Lindon, Utah, July 2, 2008 – Solera Networks today announced it has been selected by Everything Channel as a CRN Emerging Tech vendor and named as one of the “25 Coolest Emerging Vendors”. Companies are honored by CRN based on a combination of innovative products and a robust commitment to the channel. CRN’s Emerging Tech list recognizes companies that are delivering high margins for solution providers through pioneering and easy-to-use technology not offered by the industry giants.

Solera Networks is increasingly gaining recognition for its innovative new solutions that provide network visibility for network security and network systems management. With the ever-increasing amount of data moving through networks of physical systems and virtualized environments, Solera Networks’ products provide complete visibility for all ‘data in motion.’

The Solera DS Series™ appliances capture an unabridged record of all network traffic across all networking environments, from physical to virtual, at speeds up to 10 Gbps. Additionally, Solera DeepSee™ is the first search engine for data in motion that provides both IT personnel and business executives the ability to search, locate, and reconstruct specific network traffic in an intuitive, web-like search format. DeepSee is deployed in conjunction with Solera DS Series appliances to provide complete network visibility; enabling customers to actively search all network traffic and quickly resolve security, management and compliance issues.

CRN noted that its annual list of Emerging Tech Vendors have their finger on the pulse of what customers want and they are able to deliver it faster, better and cheaper than most of the industry giants. Solera Networks was singled out for its innovations around the convergence of network security and systems management.

“New and innovative vendor partners can help spur profitable ideas that solution providers can use to build revenue and customer loyalty,” said Robert C. Demarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. “The CRN Emerging Tech list is where solution providers go to find these promising new vendors.”

Vendors who make the list must have an established solution provider program and formal guidelines for recruiting channel partners. They must demonstrate that its direct sales mix is trending down as evidenced by the company’s revenue history, a channel positive or channel neutral strategy for internal sales compensation, and not be a dominant market share player. Final selection to the Emerging Technology list was made at the discretion of the CRN editorial team after a review of the submitted information and conversations with current or targeted partners.

Solera Networks has a growing global network of value added resellers and distributors. The company works with channel partners to deliver data network visibility solutions to businesses of all sizes. For more information on becoming a Solera Networks partner, visit: www.soleranetworks.com/partners.

“Solera Networks is honored to be among CRN’s Top 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors,” said Steve Shillingford, President and CEO, Solera Networks. “This further validates our focus of helping organizations secure and manage the critical business data that is constantly moving through their networks. Our network visibility solutions continue to attract significant industry attention, a trend which is quickly being validated by our partners and their customers.”

Lindon, UT (Marketwire)—June 3, 2008

Solera Networks, Inc. today announced that its flagship product was honored as a winner of the 6th Annual Utah Innovation Awards. The company was selected for innovation in the enterprise and business-to-business software category for its DS Series™ packet capture appliance, which captures an unabridged record of all network traffic across all network environments, from virtual deployments up to today’s fastest network speeds of 10 Gbps.

The Awards selection committee of almost sixty experts from Utah’s business, government and academic communities conducted a rigorous evaluation process. Innovations were selected based on utility within their target market, originality and potential for competition.

“Solera Networks stood out for its unique approach to capturing and recording data in motion across all network environments,” said Richard Nelson, Utah Technology Council President and CEO. “The committee felt that Solera Networks’ product would take network security and performance to a new level, and that Solera Networks’ approach will spawn market innovation around the use and analysis of this newly available data.”

Solera DS Series packet capture appliances achieve unmatched performance and flexibility through the company’s unique software-based, deep packet capture and stream-to-storage technology, providing complete visibility into all network activity across virtual and physical network environments. The DS Series appliances capture, archive, filter and regenerate all network traffic data and store it in an infinitely scalable caching and storage system that integrates seamlessly with existing network infrastructures. Solera Networks’ products allow any authorized individual to locate and reconstruct any conversation, communication, or network artifact (such as a document, email, IM, spreadsheet, etc.) from within the captured network traffic.

“Solera Networks is honored to be among the recipients of this year’s Innovation Awards,” said Steve Shillingford, president and CEO, Solera Networks. “Our high-speed deep packet capture technology for data in motion is unprecedented. Our customers tell us that our products are helping to make complete network surveillance an IT best practice, reshaping the way organizations manage network security, performance and compliance.”

Las Vegas, NV (Interop)—April 29, 2008

Solera Networks today announced that Miercom Communications Inc., an independent laboratory testing company, completed a “Miercom Performance Verified” test on the Solera Networks DS5100. The test validates Solera Networks’ claim of providing comprehensive and accurate network surveillance through real-time traffic capture and storage on today’s high-speed 10 gigabit networks. The full report can be accessed at www.soleranetworks.com/miercom/.

During testing, the DS5100 achieved 8.1 Gbps sustained and 10Gbps burst data capture and storage with zero loss of packets. It proved to be an easy-to-use appliance, with a highly functional Web-based interface. “Miercom’s independent objectivity is well known in the industry. We were very pleased to see their tests confirmed our own results of the Solera DS5100,” said Steve Shillingford, CEO of Solera Networks. “This provides further validation that our unique design, based entirely in software, gives customers the best price performance and flexibility in the industry.”

The report stated, “We verified that the DS5100 was capable of capturing data at a faster rate than any other product we have seen in our lab.” The report also indicated “few, if any, other products on the market can record all packets to storage for analysis and playback within 1 ms of capture. The DS5100’s capabilities allow for the creation of a comprehensive record of network traffic (including headers and payload).”

Highlights from the Solera Networks DS5100 test include:
- The DS5100 attained a sustained throughput of 8.1 Gbps with no packet loss

- The appliance can replay captured data for analysis and security event remediation

“Complete network visibility requires access to a complete record of all information that crosses the network.” said Bojan Simic, analyst, Network Management Research from Aberdeen Group. “High-speed packet capture capabilities help enable organizations to take control over their networks and achieve their network management and security goals.”

Solera Networks will be showcasing their DS line of deep packet capture and storage solutions at Interop Las Vegas in booth 1971.

Las Vegas, NV (Interop)—April 29, 2008

Solera Networks today announced the release of the beta version of Solera DeepSee, which provides the unprecedented ability for IT or business executives to search, locate and reconstruct specific network traffic in an intuitive, web-like search format. DeepSee is deployed in conjunction with Solera Networks’ DS appliances, which provide complete network visibility for both virtual and physical networks through software-based packet capture and stream-to-storage technology.

“Network security has become a chief concern for more than just the IT staff. It is now a bottom-line business concern, whether the threat is internal or external to the organization,” said Steve Shillingford, CEO of Solera Networks. “In addition, organizations are facing evolving compliance mandates requiring them to save more data, including data-in-motion. With a ‘Google™-like’ interface, DeepSee gives authorized IT and business professionals quick and easy search capabilities to discover and view artifacts of network traffic. These could include emails, key documents, IM dialogues, file transfers, VoIP calls, or any other packet-based network communication. This can be accomplished using DeepSee without the user having any knowledge of networking protocols, packet analysis toolsets, or forensics expertise.”

Solera DeepSee is used in conjunction with Solera Networks DS Appliances that capture and store all network traffic, whether virtualized or physical, even on the fastest 10Gbps networks.

Solera DeepSee enables organizations to:
- Execute web-style queries, searching by keywords, user, type of traffic, type of attachment, IP or MAC address, and many other variables

- Monitor and keep a record of all data-in-motion inside the enterprise

“With the increasing growth in network traffic and network speeds, solutions that help organizations intuitively search through the mass of data to get to the root cause of a network problem, security breach or policy violation will be in high demand,” said Robert Ayoub, Industry Manager – Network Security for Frost & Sullivan. “Full network visibility is key to addressing network security issues.”

The intuitive DeepSee interface is designed for users of any technical level to uncover the information they need, yet is powerful enough to benefit the most seasoned forensics professionals. Once an item is found, results are displayed in easy-to-understand result sets, allowing users to make selections and view the results displayed in their original formats. For example, emails are reconstructed to appear as emails, instant message (IM) messages are rendered as IM conversations and PDFs are reconstructed as PDFs.

The company will be showcasing Solera DeepSee at Interop Las Vegas, booth 1971. For more information, visit www.soleranetworks.com/products/deepsee.php.

Las Vegas, NV (Interop)—April 29, 2008

We are pleased to announce that Pilot, our new, powerful network analyzer that provides unique reporting, charting, and traffic visualization features, will be bundled and sold with Solera Networks DS deep packet capture and stream-to-storage appliances beginning immediately. Solera Networks will be demonstrating the combined offering at Interop this week at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Booth #1971.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April. 8, 2008 – Solera Networks, the leader in open platform deep packet capture and stream-to-storage appliances, announced today the availability of its beta version of the free Solera V2P Tap™, expanding the company’s initiative toward enabling complete network visibility. Using the Solera V2P Tap, organizations deploying virtual machines can now leverage their existing investments in network management and security tools by regenerating virtual network traffic, including intra-server virtual machine network traffic, to their existing physical security infrastructure to monitor and protect virtual network activity, creating significant cost savings and efficiencies.

For many organizations, monitoring and securing the virtual environment means an additional investment to deploy security tools and processes in the virtual network—the same tools they already have in the physical environment. The Solera V2P Tap sits passively in a virtual environment leveraging VMware™ Vswitch technology, capturing all network traffic from within the virtual environment and regenerating all or some of that traffic in real-time to the physical environment for monitoring and analysis by existing tools.

“Having comprehensive network visibility is key to maintaining a secure network,” said Steve Shillingford, Solera Networks CEO. “Most organizations have invested significantly in their security and monitoring tools. Purchasing the same tools for their virtual environment is expensive and redundant. Having the only virtual appliance for capture and storage allowed us to offer this solution free of charge to organizations not interested in redundant expenses.”

The Solera V2P Tap allows organizations to utilize their existing intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), as well as other standard security tools to analyze traffic between virtual machines. While originating from the virtual infrastructure, traffic that is regenerated to these security systems appears as any other network traffic and can therefore be analyzed using the same procedures. The virtual tap also runs very efficiently, with minimal CPU utilization. This is particularly important in virtual environments where the objective is to get the most out of processor capacity and minimize hardware cost.

“Virtual security is as important as real security,” said Joe Levy, CTO of network security vendor, SonicWALL. “Until now, virtualization security required redundant expenses and resource utilization. Solera V2P Tap bridges the gap between the virtual and physical network, allowing administrators to use their existing purpose-built inspection platforms within the virtual network. Solera Networks is uniquely positioned to bring such capture and regeneration technologies to market. It’s a welcome efficiency for the industry.”

The free download of the Solera V2P Tap is now available in beta for evaluation. After completion of the beta, the download will continue to be available for free.

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LINDON, Utah–(March 27, 2008) Solera Networks, the leader in deep packet capture and stream-to-storage technology, today announced the closing of a $5 million Series B funding by Canopy Ventures, which also led the company’s Series A round in 2006. Solera Networks expects to use the funds to accelerate product development and sales and marketing efforts, in addition to working capital.

Solera Networks also announced the appointment of three key executives. James Brown was named the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Paal Tveit was promoted to the position of Vice President of Engineering; and Fumiya Minagawa was named President of Solera Networks Japan.

“Solera Networks has experienced very rapid growth over the past few quarters as the importance of capturing, storing and searching network traffic has become increasingly clear to our customers,” said Steve Shillingford, President and CEO of Solera Networks. “Closing this round of financing is an important milestone in the company’s progress. Not only will it allow us to accelerate the release of important products, it also allows us to add key talent to our executive team.”

“Solera Networks has produced technology that is transforming the way organizations view data in motion,” said Ron Heinz, Managing Director of Canopy Ventures. “Virtually every network security, compliance, and network management product becomes much more useful when it is able to leverage Solera Networks’ high-performance technology to gain complete visibility into network traffic. This company has far-reaching opportunities and capabilities, and we are looking forward to working with the management team to expand its market position.”

Mr. Brown joins Solera Networks’ management team after recently serving on the companys Board of Directors. Over the past few years, he has advised several technology companies, including Solera Networks, on strategy, fundraising and operational matters. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and General Manager at OpenTV, where he played a key role in the company’s successful IPO and was responsible for the company’s applications business unit and its worldwide business development and corporate development activities. Prior to OpenTV, he was a Partner at the law firm of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro in San Francisco.

Mr. Tveit is a 20-year veteran of software and hardware engineering, having most recently served as Director of Engineering at SonicWALL in charge of their SSL, VPN and Common Criteria initiatives. Tveit has also held senior engineering positions at Mainstream Data, Philips/BTS and Unisys. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematical sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in political economics from Johns Hopkins University.

Fumiya Minagawa, named as President of Solera Networks Japan, began his relationship with the company as a distributor more than three years ago. He has more than 20 years of experience in engineering consulting, technology sales, product development, and corporate IT management, including five years as Chief Information Officer at Kokusai Kogyo. Mr. Minagawa also served as senior education manager for four years at Sun Microsystems in Japan, where he received the Sun President’s Award in 2002. He has also held senior manager positions at Bearing Point and received the coveted Nikkei Publications Grand Prix award for a large-scale deployment of SAP.