Certeon aCelera Virtual Appliance Software Selected as a Finalist for MassNetComms Broadband Infrastructure and Security Product of the Year

-- Massachusetts Network Communications Council Annual Awards Recognize the Most
Innovative New Network Communications Products Launched in 2008 --
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Certeon, the first and ONLY provider of application acceleration virtual
appliance solutions to be certified by Microsoft, and VMware, today announces
its aCelera Virtual Appliance has been selected as a finalist for the
MassNetComms Broadband Infrastructure and Security Product of the Year. The
Massachusetts Network Communications Council believes that innovation is the
driving force behind the success of the Massachusetts network communications
industry. The Council`s Product of the Year award recognizes a new network
communications product (infrastructure, service or application) that was
launched in 2008.

Certeon announced the end of the era of proprietary application acceleration
appliances with the launch of the industry`s first and only true virtual
appliance for application acceleration in May 2008. aCelera Virtual Appliance
software is the perfect union of virtualization and application acceleration
technology and provides businesses with a combination of cost-effective
performance, scalability, flexibility, and easy management. aCelera is
system-independent and hypervisor-agnostic, supporting high-performance remote
application access in Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and VMware ESX and ESXi
environments. aCelera can be centrally managed and controlled through its
integration with both the Microsoft Virtual System Center and VMware
VirtualCenter management systems-enabling IT managers to allocate and manage
application performance resources from a central location. In addition, aCelera
software can be distributed to remote locations via an enterprise storage area
network, further reducing operational and deployment costs.

"This recognition crowns a groundbreaking year for Certeon, and highlights our
efforts to change the game in WAN Optimization by eliminating hardware
appliances," said Peter Dougherty, CEO and president, Certeon. "We`re honored
that MassNetComms has included us on an impressive list of finalists, and we
look forward to continuing to lead the WAN Optimization market with an
innovative approach to serving distributed virtualized enterprises in the years
to come."

The MassNetComms awards will be presented at the Massachusetts Network
Communications Council Annual Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 5:30
p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, Mass.

About Certeon

Certeon`s aCelera software is the first and ONLY application acceleration
virtual appliance to be certified by Microsoft, and VMware. aCelera delivers
acceleration, virtualization, and manageability when remotely accessing
applications throughout a distributed enterprise. aCelera software reduces
application response time over the WAN by more than 95 percent without
proprietary hardware appliances. aCelera is optimized for mission-critical
applications such as software configuration management, enterprise content
management, Web-based collaboration, and wide area file services. aCelera is
flexible and easy to deploy, delivering faster, more scalable application
acceleration to more users. Certeon enables distributed enterprises to
dramatically reduce their TCO and gain a faster ROI when compared to proprietary
hardware appliances. Founded in 2003, Certeon is a private company,
headquartered in Burlington, Mass For more information, visit www.certeon.com or
call 781-425-5200.

@2009 Certeon Inc. Certeon is a registered trademark and aCelera is a trademark
of Certeon Inc. All other company names and/or product names are trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Certeon
Gareth Taube, 781-425-5200
gtaube@certeon.com
or
SHIFT Communications
Chris Iafolla, 617-779-1857
ciafolla@shiftcomm.com

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