NetScaler 3000 Series Named Winner of Best of Show Award At Networld + Interop 2001 Las Vegas

Business Wire, May 10, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2001

InternetWeek and Network Computing Editors Select

New Product as Network Performance Winner

NetScaler, Inc., an emerging leader in accelerated content networking systems, announced today that its NetScaler(TM) 3000 Series has been named Best of Show in the Network Performance category in the annual Networld Interop Best of Show Awards.

The NetScaler 3000 Series, the first Internet infrastructure system with both advanced content acceleration and intelligent traffic management features was introduced in April 2001. Built on the company's Internet Connection Management(TM) (ICM(TM)) technology, the NetScaler 3000 Series delivers a comprehensive set of network-intelligent features -- including Web site surge protection and consolidated Web logging, server capacity enhancement, content delivery, request-driven load balancing, content switching and cache redirection. The NetScaler 3000 Series also offers, SureConnect(TM), an entirely new approach for predicting and keeping end-users informed of Internet response time and maximizing opportunities for completed Web-based transactions.

The editors of InternetWeek and Network Computing, two of CMP Media's premiere IT publications, reviewed product submissions and scoured the tradeshow floor evaluating hundreds of new products in 12 categories. From over 300 award entries, the NetScaler 3000 Series was named the winner of the prestigious award in the Network Performance category. The Best of Show Awards are designed to help IT and network managers shorten the evaluation process in assessing new products. By identifying innovative products debuted at NetWorld Interop, the Best of Show Awards assist in the quest for Internet-enabled solutions.

"The NetScaler 3000 Series is the most innovative solution in the Network Performance category, and that's why we selected it as a Best of Show Winner," stated Rob Kohlhepp, lab director for Network Computing.

According to BV Jagadeesh, president and CEO of NetScaler, "It's an honor to receive this industry award. Our engineering team has worked many hours designing this best-of-breed product using our core Internet Connection Management - technology that delivers the most comprehensive set of Web performance features available today."

"The process of selecting the winners was rigorous," said Wayne Rash, editor/events for InternetWeek and head of the joint editorial judging team with Network Computing for the Best of Show Awards.

About NetWorld Interop

NetWorld Plus Interop is a Key3 Media event http://www.key3media.com. NetWorld Interop provides networking, Internet and telecommunications professional buyers with a uniquely comprehensive forum for education and hands-on products and services in order to make critical purchase decisions. NetWorld Interop affords buyers from enterprises, carrier/service providers, and resellers/integrators the opportunity to experience live technology demonstrations first-hand. It's this focus on advanced, multi-vendor, multi-protocol, multi-service interoperability technologies and solutions that makes NetWorld Interop the definitive networking event.

About InternetWeek

CMP Media's InternetWeek http://www.internetweek.com is the news and analysis source for 275,000 IT and corporate managers applying Internet technologies and strategies to transform their businesses. With a history of innovation and thought leadership, InternetWeek is the only newspaper with an Internet/IT editorial focus-meeting the informational needs of e-businesses stakeholders charged with delivering the results and driving business -- to survive in today's competitive marketplace. According to the most recent Simmons and IntelliQuest readership studies, InternetWeek delivers the most powerful audience -- it is the best-read and maintains the highest reader loyalty of all newspapers in its category.

About Network Computing

Network Computing http://www.networkcomputing.com is published by CMP Media, Manhasset NY. From emerging companies to service providers, Network Computing defines the core issues facing people who manage technology in business-analyzing the critical decision points in purchasing the products, technologies and services that achieve corporate initiatives. Twice a month 220,000 IT professionals turn to Network Computing to get the information they need to make the right purchasing decisions. In addition, the publication consistently has the largest average-issue audience among all networking publications, according to Simmons and IntelliQuest.

About NetScaler, Inc.

NetScaler is an emerging leader in accelerated content networking systems. The company's award winning NetScaler 3000 Series, based on core Internet Connection Management(TM) (ICM(TM)) technology, eases Internet gridlock and dramatically improves the end user's quality of experience. Additionally, content providers and service providers realize a significant reduction in the cost of operating and managing their e-business infrastructure, resulting in a higher ROI. NetScaler 3000 systems are available globally through leading distributors in the United States, Japan and South Korea. NetScaler is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information, contact NetScaler at (408) 330-9200, www.netscaler.com or info@netscaler.com.