performance that is critical to improving productivity and enhancing user satisfaction," states Eric Walters, 7-Eleven's manager of network services. "With the rich capabilities of NetScaler's patented Request Switching(TM) technology and key Windows Server technologies, including the Terminal Services and Exchange 2000 with Outlook Web Access, 7-Eleven significantly improved overall user response times, achieved higher throughput, and ensured maximum availability of corporate data."

"By combining Microsoft's Windows Server platform and NetScaler's Secure Application Networking systems, 7-Eleven can now more effectively centralize the integration and administration of productivity and messaging applications, while helping to ensure that its employees attain a seamless, productive experience," states Mike Schutz, technical product manager, Microsoft Corp.

To maintain leadership in a highly competitive retail environment, 7-Eleven leveraged its sophisticated network infrastructure to centralize access to data and information with the aim of enabling employees across the company to increase their productivity. As user adoption increased, however, 7-Eleven's IT team sought ways to improve the utilization of server-side resources to provide the performance levels that end-users required. After evaluating many competing products, 7-Eleven selected NetScaler's 9000 Series for its breadth of application-layer functionality, combined with the high-performance processing of its patented Request Switching(TM) technology.

"NetScaler continues to define the standards for secure application networking by enlisting customers of the quality, stature and size of 7-Eleven," states B.V. Jagadeesh, president and CEO, NetScaler. "Deploying NetScaler gives 7-Eleven the ability to deliver business-critical applications with confidentiality, integrity, and availability within an optimized, end-to-end secure network."

About NetScaler

NetScaler, Inc., the application intelligent networking company, provides networking systems that protect and optimize the delivery of applications over the Internet and private networks. NetScaler's secure application networking systems leverage the company's patented Request Switching(TM) technology, which uniquely enables the integration of application-level (Layer 7) security, optimization and traffic management capabilities into a unified platform. By leveraging these combined capabilities, enterprises, e-commerce vendors and service providers can ensure application security and performance while reducing their total cost of ownership.

NetScaler's worldwide headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California. The company's products are available direct and through a variety of channel partners globally. For more information please visit http://www.netscaler.com.

NetScaler and Request Switching are trademarks of NetScaler, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.