McAfee and Riverbed Partner to Deliver Comprehensive WAN Optimization and Multilayer Security in a Single Appliance

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and SANTA CLARA, CA, Apr 06 (MARKET
WIRE) --
McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), and Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT
performance company, today announced a partnership that delivers a
best-of-breed and comprehensive security and wide area network (WAN)
optimization solution for organizations with remote offices. The one-box
solution, which will include a virtual instance of McAfee Firewall
Enterprise software running on the award-winning Riverbed(R) Steelhead(R)
appliance, enables enterprises to deliver accelerated data and
application access to users while protecting critical information and
infrastructure from security threats.

The joining of forces between the leading WAN optimization provider and
the world's largest dedicated security company will help customers cost
effectively address the distributed computing challenges associated with
key IT initiatives such as server centralization, data center
consolidation and a highly mobile workforce. Customers will realize
immediate, tangible benefits and lower total cost of ownership through
device consolidation, reduced operational complexity and lower business
risk.

Riverbed WAN optimization solutions enable organizations of all sizes to
overcome a wide range of IT and private cloud infrastructure performance
bottlenecks, including poor application performance, slow database
backups and insufficient bandwidth at remote sites. By speeding the
performance of applications between data centers, remote offices and
mobile workers, in some cases by up to 100 times, the award-winning
Riverbed Steelhead products enable companies to consolidate IT while
improving staff productivity and collaboration.

The Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) is a virtualized, extensible data
services platform integrated with the Steelhead appliance hardware that
allows customers to deploy multiple best-of-breed edge services that
formerly required dedicated servers. Customers can deploy virtualized
applications, such as McAfee Firewall Enterprise software, directly on
the RSP to further minimize the hardware infrastructure footprint at the
branch office, thereby reducing operational overhead.

With McAfee Firewall Enterprise software, administrators can immediately
begin to put firewall rules in the proper business context and take
advantage of centralized firewall management, reporting and user-friendly
rule creation capabilities. Additionally, McAfee Firewall Enterprise
software offers unprecedented levels of threat protection such as VPN for
secure site-to-site connectivity, anti-spam, URL and Web content
filtering, encrypted traffic inspection, configurable application-level
protection, and reputation-based global threat intelligence to block
attacks before they occur.

"Riverbed's customers are consolidating their IT infrastructure and
moving data farther from users, which has negatively impacted the
response times of business-critical applications. Our WAN optimization
solutions help enterprises overcome these issues and deliver LAN-like
application performance to distributed employees," said Venugopal Pai,
vice president of alliances at Riverbed. "In addition to accelerating
performance over the WAN, it is a logical extension to partner with
companies like McAfee whose best-of-breed network security solutions are
essential for a reliable distributed IT infrastructure."

"Customers are demanding simplified management and security that's
integrated into critical network infrastructure platforms, such as the
Riverbed Steelhead appliance," said Dan Ryan, executive vice president
and general manager of the Network Security business unit at McAfee. "By
recognizing the eventual integration and overlap of security within the
network environment, we are taking a proactive approach to offering
customers a set of proven solutions that provide choice and flexibility
in the marketplace. The coupling of the strengths of both companies is
expected to deliver a set of solutions that customers can depend on to
protect their most valuable data assets."

Availability
The joint
solution is scheduled to be available in April.

About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara,
California, is the world's largest dedicated security technology company.
McAfee is committed to relentlessly tackling the world's toughest
security challenges. The company delivers proactive and proven solutions
and services that help secure systems and networks around the world,
allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the web
more securely. Backed by an award-winning research team, McAfee creates
innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public
sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with
regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities,
and continuously monitor and improve their security. http://www.mcafee.com

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are provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied.

Forward Looking Statements
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statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for
Riverbed's products and services, and statements relating to Riverbed's
ability to meet the needs of distributed organizations. These
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about these and other risks that may impact Riverbed's business are set
forth in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 12, 2010. All
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update these forward-looking statements. Any future product, feature or
related specification that may be referenced in this release are for
information purposes only and are not commitments to deliver any
technology or enhancement. Riverbed reserves the right to modify future
product plans at any time.

About Riverbed
Riverbed Technology is the IT performance company. The
Riverbed family of wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions
liberates businesses from common IT constraints by increasing application
performance, enabling consolidation, and providing enterprise-wide
network and application visibility -- all while eliminating the need to
increase bandwidth, storage or servers. Thousands of companies with
distributed operations use Riverbed to make their IT infrastructure
faster, less expensive and more responsive. Additional information about
Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) is available at www.riverbed.com.

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Kristalle Ward
Riverbed Technology
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Ally Zwahlen
McAfee, Inc.
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INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT

Renee Lyall
Riverbed Technology
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