Stampede Technologies Positioned in Visionary Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers Magic Quadrant; Evaluation Based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision

Business Wire, Jan 10, 2006

DAYTON, Ohio -- Stampede(R) Technologies Inc. (www.stampede.com), a leading provider of acceleration solutions for Web-enabled Enterprise Applications, today announced that the company has been positioned by Gartner Inc. in the Visionary Quadrant in the Dec. 20, 2005, Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Products, 2005. The Magic Quadrant positions vendors in a particular market segment based on their vision and ability to execute that vision. According to Gartner, companies in the Visionary Quadrant have a clear vision of market direction and are focused on preparing for that, but they can still improve in terms of optimizing service delivery.

"Stampede is proud to be recognized in the Visionary quadrant in Gartner's Application Delivery Products Magic Quadrant," said Gordon Dorworth, Stampede Technologies president and CEO. "Stampede believes that Web-enabled Enterprise Applications have unique requirements, and WebRider's extensible architecture and rich set of features anticipates those needs and delivers significant value. We are optimizing the performance of WebRider's traditional application acceleration with the integration of WAN optimization functions."

Stampede's WebRider family of acceleration solutions provides a unique hardware-software approach to acceleration for those enterprise applications that require more than just Web page browsing. Through this two-sided architecture, WebRider provides unparalleled performance through bi-directional compression, transaction optimization, cache differencing, and TurboStreaming(TM), a patent-pending technology that accelerates even highly encrypted or previously compressed data objects up to 4X. In addition, with WebRider's client software technology, even SSL-based environments benefit from WebRider's acceleration techniques.

About Stampede Technologies Inc.

Stampede Technologies is a leading provider of advanced, cost-effective solutions to accelerate the flow of information, improve performance, improve response times and increase productivity throughout an enterprise. Stampede's unique patented solutions increase operational efficiencies, simplify management and accommodate growth with concrete justification for verifiable ROI. For more information on Stampede Technologies, visit http://www.stampede.com.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 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.

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