Redline Networks Positioned in Leader's Quadrant in Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant for Web-Enabled Application Delivery

Business Wire, Jan 31, 2005

CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Redline Networks, Inc., a company that designs and manufactures network appliances that maximize the performance, availability and security of Web-enabled applications, today announced that the company has been positioned in the leader's quadrant in Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant report, "Web-Enabled Application Delivery Magic Quadrant for 2H04," by Mark Fabbi January 18, 2005. The Magic Quadrant evaluates vendors based on their "completeness of vision" and "ability to execute" that vision. According to Gartner, leaders include vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

"We believe Redline's leadership in the delivery of Web-enabled enterprise applications has given us significant market traction," said Roy Johnson, president and CEO of Redline Networks. "Our award-winning E|X application front end platform combined with Redline OverDrive(TM) offers a very powerful, extensible and flexible solution with key application delivery capabilities, including connection management, load balancing, compression, 3G cache and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) offload. Our customer base has tripled in the last 18 months, and we're continuing to see robust demand in response to the value we provide in performance, scalability and security."

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted January 2005 by Gartner, Inc., and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

A copy of "Web-Enabled Application Delivery Magic Quadrant for 2H04," by Gartner Vice President Mark Fabbi is available at http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/redline/125235.html.> For additional information on Redline Network's, please visit www.RedlineNetworks.com.

About Redline Networks

Redline Networks designs and manufactures network appliances that maximize the performance, flexibility, availability, security and scalability of Web-enabled applications. The company's family of E|X application front end network appliances, deployed at corporate data centers, and T|X Web I/O processors, used by Web sites, enable users to control and customize any HTTP-based environment while reducing infrastructure cost and complexity. Redline Networks is a privately-held company based in Campbell, Calif. For more information on Redline Networks and its products, visit http://www.RedlineNetworks.com.