VeriTest Delivers Independent Performance Testing For Britestream's SSL/TLS Offload NIC; Test Highlights the Tremendous Benefits of Britestream's SSL Offload Solution.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Britestream Networks, the premier provider of 100 percent SSL offload solutions, today announced that its product has successfully completed a series of independent benchmarking tests performed by VeriTest, the testing division of Lionbridge (Nasdaq: LIOX). The Britestream SSL NIC was benchmarked against SSL running in S/W in both Windows and Linux environments across several key lengths.

Results of the VeriTest study verify that the Britestream NIC produced the following results:

--Britestream's solution provides 100% SSL offload with dramatically improved CPU utilization.

--Britestream provides a scalable solution with the ability to work with various key lengths.

"The independent testing performed by VeriTest validates not only our industry-leading performance," said Bob Weinschenk, CEO of Britestream, "but more importantly it highlights the reasons why we are leaders in the SSL market. Our ability to enable SSL security across any operating system, on any platform, using any key size, for any application is unparalleled within the industry."

VeriTest demonstrated the high quality and high performance of the Britestream SSL NIC, by using Ziff Davis Media's WebBench 5.0 benchmark application to facilitate the test. WebBench measures how different hardware systems perform as Web servers, as well as measures Web server throughput performance.

"As an industry leader Britestream understands the value of working with VeriTest as an independent organization that has the recognized expertise and methodology," said Katrina Teague, Vice President Marketing and Market Testing Operations, VeriTest. "Working with VeriTest not only provides the Britestream developers and engineers with information to assure the highest levels of quality, it also allows their sales and marketing teams to provide customers with hard facts about how their product will perform in various environments."

The Britestream solution is the world's first SSL/TLS security NIC that is completely self-contained and manages all facets of SSL/TLS processing on a single PCI card. It is a groundbreaking new concept that's resetting the bar for Internet security. By processing data in real time directly in the network stream, Britestream technology handles secure data -- completely, autonomously and transparently -- freeing up systems to handle the tasks they were designed for. The solution couples plug-and-play simplicity and uncompromised performance with fortified protection.

The full VeriTest report is available at: http://www.veritest.com/clients/reports/britestream

About VeriTest Services from Lionbridge

As the world leader in independent testing and certification, VeriTest works with clients to create programs that build awareness and customer confidence around technology platforms throughout the industry. With more than 20 years of certification experience, VeriTest also conducts testing for certification programs including Microsoft's Certified for Windows, Novell, Palm, and Cingular. To learn more about VeriTest's certification offerings visit www.veritest.com/certification.

VeriTest, the testing division of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:LIOX), is the industry's most trusted brand for high-quality, cost-effective outsourced testing, competitive analysis and certification services. With datacenter-equipped labs in North America, Europe and Asia, VeriTest provides a range of testing services that enable clients to ensure quality, usability, interoperability and performance of products, applications, Web sites and systems. VeriTest also provides certification and competitive analysis services that give customers assurance that the products and systems they are buying meet strict, industry-defined standards for quality and deliver measurable performance against industry standards and competitive offerings. With VeriTest services from Lionbridge, customers have a single global outsourcing partner to support the entire lifecycle of their enterprise applications, from development to localization, to testing and maintenance.

About Britestream

Britestream Networks provides plug-and-play SSL security NICs or ASICs that deliver a unique combination of powerful simplicity, un-compromised performance, and fortified security. Delivered in an industry-standard Ethernet NIC, Britestream's patented in-stream TCP/IP processing engines eliminate the need for network integration and provide 100% CPU offload. With sensitive information stored in hardware, Britestream solutions are tamper-proof. From existing applications such as servers, load balancers, firewalls, and content switches to fast-growing emerging applications such as SSL VPNs, XML/Web Services, and secure e-mail gateways, Britestream's board and chip solutions remove all barriers and penalties of ubiquitously deploying security. This is Internet security as it is meant to be. Automatic. Easy. Everywhere. For more information, visit: www.britestream.com.