Certeon Announces Support for Microsoft`s App-V and System Center Configuration Manager through Microsoft Hyper-V

Certeon`s aCelera Optimizes Microsoft System Center's Deployment and Management
of Applications throughout Large Distributed Enterprises
LAS VEGAS--(Business Wire)--
Certeon Inc., a Microsoft Certified Partner, announced today a new Application
Acceleration Blueprint for both Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.5
and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 (SCCM) on its aCelera Virtual
Appliance for Application Acceleration. aCelera significantly reduces the time
to deployment and simplifies the management of locally installed and virtualized
desktop applications for distributed users across an enterprise. aCelera
delivers these capabilities as a virtualized appliance running on Microsoft
Hyper-V and managed through Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager
(SCVMM). With this announcement of Certeon`s Application Acceleration Blueprints
for Microsoft App-V and SCCM, aCelera now optimizes and accelerates Microsoft
application distribution and software configuration management environments.

Microsoft Application Management Infrastructure

Microsoft App-V is an application virtualization technology within the Microsoft
Desktop Optimization Pack which has sold over 14.1 million licenses. Microsoft
App-V transforms applications into centrally managed services that are
automatically delivered over the network to users, without installing the
application on client systems. SCCM works with the MDOP suite of products to
comprehensively assess, deploy, and update applications for servers and clients.
Certeon aCelera optimizes Microsoft App-V and SCCM by allowing branch servers to
be consolidated into an easily configured virtual appliance and dramatically
reducing the amount of traffic needed to be transmitted over the network.

Certeon aCelera Virtualizes, Simplifies, and Accelerates Application Deployment

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, and ease of management. aCelera,
with its embedded Application Acceleration Blueprints, significantly optimizes
and reduces application and file data traffic over the WAN by more than 95
percent. aCelera`s Application Acceleration Blueprints enable the efficient and
fast identification of redundant application data as it moves over the network.
By identifying and de-duplicating data, aCelera is able to only send data
changes between server and client systems, significantly reducing network
traffic and application deployment times. This capability helps overcome
possible network issues such as low bandwidth, high latency, packet loss, and
network contention, essentially mitigating the impact of the network on
application and update distribution.

aCelera runs on Microsoft Hyper-V and, when combined with App-V and SCCM,
consolidates branch server roles into a virtualized distribution infrastructure
that is software based and therefore easily and rapidly deployed to remote
branch locations. aCelera identifies and significantly reduces Microsoft App-V
and SCCM network traffic going between the data center and the distributed sites
resulting in dramatically accelerated time to move a locally installed or
virtualized application or update into production.

"Microsoft SCCM and App-V play a large part in lowering the TCO of delivering,
managing, and maintaining the growing number of applications used by desktops
throughout distributed enterprises," states David Greschler, Director,
Integrated Virtualization & Management Strategy, Microsoft Corporation.
"Certeon`s aCelera Virtual Appliance maximizes the performance benefits which
Microsoft App-V and SCCM bring to these environments, while at the same time
directly contributing to lower application management labor costs."

Lowest TCO

aCelera delivers a significantly lower total cost of ownership (TCO) when
compared to proprietary hardware appliances. aCelera software has been proven to
save up to 60 percent in capital and operations costs over the competition.
Along with its support of App-V and SCCM, aCelera supports Application
Acceleration Blueprints for line of business applications such as Microsoft
Office, SharePoint/MOSS, and Exchange.

"Microsoft SCCM and App-V enable globally distributed enterprises to simplify
and accelerate their application delivery infrastructures, realize
infrastructure cost reduction benefits, and scale their delivery of applications
to a growing number of users," states Peter Dougherty, CEO and Co-founder,
Certeon Inc. "aCelera enables those optimized environments to realize their true
potential by eliminating network roadblocks, simplifying management, and
leveraging the cost saving benefits that only Certeon`s virtualized network
acceleration can deliver."

About Certeon

Certeon`s aCelera software is the first and only application acceleration
virtual appliance to deliver 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: application virtualization and
management, 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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