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Riverbed Positioned In The Leaders Quadrant Of Leading Analyst Firm’s Magic Quadrant For WAN Optimization Controllers

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Westlake, Cape Town – July 15, 2009 – Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner in the leaders quadrant in the “WAN Optimization Controller (WOC) Magic Quadrant, 2009” published in June 2009 and authored by Andy Rolfe, Joe Skorupa and Severine Real. According to Gartner, “Leaders exhibit an ability to shape the market by introducing additional capabilities in their product offerings and by raising awareness of the importance of these features. We expect a Leader to be growing the market as a whole, and to have solutions that resonate with an increasing number of enterprises. Leaders in the WOC market need to have a broad feature set, including QoS, generic compression, protocol acceleration and file system acceleration, with the majority of features proven in substantial real-world implementations. They also need to be able to offer sales and support on a global basis.”


Castle Rock Computing Expands Remote Access and Polling Capabilities

Cape Town, South Africa [1st July 2009]  Castle Rock Computing announced the release of the SNMPc 7.1 Network Management System. SNMPc 7.1 supports a larger number of remote users and remote polling agents in the base system and provides expanded polling capabilities through the use of custom applications or scripts.

SNMPc 7.1 Enterprise now supports up to ten Remote Polling Agents, ten Windows Console logins, and unlimited JAVA Consoles in the base edition. This new architecture provides a more complete and cost effective solution for management of medium to large sized enterprises. For situations requiring a larger number of polling systems and user logins, such as for Management Service Providers, the optional Remote Access Extension license provides unlimited remote access.


PGP Corporation Named a CRN 2009 Emerging Technology Vendor

Leading Channel Publication Recognizes the PGP® Encryption Platform for its Holistic Approach to Data Protection

[24 June 2009, Westlake]  PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Technology Vendor. PGP Corporation was selected for its innovative and award-winning PGP® Encryption Platform, which provides a holistic approach to protecting business data by enabling organizations to deploy and manage multiple encryption applications cost effectively from a single management console. CRN's Emerging Technology Vendor list identifies and awards companies that are delivering high-margins for solution providers with innovative and easy-to-use technology that undercuts industry giants.


ArcMail Selects Networks Unlimited as Distributor in South Africa

ArcMail Selects Networks Unlimited as Distributor in South Africa  [Westlake, Cape Town – 10th June 2009] – Arcmail Technology, Inc. a leading provider of email archiving and management products announced today the appointment of Networks Unlimited as an international distributor of Arcmail Products.  Networks Unlimited is a leading IT Security, Networking and Storage Value Added Distributor for Sub-Saharan Africa. 


Riverbed Expands Branch Office Strategy with Microsoft

[Steenberg, Cape Town - 13 May 09] Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT infrastructure performance company for networks, applications and storage, today announced that it has forged a deeper relationship with Microsoft to provide enterprises with distributed workers and offices the best possible performance for their Microsoft-based applications and services and to simplify their IT infrastructure. Today, customers are able to run Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008, including branch services such as Active Directory, DNS/DHCP, Media Streaming and Print Services, on the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP). As a natural next step, Riverbed(R) will enable the deployment of Windows Server 2008 R2 on the RSP.