Speedera Networks Inc., a top-tier global provider of content delivery services, today announced Secure Content Delivery and Secure Download -- its latest service offerings to protect Web sites and improve the secure delivery of Web content and digital media. The new security services leverage Speedera's global content delivery network (CDN), robust security systems and expertise in content delivery to safeguard Web sites against various security threats such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against DNS or Web servers.

"Online businesses are growing increasingly aware of the importance of Web site security, at all levels," stated Speedera's chief executive officer and co-founder, Ajit Gupta. "Speedera's Secure Content Delivery and Secure Download services reassure site owners that their sites will be protected against DDoS attacks, content and bandwidth theft, as well as Web site defacement. Online retailers get extra comfort knowing that our service protects their revenues by preventing sites from going offline."

Security Plus Whole Site Delivery Equals Whole Site Protection

Speedera's Secure Content Delivery service protects against security threats to Web sites, servers and content. Secure Content Delivery provides support for encrypted SSL delivery, allowing customers to use the Speedera Network to distribute content over a secure connection. The offering also includes authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) services, ensuring that DNS does not become the weak point in a customer's Internet infrastructure -- Speedera's robust, highly distributed DNS system is deployed globally.

Secure Content Delivery can also be combined with Speedera's existing Whole Site Delivery to provide a comprehensive security solution, dubbed Whole Site Protection. Whole Site Protection protects customers' Web properties from being directly attacked by creating an additional line of defense. Since Speedera's edge server network filters all Web site accesses and at the same time offloads content delivery from the Web site's servers, the site is shielded from attacks as well as flash crowds of any kind, whether caused by legitimate or malicious traffic.

For Optimal Web Performance, Content and Security Go Hand-in-Hand

Speedera's Secure Content Delivery service is a practical choice for any online organization that values its Web site's security and performance. As a service-based offering that does not require any additional hardware or software deployment, the Speedera solution can be implemented quickly and at an affordable cost -- with guaranteed results.

Secure Content Delivery with Whole Site Protection provides a comprehensive solution for security as well as high availability, scalability and performance. Benefits received include:

-- Attack Mitigation -- Secure Content Delivery helps mitigate problems such as DDoS attacks against Web servers by using a worldwide network of servers to dissipate any such action. Speedera's global footprint also alleviates DNS issues caused by such attacks, which can cause outages or poor performance -- especially when customers have
single-location DNS servers.

-- Lowered Risk of Security Breach -- By protecting the "origin site" with Whole Site Protection, Speedera greatly reduces the risk of any kind of security threat imposed on a customer.

-- Improved Scalability and Performance -- By protecting the "origin site" with Whole Site Protection, Speedera reduces security risks and at the same time offloads the site, dramatically improving performance and
scalability.

"As businesses' need for ensuring 100% availability and integrity of their Web sites rises, they are looking for outsourced services that address core concerns, especially security," commented Greg Howard, principal analyst at the HTRC Group. "Security services have some compelling cost savings arguments as well -- preventing bandwidth theft alone can make the service pay for itself. Speedera's new secure services earn them a leadership role in service innovation for content delivery services."

Secure Download Enables More Profitable Online Commerce

Speedera's Secure Download service enables the authentication and authorization of users to ensure that digital media cannot be stolen or misused. Downloadable digital media can be delivered from Speedera's secure edge servers to users worldwide, improving performance, scalability and security.

By enabling secure delivery of digital media, Secure Download enables many new business uses. The service can be used to support online commerce models such as pay-per-view and subscription services, for example. It can also be used to protect corporate assets against theft, thereby also protecting revenue streams.

Secure Download is similar in concept to Speedera's Secure Streaming service, introduced in October 2001, and used by companies such as Amazon.com and Playboy.

Speedera's Growth Continues at a Rapid Pace

Speedera's CDN is one of the two largest content delivery networks in the world, with connectivity to over 1000 carrier backbones and with points of presence in the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Speedera's network is rated as the most consistently fast CDN by independent third party tests.

Speedera's customers represent four of the top 10 business sites on the Internet and six of the top 20 streaming sites. Over the past three quarters Speedera has experienced tremendous growth, with overall company revenues growing more than 40 percent quarter over quarter. The company continues to grow much faster than its competitors, with industry-leading security, quality, manageability and price/performance.

"We are already the fastest and most reliable CDN in the industry," added Gupta. "We are now consolidating our position as the most secure CDN as well."

Pricing and Availability

The Secure Content Delivery service is available immediately and prices start at $1,500 per month. Secure Content Delivery with Whole Site Protection starts at $3,000 per month. The Secure Download Service will be available in May and prices start at $1,500 per month.

All of the above services are included as part of Speedera's comprehensive SpeedSuite Enterprise offering, which starts at $7,500 per month.

About Speedera Networks

Speedera Networks, Inc. is a leading global provider of managed Internet services for reducing costs and improving enterprises' Web presence through superior performance, quality, availability, scalability and security. The company's edge delivery network is deployed in the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, with connectivity to over 1000 carrier networks. Speedera's Universal Delivery Network features a unique set of next generation streaming, content delivery, failover, global load balancing, security and management services, all based on a common global traffic management infrastructure. The company's customers and partners include Global 2000 companies, service providers, Web hosting providers and other organizations worldwide. The company's investors include Banc of America Securities LLC, Continuum Group Ltd, Deutsche Bank AG, Hewlett-Packard Company, Oracle, and Trinity Ventures, among others. Speedera Networks is located at 4800 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA, USA 95054-1227. For more information about Speedera, please call +1-408-970-1500, visit http://www.speedera.com or email info@speedera.com.