American Water Honored with an InfoWorld 100 Award for its Enterprise-Wide Deployment of Arbor Networks; Arbor Peakflow X Saved American Water More Than One Million Dollars Fighting Threats.

LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Arbor Networks, a leader in network security, today announced that its customer American Water, the largest water services provider in North America, has been honored with an InfoWorld 100 Award for its innovative use of Arbor Peakflow X, Arbor Networks' internal intrusion prevention solution (IPS). Arbor Peakflow X protects against internal and external attacks and threats against business networks.

Each year, InfoWorld's editorial staff names 100 companies that they believe have made the best use of technology to enhance their businesses. The InfoWorld 100 Awards celebrate the use of leading technology in smart, innovative ways to meet real-world business objectives. As a solution, Arbor Peakflow X offered American Water the concise detection of spyware, phishing, pharming, zero-day attacks, and propagating worms without false positives.

"Arbor Peakflow X has made a significant difference in our ability to protect American Water's enterprise network," said Bruce Larson, security director, American Water. "Deployment of the solution resulted in more than $1 million in combined savings and avoided operational expenses by mitigating security threats and preventing internal misuse."

With security protection, visibility into the enterprise network, and the ability to identify and mitigate any network anomalies, American Water continues to realize time, money, and productivity savings. The company is no longer faced with network interruptions due to worm attacks or potential threats of insider misuse, and their corporate security team is able to ensure the organization's protection and productivity.

"With the ongoing threat of malicious Internet-based attacks, security issues are at the forefront of every enterprise organization," said Tina Stewart, vice president of marketing at Arbor Networks. "We are pleased that InfoWorld is recognizing this issue by honoring American Water for their innovative deployment of Arbor Peakflow X to address the growing threats facing enterprises today."

ARBOR INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

Arbor Networks continues to outperform in the network security market and has been recently honored with several prestigious business and technology awards in the past 12 months:

--Inc. 500 - Arbor Networks was named the ninth fastest-growing private company in the United States by Inc. Magazine for three-year growth of over 4,651%.

--Deloitte Fast 50 Rising Star Award - Arbor received the Technology Fast 50 Rising Star Award from Deloitte & Touche LLP for being a fast-growth technology company that has shown strength, vision and temerity to succeed.

--Red Herring Top 10 to Watch - Arbor Networks was named one of the "10 Private Companies to Watch" by Red Herring Magazine.

--MITX Technology Award - Arbor Networks' Peakflow was selected as the winner in the "Best Network Infrastructure-Systems Management Application" category at the MITX Technology Awards.

--InfoWorld "Excellent" rating - Arbor Peakflow received an "Excellent" rating from InfoWorld.

For more information about these awards, go to: Arbor Awards (http://www.arbor.net/about_awards.php).

ABOUT ARBOR NETWORKS

Arbor Networks ensures the security and operational integrity of the world's most critical networks. Arbor's solutions are based on the proven Arbor Peakflow platform, intelligent technology for network-wide data collection, analysis, anomaly detection, and threat mitigation. Arbor Peakflow provides real-time views of network activity enabling organizations to instantly protect against worms, DDoS attacks, insider misuse, and traffic and routing instability, as well as segment and harden networks from future threats. Arbor Peakflow successfully prevents costly downtime, network cleanup, and loss of customer confidence. Arbor Networks is headquartered in Lexington, MA, with a research and development office in Ann Arbor, MI and overseas headquarters in London and Beijing.