Redline Networks Brings Acceleration Benefits To Secure Web Sites with Three SSL Enabled Web I/O Accelerators

Redline Networks introduces 3 new Web I/O Acceleration appliances that cut bandwidth on web sites 50 %, speed up conection times, and reduce the load on the site.

Redline Networks Brings Acceleration Benefits To Secure Web Sites with Three SSL Enabled Web I/O Accelerators

Campbell, Calif. -- April 29, 2002 - Redline Networks, Inc., the pioneer in Web I/O Acceleration, today announced three new accelerator appliances with SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption. The T|X 2000, T|X 2200 and T|X 2250 Web I/O Accelerators offload I/O responsibility from web and cache servers, optimize and reduce web payload in real-time, speed page downloads, and support SSL. Sites realize immediate and significant cost savings and performance improvements after installing T|X Web I/O Accelerators.

Redline Networks Web I/O Accelerators remove the burden of TCP connection handling and HTTP scheduling from web and cache servers allowing faster, higher capacity server operation. T|X Web I/O Accelerator appliances support persistent connections to clients without placing a burden on servers, thus helping to significantly reduce the volume of packets exchanged. The T|X appliances pipeline and multiplex requests to servers, and can offload all SSL processing, increasing server capacity. Redline Networks' T|X Web Accelerators also reduce network bandwidth through data filtering and compression.

The aggregate benefits are enormous. Redline Networks T|X technology:

- Accelerates page download and SSL transaction times
- Reduces bandwidth needs by up to 50 percent, significantly lowering expenses
- Increases scalability and profitability of sites by increasing the capacity to serve pages and support SSL transactions on existing infrastructure
SSL Included As A Standard Feature
SSL provides secure and reliable end-to-end encryption for web sites that require a high-level of security, such as banking sites and shopping sites. Redline Networks' T|X Accelerators offload SSL processing from web servers, providing a significant performance boost to sites. A T|X Accelerator can maintain encryption from both the T|X to the user's browser and from the T|X to the server -- allowing sites to serve secure content faster than ever before, service more users and requests, and still cut bandwidth costs in half.

Product Detail
Redline Networks T|X 2000 Web I/O Accelerator appliance is priced at US $9,995 and is designed to accelerate a single content cluster. Up to 25,000 users can be simultaneously connected to the T|X 2000, which handles 100 SSL transactions per second.

Redline Networks T|X 2200 Web I/O Accelerator appliance is priced at US $19,995 and is designed for installation in web farms with multiple virtual IP addresses. Up to 50,000 users can be simultaneously connected to the T|X 2200 and it supports 200 SSL transactions per second.

Redline Networks T|X 2250 Web I/O Accelerator appliance is priced at US $26,995 and is also designed for installation in web farms with multiple virtual IP addresses and a greater percentage of SSL traffic. Up to 50,000 users can be simultaneously connected to the T|X 2250, which supports up to 800 SSL transactions per second.

All three appliances are all designed for rapid installation at web sites, with typical installation times of under one hour. Each unit is designed for standard rack mounting in web data centers and measures 1U (19"w X 1.75"h).

Analyst Perspective
"The Web continues to grow in real business importance, while the majority of users still connect through limited-bandwidth, dial-up lines. More users and limited last-mile bandwidth pose a compounded performance problem: servers overloaded by many network connections and limited data throughput," said Peter Christy, co-founder of NetsEdge Research. Redline Networks offers a unique and valuable solution to site and performance acceleration. Their latest offering broadens the value by incorporating SSL technology and accelerating protected content."

About Redline Networks

Redline Networks' patent-pending Web I/O Acceleration appliances enable companies to significantly accelerate download times and cut bandwidth costs while increasing the transaction capacity of their existing Web infrastructure. Deployed at sites worldwide, Redline's appliances offload I/O responsibility from web servers and caches and optimize content in real-time to speed download times and deliver radically improved performance, capacity and cost savings in the data center. Redline Networks' customers typically experience a Return on Investment (ROI) of less than three months. More information about Redline Networks and its products can be found at www.RedlineNetworks.com or by calling +1 408 369-3800 or toll-free in the USA at 877 550-6420.

For more information please contact:

Tony Tissot
Redline Networks Inc
+1 (408) 369 3821
tissot@redlinenetworks.com

Jeff McKenzie
Publicis Dialog (for Redline Networks)
+1 (212) 279 5796
jeff.mckenzie@publicis-usa.com

Laurent Francfort
MediaSoft (for Redline Networks)
+33 (0)1 55 34 30 00
laurentf@mediasoft.fr

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