Certeon and Network Physics Partner to Deliver Unrivaled Diagnostics and Acceleration for Microsoft SharePoint.

BURLINGTON, Mass. & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- In the ninth graph, first sentence, the dates should read May 2-4, 2006 (sted April 2-4, 2006.)

The corrected release reads:

CERTEON AND NETWORK PHYSICS PARTNER TO DELIVER UNRIVALED DIAGNOSTICS AND ACCELERATION FOR MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT

Leading Network Appliance Providers Will Introduce New Joint Offering, NetSensory Solution Insight for Certeon S-Series, at Interop 06

Certeon, the only vendor to provide secure application acceleration from data center to desktop, and Network Physics, the leader in application performance insight, today announced a partnership to deliver unrivaled diagnostics and acceleration to Microsoft SharePoint users.

This announcement marks the first technology alliance designed from the ground up to enable the successful deployment of SharePoint applications. The companies will be debuting their newly-developed offering, NetSensory Solution Insight for Certeon S-Series, at Interop 06 in Las Vegas. The solution combines Certeon's S-Series(TM) Secure Application Networking(TM) appliances, and Network Physics' application performance insight appliances, to provide enterprises with the ability to quickly deploy and reap the benefits of SharePoint.

"In our experience, Microsoft SharePoint deployments are often stalled by WAN difficulties such as high packet loss, high network latency, limited network bandwidth and heavy network congestion," said Gerry Carver, principal consultant of International Network Services, Inc., a provider of business and technology consulting services. "There is a very real need for the one-two punch of integrated diagnostics and acceleration to speed SharePoint adoption. The combined strength of the Certeon and Network Physics appliances will be very appealing to any company aiming to make collaboration across its worldwide offices a reality."

Reducing application response times for networks that span the globe continues to be a complex challenge for organizations. However, solving the problem requires a true understanding of the potential network culprits, and a deep knowledge of how each application operates. By applying their domain expertise through this partnership, Certeon and Network Physics are bringing a solution to market that provides the ability for customers and partners to rapidly diagnose the specific network bottlenecks slowing down their Microsoft SharePoint application deployments, and then fix the problems easily and efficiently.

Spurred by customer requests, the NetSensory Solution Insight for Certeon S-Series is a customized point-and-click tool developed by Network Physics to provide a baseline of user response times specifically aimed to support SharePoint deployments. With the ability to drill-down into specific metrics for application response time delays, the Network Physics Insight can pinpoint the root causes of these issues. Certeon's S-Series application acceleration technology can then be deployed to eliminate the problem by accelerating the SharePoint traffic over the WAN. Because of Certeon's unique SharePoint Acceleration Blueprint, which understands the application semantics of SharePoint, companies will be able to rapidly transmit their organizations' global data and eliminate network bottlenecks effecting response time. In addition, Certeon's unique ability to not only accelerate HTTP traffic but to accelerate HTTPS (SSL) traffic as well, allows customers to enhance both the speed and security of their application delivery.

This partnership and resulting offering is the first of its kind to address SharePoint response time issues, and provides a rich consultative opportunity for solution providers in the Microsoft SharePoint marketplace. The new offering allows solution providers and enterprises alike with the ability to isolate and handle remote office user response time issues, while also gathering a rich source of information for further analysis.

"Network Physics is a trusted name based on its extensive capabilities in monitoring end-to-end performance across the largest and most complex networks, as well as its broad customer base," said Jeffrey Black, chief scientist of Certeon. "We believe customers will put this solution to work immediately to alleviate their application response time issues. Companies will be able to audit and troubleshoot their SharePoint deployments, then apply Certeon's secure acceleration to improve productivity and eliminate latency, all the while monitoring and proving the results via measurable ROI."

"The application acceleration space continues to evolve and our customers are demanding both security and acceleration to solve the problems our product identifies for them," said Scott Safe, vice president, marketing of Network Physics. "The ability to easily demonstrate the need for and benefits of Certeon's S-Series will help shorten the sales cycle and speed the adoption of optimized Microsoft SharePoint solutions."

Certeon and Network Physics will be demonstrating the NetSensory Solution Insight for Certeon's S-Series in booth 449 at Interop 06 to be held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, May 2-4, 2006. To arrange a product demo or a joint interview with Certeon and Network Physics at the show, please contact Elizabeth Rizzo at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].

About Network Physics

Network Physics is the leader in application-performance insight. The company's NetSensory appliances allow IT staff to defend against "the network is slow" complaints using simple-to-interpret NetSensory Insights(TM). These point-and-click action guides, which incorporate problem-solving best practices from hundreds of customers in a wide range of industries, deliver the fastest ROI in the industry. They also enable the company's extensive network of channel partners to quickly adapt the user interface to customers' specific needs based on their up-close knowledge of the customer's applications infrastructure. The company's patented technology delivers over 60 real-time metrics in their business context, giving IT staff a unique "barometer" of application performance for early detection of problems and an understanding of their business impact. Network Physics products are currently deployed at hundreds of mid-size and Global 2000 organizations, including world leaders in the financial, health care, manufacturing, media, and retail sectors. For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.networkphysics.com.

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(TM), 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.