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Application Delivery Networking

Brian NeSmith

President and Chief Executive Officer 

February 03, 2009

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AGENDA

Business Trends, Factors and Challenges

Packets to Applications

The Application Delivery Network

Leadership & Future Direction

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Business Trends

Globalization

Collaboration

Consolidation

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Business Factors

Information is Currency

Users are Distributed

Applications are Critical

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Business Challenges

Upgrading Core & Branch Bandwidth

Improving Application Performance

Maintaining Security

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Legacy Networks | Packet Delivery

TRANSPORT

NETWORK

DATA LINK

PHYSICAL

2

1

3

APPLICATION

PRESENTATION

SESSION

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Future Networks | Application Delivery

NETWORK

DATA LINK

PHYSICAL

2

1

3

4

56

7

NETWORK

TRANSPORT

APPLICATION

PRESENTATION

SESSION

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The Application Delivery Network

Visibility

Acceleration

Security

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Mandates

ADNADN

Discover Monitor Preempt

Internal External Real-time

Protect Guard Enforce

Acceleration

Visibility

Security

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ADNADN

Optimize and Secure

Classify and prioritize applications

Accelerate business applications

Protect users and information

Acceleration

Visibility

Security

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ADNADN

CONTROL IS YOURS.

Align investments with requirements

Speed decision making

Ensure proactive layers of defense

Acceleration

Visibility

Security

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ADNADN

Advantage: Unmatched Intelligence

600+ classified 54 million+ users

Direct-to-the-Net SSL & Real-time

30B WebFilter 

requests daily

1B WebPulse

requests weekly

Acceleration

Visibility

Security

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Application Delivery Networking Leader 

Best-in-Class Well Positioned

≈ $500M

Annual Revenue

1,250+

Dedicated Employees

2,800+

Global Partners

Market

Leadership

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Application Delivery Networking Leader 

Service Providers Fortune 500

Customer 

Leadership

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Application Delivery Networking Leader 

Channel & Distribution Technology Integration

Partner 

Leadership

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Application Delivery Networking Leader 

Corporate Responsibility Customer Benefits

Reduce CO2 Footprint

Lower Operational Costs

Scale Responsibly

Lower TCO

Reduce CO2 Footprint

Enhance Efficiency

Environmental

Leadership

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FutureDirection

 Advancing the integration of the visibility,

acceleration and security technologies at the

heart of the Application Delivery Network

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