Certeon aCelera Named a Finalist for the 2009 MITX Technology Awards

Awards Recognize Outstanding Technology Advancements in the New England Region
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Certeon, the first and ONLY provider of WAN optimization and application
acceleration virtual appliance solutions to be certified by Microsoft, and
VMware, today announced that it has been named as a finalist for the 6th Annual
MITX Technology Awards. The MITX Technology Awards recognize emergent and
innovative technologies developed in the New England area, as well as the
individuals and organizations responsible for driving these advancements. The
Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) is the country`s premier
Internet business and marketing association.

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 saves IT
managers 60% in capital and operations TCO over proprietary appliances.

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.

Certeon listened to its customers and embraced virtualization to bring to the
market a high performance, scalable and lower cost alternative to proprietary
hardware appliances," said Peter Dougherty, CEO and president, Certeon. "The
MITX Technology Awards recognize forward looking technology achievements like
aCelera and we are honored to be among the finalists for our contribution toward
creating the next-generation enterprise."

Entrants were able to submit their work under any of ten different categories,
including: Analytics and Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Devices,
Enterprise Technologies, Gaming, Marketing and Customer Relationship
Technologies, Mobile, Online Advertising, Rich Media and Social Media.

"Being named a Finalist in the MITX Technology Awards is an important
achievement," said Kiki Mills, executive director, MITX. "This recognition
translates into increased exposure with media, industry analysts and investors,
and provides them a higher profile in their industry. We congratulate all of the
finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition." Certeon
will be recognized with the other finalists in the category of Cloud Computing
at an awards ceremony attended by the region`s top technology and business
professionals. Winners will be announced at the ceremony at the Westin Copley
Hotel on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

"This year we`re excited to be recognizing startup and emerging technologies
through our first ever Promise Awards," Mills said. "Recognizing technology that
shows real vision and promise is so important to this industry; it helps promote
the strength of the talent here in New England."

The MITX Technology Awards program is sponsored through the generous support of:
Atom Group, DLA Piper, LEWIS PR, Mad*Pow, Microsoft and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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.

About MITX

Established in 1996, MITX-the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange
(MITX) is the region`s premier professional organization for the Internet
business & marketing industry. Reaching more than 7,500 professionals in New
England, MITX is the community for thought leadership, building business
relationships and professional training and development. Members of the MITX
community take advantage of events, sponsorships, speaking opportunities and
networking to make business connections and exchange ideas. With over 60 events
annually, MITX provides its members with the opportunity to promote their
companies to targeted audiences and provides a valuable forum for networking to
source potential business leads, partnerships, ideas, funding and other
likeminded peers in the industry. MITX is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. Visit
us at www.mitx.org.

MITX
Jessica Winston, 617-871-2155, x208
jessica@mitx.org
or
Certeon
Gareth Taube, 781-425-5200
gtaube@certeon.com

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