Arbor Networks Expands Operations to Asia Pacific to Meet Strong Demand for Infrastructure Security.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003

Evaluation Deployments Underway with Tier 1 Service Providers in South Korea and Taiwan; INNET Partnership Establishes Channel in South Korea

Arbor Networks(TM), the leading provider of network anomaly detection solutions, today announced the expansion of its operations into Asia Pacific, meeting demand for improved infrastructure security in the face of escalating threats to network security and operations.

The established leader in the burgeoning network anomaly detection market, Arbor has been steadily growing its international business since expanding its operations to Europe in February. Arbor's entry into the Asian Pacific market gives the region's service providers access to Arbor's proven network anomaly detection solutions. IDC expects the market for security solutions in Asia Pacific to grow by 36 percent and reach $2.5 billion in 2003.

As the operators of complex, business-critical networks, service providers are confronted with a broad spectrum of security and operational threats: zero-day attacks like distributed denial of service (DDoS) and network worms, as well as routing exploits, peering instability and capacity planning issues. With the highest penetration of broadband in the world, Korea is on the front lines of the battle against network security threats. The SQL Slammer worm - which in January caused outages worldwide and was especially damaging in South Korea - illustrates the unprecedented damage caused by today's threats.

Service Provider Trials Announced

Five leading service providers in South Korea and Taiwan are already engaged in evaluation deployments of Arbor's Peakflow SP. This brings to more than 50 the number of service provider evaluation deployments underway worldwide. More than 70 percent of service providers that evaluate Arbor products become customers.

Peakflow SP is the most broadly installed network anomaly detection solution in the world, with customers that include 12 leading service providers in North America and Europe, the U.S. Department of Defense and several Fortune 500 companies. Built upon the company's Peakflow platform, an architecture for network-wide data collection, analysis and anomaly detection, Peakflow SP creates dynamic models of normal network behavior from the network edge through the core, and then compares traffic in real-time against the baselines. By providing a better understanding of network usage, Peakflow enables network operators to better secure and more effectively manage their infrastructure. Doing so enables network operators to fend off attacks and maintain infrastructure security.

"Like their counterparts in North America and Europe, network operators in Asia are moving aggressively to protect themselves and their customers from infrastructure threats like DoS attacks and worms," said Arbor Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Tom Schuster. "Peakflow SP's ability to proactively address these threats from the network core through the edge continues to drive customer demand because it allows operators to protect their own infrastructure at the same time they build a basis for customer protection. While security features frequently initiate customer conversations, service providers remain keenly interested in Peakflow SP for its peering analysis, network utilization tracking and capacity planning capabilities."

South Korea's Leading Reseller Signs On

Arbor has established its first channel partnership in Asia Pacific, entering into a master reseller relationship with INNET Co. Ltd. (KOSDAQ: 41450.KQ) to meet the strong demand for Peakflow solutions in South Korea. The country's top network reseller and integration firm, INNET will sell Arbor's network anomaly detection solutions directly in South Korea, and will supply and support Arbor's other partners in the country. Additionally, INNET will provide first level support to Arbor's South Korean-based customers. Founded in 1996, INNET also works closely with other market leaders including Cisco Systems.

About Arbor Networks

Arbor's network-wide anomaly detection solutions protect organizations from zero-day security threats like DDoS attacks and worms, and operational vulnerabilities like peering issues and routing instability. Built upon the proven Peakflow platform, Arbor solutions provide a holistic, real-time model of network activity enabling organizations to better align network operations with business objectives. Funded by Battery Ventures, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Capital, SAIC Venture Capital Corporation, Ironside Ventures and EDF Ventures, Arbor is headquartered in Lexington, MA, with a research and development office in Ann Arbor, MI and EMEA headquarters in London. For more information, please visit http://www.arbornetworks.com.

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