Symitar(TM) Chooses Silver Peak Systems as Strategic WAN Acceleration Provider

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Wed May 27, 2009 9:19am EDT

  SANTA CLARA, CA, May 27 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Silver Peak Systems, the leader in scalable Wide Area Network (WAN)
acceleration, today announced that Symitar, a Jack Henry & Associates
division that is the leading provider of core processing solutions for
credit unions, has selected Silver Peak as a strategic platform for WAN
acceleration. With the combined Symitar/Silver Peak solution, credit
unions running Symitar's Episys(R) core processing platform can access
and protect more data across the WAN while lowering ongoing IT
operational expenditures.

    "As credit unions grow, there is a need for larger bandwidth and 'cleaner'
WAN connections to support strategic initiatives like content management
and data backup," said Rick Phillips, product manager at Symitar. "WAN
optimization is a key enabler because it increases available bandwidth and
reduces data transfer times while avoiding expensive WAN upgrades. After
extensive testing, we determined that Silver Peak's WAN optimization is
the best fit for our credit union customers because it delivers the
highest level of performance, scalability, and security."

    Silver Peak leverages a variety of real-time network optimization
techniques to maximize application performance across the WAN while
minimizing IT operational costs. These techniques include:

    -- Network Acceleration to overcome WAN latency,

    -- Network Integrity to correct packet loss and WAN quality problems, and

    -- Network Memory(TM) to maximize WAN bandwidth utilization.

    Silver Peak's unique network approach to WAN acceleration delivers
unprecedented scalability, including the highest effective throughput of
any WAN acceleration device. This makes Silver Peak ideal for large
enterprise networks and applications with high sustained data volumes.

    Silver Peak optimizes every application that runs over IP, including file,
email, Web, SQL, RDP, Voice over IP (VoIP), streaming video, Citrix,
Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI), real-time data replication, and
remote backup. This provides the best Return on Investment (ROI) for WAN
acceleration.

    Silver Peak is the only vendor to solve bandwidth, latency, and loss
issues in real-time, making shared networks (IP VPN and MPLS) perform
like private lines. Enterprises get cost effective bandwidth with high
throughput and predictable performance, making Silver Peak strategic to a
variety of business initiatives, from server centralization and storage
consolidation to real-time collaboration and disaster recovery.

    About Symitar

    Symitar, a division of Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY), is
the leading provider of integrated computer systems for credit unions of
all sizes. Symitar currently serves more than 700 credit unions as a
single source for integrated, enterprise-wide automation and as a single
point of contact and support. Additional information is available at
www.symitar.com.

    About Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: JKHY) is a leading provider of
computer systems and ATM/debit card/ACH transaction processing services
primarily for financial services organizations. Its technology solutions
serve more than 8,800 customers nationwide, and are marketed and supported
through three primary brands. Jack Henry Banking supports banks ranging
from de novo to mid-tier institutions with information processing
solutions. Symitar is the leading provider of information processing
solutions for credit unions of all sizes. ProfitStars(R) provides highly
specialized products and services that enable financial institutions of
every asset size and charter, and diverse corporate entities to mitigate
and control risks, optimize revenue and growth opportunities, and contain
costs. Additional information is available at jackhenry.com.

    About Silver Peak Systems, Inc.

    Silver Peak is the leader in scalable Wide Area Network (WAN)
acceleration. The company's award-winning NX appliances optimize all
current and future applications across an entire enterprise, making
Silver Peak strategic to a variety of core business initiatives, such as
server centralization, real-time collaboration and disaster recovery. For
more information on the Silver Peak solution, visit:
www.silver-peak.com/infocenter

    NOTE: Silver Peak Systems, the Silver Peak logo, Network Memory and Silver
Peak NX Series are trademarks of Silver Peak Systems, Inc.

    

Editorial Contact:
Jeff Aaron
Silver Peak Systems, Inc.
jaaron@silver-peak.com
(408) 935-1840

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