Cymphonix Opens the Gateway on Visibility into Internet Traffic

 Spotlights a Year of Growth and Momentum  

Salt Lake City, Feb. 2, 2009 - Cymphonix® today announced advanced features for its award-winning Network Composer® appliance series. The enhanced solutions provide extended visibility into network traffic and enhanced control over bandwidth use. By revealing Internet traffic, optimizing business-critical usage and protecting business networks from threats, Cymphonix Network Composer ultimately maximizes productive value from both employee and network investments. In addition, the company is also taking the opportunity to highlight corporate momentum as the company completes its sixth quarter of consecutive growth.

"The amount of data, applications and streaming media available on the Internet is exploding exponentially, leading businesses and institutions to search for an easier way to manage existing and growing Internet resources," said Brent Nixon, president of Cymphonix Corporation. "With Network Composer, we've been helping SMEs reinvent their relationship with the Internet by allowing them to maximize the security, value and productivity of their broadband investment."

Organizations struggle with visibility and control of rapidly evolving Internet content, which results in ongoing security, performance, compliance and productivity issues. Traditional secure Web gateway products lack the necessary dynamic resources to scan network traffic, identify critical online content and potential threats, and control improper usage. Cymphonix Network Composer is a precise network gateway appliance that reveals, optimizes and protects both incoming and outgoing Internet traffic-effectively identifying and prioritizing mission-critical Web-based traffic and Internet applications. The result is a solution that accurately reveals important information on network usage, intelligently optimizes bandwidth and application management, and provides advanced protection from inappropriate content - resulting in a safe, productive environment for employees and businesses alike.

"Our patients' lives and our business-essential programs rely on speedy, accurate access to Web-based applications," said Gene Harrison, network engineer for New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. "Cymphonix Network Composer gives us detailed visibility into Internet traffic on our network, and allows us an unparalleled level of control over which sites and applications receive bandwidth priority. For instance, Barack Obama's inauguration gave us the opportunity to temporarily lift a ban on streaming video so employees could watch it live without disrupting specific medical application use. We removed almost all of the bandwidth restrictions on streaming and relied on Network Composer to monitor the Internet traffic flow, ensuring that Webcasts didn't overload our network. Cymphonix kept our critical patient data accessible and our business applications flowing smoothly at all times."

The company is also highlighting its momentum, which includes six quarters of consecutive growth and shows an 80 percent year-over-year growth rate for 2008. With thousands of customers spread over four continents, Cymphonix's industry-leading secure Web gateway appliances protect content for a broad customer base in the education, hospitality, healthcare, local government, manufacturing, professional services and managed service provider industries. Additionally, Cymphonix partners with more than 500 worldwide channel resellers, including many VAR 500 companies. Winning four XChange Excellence Awards and earning recognition within Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway in 2008, Cymphonix solutions have been acknowledged by analysts and industry experts as top performers in a competitive market.