Certeon Announces 2007 Microsoft Office System Acceleration Test Drive Program; Kick-Off Event Prepares IT Managers for 2007 Microsoft Office System Deployments.

BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Certeon announced today its new 2007 Microsoft(R) Office(TM) System Acceleration Test Drive Program for 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 customers. Participants will experience how Certeon's S-Series(TM) with Secure Application Networking(TM) can maximize their enterprise-wide application performance and facilitate the deployment of 2007 Microsoft Office System and SharePoint(R) environments. Certeon's S-Series, with its unique Application Acceleration Blueprints(TM) for Office System and SharePoint Products and Technologies, demonstrate an improvement in application response times over a WAN of up to 50 times and increased application scalability of up to 20 times more users.(1)

"Certeon's S-Series Application Acceleration Appliances are uniquely optimized for 2007 Microsoft Office and SharePoint collaboration services and line of business applications, delivering the lowest response time and highest scalability and productivity possible to global enterprises," said Gareth Taube, vice president of worldwide marketing for Certeon. "The Office Acceleration Test Drive Program was created to help enterprises learn how to gain the maximum performance from their Office and SharePoint environments, especially as they rollout new 2007 Office and SharePoint deployments."

Participants of the Test Drive Program receive:

--S-Series embedded with its Application Acceleration Blueprints for 2007 Microsoft Office System and SharePoint Products and Technologies at no charge.

--Free Certeon technical support during the test drive.

--A free performance assessment of current Office and SharePoint production environments.

--A reduced rate on the purchase of their test drive appliances at the conclusion of the test drive.

2007 Microsoft Office System and SharePoint Test Drive Event

Certeon and Microsoft are hosting the first Accelerating 2007 Microsoft Office System and SharePoint Test Drive event from 6 to 8 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 26 at Microsoft Corporation in Waltham, Mass. Speakers Bob German of Microsoft and Matt Bilotti of Certeon will address facilitating deployment of 2007 Microsoft Office and SharePoint environments and improving the performance of remote access to distributed applications. Certeon is a Certified Microsoft Partner and one of the few members of Microsoft's Technology Adoption Program (TAP) for 2007 Microsoft Office System and SharePoint Products and Technologies.

The event is free, but registration is required as seating is limited. To register visit www.certeon.com/2007Office. For further information about the Office System Acceleration Test Drive Program or this event, call Certeon at 781-425-5200.

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About Certeon

Certeon provides the industry's first solution for Secure Application Networking to deliver secure application acceleration from the desktop to the data center. Based on Certeon's patent-pending Secure Acceleration Technology, the Company's S-Series appliances accelerate mission-critical applications and minimize network traffic, while, at long last, maintaining end-to-end security. Founded in 2003, Certeon is a private company funded by Globespan Capital Partners and Sigma Partners. The Company is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. For more information, visit www.certeon.com or call 781-425-5200.

(1) Source: The Tolly Group, 2006