CacheFlow Introduces Partner Alliance Program, Enabling Channel Partners to Easily Address Enterprise Security Needs.

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CacheFlow(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:CFLO), a leading provider of secure content networking solutions, today announced its new Partner Alliance Program, in which CacheFlow will provide authorized and premier channel partners with marketing, sales and technical resources designed to help them differentiate and grow their business. The program will enable channel partners to create new security offerings based on CacheFlow web security appliances and related services to better address customer security needs, expand market reach and increase profits. CacheFlow today also announced an exclusive agreement with Westcon for distribution rights of the CacheFlow Security Gateway in North America.

"The CacheFlow Security Gateway overcomes the challenges facing organizations today in regard to Internet content filtering, virus scanning and secure content acceleration," said Bret Jackson, principle with SDT Network Products & Internet Filtering (www.sdtnetworkproducts.com), among the first members of CacheFlow's Partner Alliance Program. "We have many clients that are excited to implement a single, purpose-built appliance that handles all of these applications. We're very excited about the potential of this partnership, as well. CacheFlow offers a one-of-a-kind solution that we believe can be a great asset to the security concerns of almost any organization."

The CacheFlow Security Gateway provides customers with content-level security, powerful policy-based control capabilities, comprehensive management and detailed reporting for security applications such as Internet authorization management, content filtering, web usage monitoring, virus scanning, active content security and network bandwidth protection. The solution easily integrates with existing security and network infrastructure and enables businesses to minimize security risks, management costs and complexity of Web infrastructure.

Added Steve Martinez, owner/president of Razorline Technologies, LLC (www.razorlinetech.com), another of the first members of CacheFlow's Partner Alliance Program, "Our commitment to our customers is to bring together only best-of-breed products and services in assembling focused, specific business solutions, and the CacheFlow Security Gateway certainly belongs in that category. More and more, enterprises rely on the Web to communicate with customers, partners, suppliers and remote employees. Security has never been a greater concern, and reducing operational costs is always a point of emphasis. The CacheFlow Security Gateway uniquely addresses both of these issues."

The new Partner Alliance Program incorporates a two-tiered partnership profile. Partners qualify for access to each tier of the program based upon their core capabilities, commitment to collaborative practices with CacheFlow and investment in technical training. Authorized Partners may sell CacheFlow's products and branded services to their customers. CacheFlow's Premier Partners provide products and their own value-added services for their customers after undergoing extensive training on the CacheFlow Security Gateway, beginning this month. Premier Partners will also be encouraged to take advantage of specialized benefits, including co-marketing assistance and lead-sharing initiatives. All CacheFlow Partner Alliance members will be granted access to a comprehensive series of sales, marketing and support resources essential to furthering the strategic value that partners offer their customers. For more information on joining the Partner Alliance Program, please visit www.cacheflow.com/partners.

"The channel partner community is constantly seeking new ways to differentiate themselves from their competitors while also answering the needs of their customers. CacheFlow's Partner Alliance answers both of these needs," said Dianne Ferry, senior channel marketing manager with CacheFlow. "The CacheFlow Security Gateway was created with providers of total solutions in mind. It is complementary to the security and network-infrastructure products that leading solution providers already carry and provides the functionality required by today's enterprise organizations."

About CacheFlow Inc.

CacheFlow develops and markets secure content networking appliances designed to protect, control and accelerate business communications. CacheFlow's family of optimized appliances and its innovative suite of content control technologies enable organizations to ensure web security and conduct e-business. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices and partners worldwide, CacheFlow can be contacted via telephone at 408/220-2200, fax at 408/220-2250 or email at [e-mail]. More information on CacheFlow products and services can also be found at www.cacheflow.com.

CacheFlow Inc. Forward-Looking Statements 

The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the Company's future product deliveries, and future operating results as well as statements regarding CacheFlow's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to CacheFlow as of the date hereof, and CacheFlow assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks include the inability to deliver planned future products, and additional risks relating to CacheFlow's business as set forth in CacheFlow's most recently filed Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2002, and other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CacheFlow is a registered trademark of CacheFlow Inc. in the U.S. and worldwide. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.