Zeus Technology expands channel strategy following launch of Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager

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Thursday, April 15, 2004; 12:00 AM

Cambridge, England, April 15, 2004 - Zeus Technology, the acknowledged leader in Internet infrastructure solutions, today announced the expansion of its UK channel strategy following the launch of Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager, the next generation in high-availability, application-centric traffic management and load balancing.

The company will no longer use two tier distribution but will switch to single tier distribution and OEM licensing. A new accreditation programme for Zeus resellers will also offer dedicated Zeus account managers and support staff, as well as access to Zeus Global Services consultants for larger deployments.

John Paterson, CEO Zeus Technology, commented, "We found that it's better to have a direct relationship with resellers than via a distributor, especially when introducing a new product to the marketplace. With a direct relationship we can provide much closer technical and pre-sales assistance, essential to getting a new reseller off the ground."

The company will also be licensing Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager to appliance, blade and software vendors. "Load balancing and application balancing is increasingly becoming part of the application rather than a stand alone box", continued John Paterson, "We're talking to many vendors about bundling Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager into their solutions."

Zeus products are distributed in Japan by Sumitomo, though HP worldwide and to the US Federal Government by Indus Corporation.

For more information about the Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager visit our website http://www.zeus.com/

About ZXTM
Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager is the next generation in high-availability, application-centric traffic management and load balancing, providing unparalleled control, intelligence, security and resilience for all your application traffic.

With its advanced TrafficScript™ control language, N+M scalability, deep content inspection, intelligent Web Services routing and end-to-end traffic security, Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager translates business logic into traffic management decisions - differentiating services, handling application failures to safeguard service availability, automating complex recovery tasks and providing richer information with finer-grained control.

About Zeus Technology
Zeus Technology is the world's leading Internet infrastructure software vendor. Zeus provides software that leads the industry in performance, scalability, reliability and security, combined with support and consultancy services that provide best-of-breed solutions for business-critical Internet deployments for ISPs, retailers, government agencies, financial services companies and media companies.

Zeus has created a highly scalable and robust line of software products including the multi-award winning Zeus Web Server, Zeus Load Balancer, Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager and Zeus Mass Hosting Application.

Zeus boasts an impressive strategic partner base which includes world-class companies such as HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Intel, AMD and Qualcomm. Zeus customers include eBay, E*TRADE, Interflora, Cable & Wireless, NEC BIGLOBE, THUS/Demon, Telewest, Verisign and Federal Railroads Administration.

Press Contact Information: Zeus Corporate Zeus Technology Ltd. The Jeffreys Building Cowley Road Cambridge CB4 0WS United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1223 525000 Fax: +44 (0)1223 525100 Email: marketing@zeus.com