TippingPoint's UnityOne Awarded 'Best of 2004' By SC Magazine; UnityOne Rated 'Best Buy' in Intrusion Prevention Systems Category

TippingPoint's UnityOne Awarded 'Best of 2004' By SC Magazine; UnityOne Rated 'Best Buy' in Intrusion Prevention Systems Category

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TippingPoint Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TPTI), the leader in intrusion prevention, today announced its UnityOne(TM) Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) was recognized as "Best of 2004" in the December issue of SC Magazine, and also achieved the "Best Buy" rating. The award recognizes the top products reviewed in SC Magazine's test laboratories during 2004. TippingPoint's UnityOne received five out of five stars.

"We are extremely honored to receive this award," said TippingPoint CEO Kip McClanahan. "The real achievement here is that the award is based on a real-world, third party review of our product. Winning is most meaningful when it is based on live evaluations."

According to Peter Stephenson, SC Magazine reviewer, "Of all the products we tested, (UnityOne) was the fastest and easiest to install ... In performance tests, the device received top ratings in speed and latency. We found that the product's ease of use and installation complemented its performance achievements."

SC Magazine Reviews Editor Rene Millman said, "A Best Buy is our top award and will go to products we rate as outstanding across a range of criteria. The product must also raise the bar of the industry through groundbreaking features, excellent ease of use and fantastic value for money, as well as having good documentation and helpful support."

TippingPoint's UnityOne is the most decorated intrusion prevention system. It is the only intrusion prevention system awarded Gold from The NSS Group. In 2004, UnityOne also received Information Security magazine's Gold rating as "Product of the Year" in the Intrusion Prevention Systems category, eWEEK's Excellence Award for Enterprise Resource Protection, IDG's Network Protection Product of the Year presented by TechWorld, SANS' Trusted Tool designation, and eWEEK's Analyst's Choice Award. UnityOne was also the first IPS to achieve Common Criteria certification and Tolly "Up to Spec" certification.

TippingPoint's UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System provides Application Protection, Performance Protection and Infrastructure Protection at gigabit speeds through total packet inspection. Application Protection capabilities provide fast, accurate, reliable protection from internal and external cyber attacks. Through its Infrastructure Protection capabilities, UnityOne protects VoIP infrastructure, routers, switches, DNS and other critical infrastructure from targeted attacks and traffic anomalies. UnityOne Performance Protection capabilities enable customers to throttle non-mission critical applications that hijack valuable bandwidth and IT resources, thereby aligning network resources and business-critical application performance.

About TippingPoint

TippingPoint is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth Application Protection, Infrastructure Protection, and Performance Protection for corporate enterprises, government agencies, service providers and academic institutions. Our innovative approach offers customers unmatched network-based security with unrivaled economics, ultra-high performance, scalability and reliability. TippingPoint is based in Austin, Texas, and can be contacted through its Web site at http://www.tippingpoint.com/ or by telephone at 1-88UNITYONE.

TippingPoint Technologies, the TippingPoint logo, UnityOne, the UnityOne logo and Digital Vaccine are registered trademarks of TippingPoint.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains various forward-looking statements and information that are based on TippingPoint's belief, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to TippingPoint. When used in this press release, words such as "anticipate," "think," "project," "expect," "plan," "goal," "forecast," "intend," "could," "believe," "may," and similar expressions and statements regarding TippingPoint's plans and objectives for future operations, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although TippingPoint believes that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, TippingPoint cannot give assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. The key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: TippingPoint's limited operating history in the network security industry; the level of demand for TippingPoint's products; reliance on distribution channels through which TippingPoint products are sold; the volume and timing of orders for TippingPoint's products; product and price competition; the availability of component parts of TippingPoint's products; reliance on third party manufacturers to produce TippingPoint products; long sales and implementation cycles for TippingPoint products; TippingPoint's ability to retain and attract key personnel; TippingPoint's ability to develop or introduce new products or product enhancements; reliance on certain licensed third party technology to produce TippingPoint products; TippingPoint's ability to protect its intellectual property and to avoid costly litigation relating to its intellectual property; TippingPoint's ability to predict its manufacturing requirements accurately; risks relating to TippingPoint's expansion internationally; downturns in the network security and related markets; undetected product errors or defects; public perception of TippingPoint's products in the event of a security breach of one of its customer's networks; and litigation relating to the failure of one of TippingPoint's products. These and other risks and assumptions are described in TippingPoint's reports that are available from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. TippingPoint has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward- looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CONTACT:
Laura Craddick
512-681-8441
lcraddick@tippingpoint.com


Source: TippingPoint Technologies, Inc.

CONTACT: Laura Craddick of TippingPoint Technologies, Inc.,
+1-512-681-8441, or lcraddick@tippingpoint.com

Web site: http://www.tippingpoint.com/


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