Netli Offers Industry's First Cross-Carrier Service-Level Agreement for Performance of Enterprise-Class Applications Across the WAN; NetLightning SLA Guarantees LAN-Like Performance for Global End Users

Business Wire, July 18, 2005

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Netli(R), the global leader in Application Delivery Network (ADN) services, today announced the industry's first service-level agreement (SLA) for the delivery of applications and content across its network. The SLA applies to enterprises using NetLightning(R), the company's managed service that accelerates application delivery over the Internet and addresses the unique machine-to-machine communication needs of Web services. The SLA guarantees that an enterprise's end users will experience at a minimum a 2X speed-up in their ability to complete a transaction or download content.

Netli's breakthrough service guarantee -- the first cross-carrier, client-to-application performance SLA, is possible because of Netli's unique managed services and network architecture, which establishes a presence at the customer premises and cross-carrier, in cloud based nodes that are close to end users. This gives Netli bi-directional control and visibility over all traffic that traverses the Netli platform. This ensures that enterprises will enjoy a higher level of confidence in the reliability of their applications, along with the improved return on investment and lower total cost of ownership associated with applications that maintain optimal performance.

Historically, service providers have only guaranteed the performance of one packet's round trip across their network, but enterprises have wanted an application-level guarantee for all users across all networks. Netli now meets this requirement. Typical content delivery network (CDN) service providers do not offer this type of guarantee for enterprise-class applications because they have no presence on the customer premise and primarily serve static images. Furthermore, appliance solutions with no presence in the network cloud also cannot offer this type of guarantee for enterprise-class applications.

The SLA is monitored by Netli's performance measurement system, which tests the network with comparative transactions -- with and without Netli's acceleration -- every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

"As the pioneer in application delivery, our NetLightning SLA sends a very powerful message to the industry -- we are prepared to back-up our performance claims," said Gary Messiana, president and CEO of Netli. "But the greater message here is that our vision of a better Internet for business has been realized, and many of the world's largest and most successful companies are leveraging Netli's business-class infrastructure with full confidence in its ability to dramatically improve the performance and reliability of enterprise-class applications."

Netli's application delivery network services are serving the world's largest companies and most recognizable Internet properties. The company now serves the world's three biggest mobile phone suppliers, the largest technology reseller, the largest beauty products company, the two largest computer manufacturers, and the top two import auto manufacturers -- processing more than one billion enterprise transactions across its network service platform every week.

Netli's patented technology and services include NetLightning(R), NetliOffload(TM), NetliContinuity(TM), and NetliView(TM). NetLightning, the company's flagship offering, delivers a business-quality Internet with global sub-second response times, high availability and secure access to Web applications. NetliOffload provides the storage and bandwidth capacity enterprises need to more efficiently serve static content, images, and software downloads and to avoid performance and availability degradations caused by "flash" crowds. NetliContinuity transparently enables failover, backup or regulatory compliance for organizations with two or more data centers without having to install software or hardware devices. NetliView is a comprehensive measurement and reporting service, which enables organizations to continuously monitor the health of their business-critical, Netli-optimized applications.

About Netli

Netli delivers a better Internet for business through its comprehensive suite of Application Delivery Network (ADN) services -- transparently enabling global eBusiness from local infrastructure. The world's leading and most successful companies use Netli's services to extend their market reach and reduce support costs while consolidating data center infrastructure. Netli is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and was recently named an innovative technology leader by IDG's Computerworld Magazine. For more information, visit www.netli.com or call 1-866-26-NETLI.