TippingPoint's UnityOne Wins Record Awards in 2004, Making It the Most Decorated IPS

TippingPoint's UnityOne Wins Record Awards in 2004, Making It the Most Decorated IPS

TippingPoint's UnityOne Receives High Marks From End Users in TheInfoPro Security Study

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TippingPoint Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TPTI), the leader in intrusion prevention, today announced its UnityOne(TM) Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) completed 2004 as the most decorated IPS and received high marks from end users in a recent study from TheInfoPro, a leading information technology research firm. UnityOne received a perfect four out of four rating for technical innovation, positioning, features/functionality, and delivery as promised from end users participating in TheInfoPro Information Security Study, Wave Four. TheInfoPro interviewed 179 information security professionals for its study.

According to David Taylor, TheInfoPro's Chief Research Officer, "The end users in our research network have been very impressed by TippingPoint's products, citing TippingPoint as the top IPS vendor in both Wave 3 and Wave 4 as offering 'exciting new products.'"

According to one survey respondent, "(TippingPoint) has a very strong product offering and very good throughput. It has a lot of capabilities that suit our particular enterprise needs."

TippingPoint's UnityOne product line earned numerous awards in 2004, making it the most decorated intrusion prevention system of the year. Awards include:

* TippingPoint's UnityOne was the first and only IPS product to receive
the Gold award from The NSS Group. The NSS Group completed the most
comprehensive multi-vendor IPS evaluation of the year in January 2004,
being the first to evaluate all areas of price/performance, usability,
accuracy, security, and performance (throughput and latency).
TippingPoint was declared the obvious winner in every test category.
The full report can be accessed at:
http://www.nss.co.uk/ips/edition1/index.htm .

* eWEEK awarded UnityOne both the Analyst's Choice Award in March and
the eWEEK Excellence Award for Enterprise Resource Protection in
April. UnityOne was also chosen as the only IPS in the "Top Products
of 2004" December issue.

* SC Magazine selected TippingPoint's UnityOne as a "Best Buy" in their
group evaluation of intrusion prevention systems, giving it a perfect
five-star review. UnityOne also received the "Best of 2004" award in
the December 2004 issue.

* Information Security magazine selected TippingPoint for "Gold" in the
Intrusion Prevention Systems category for the "Product of the Year
Awards." The awards were based on end user survey responses from
TheInfoPro where UnityOne received the highest score of any IPS rated
by end users.

* TechWorld presented TippingPoint with the "Network Protection Product
of the Year" award from IDG.

* The SANS Institute designated UnityOne Intrusion Prevention Systems as
a "Trusted Tool."



TippingPoint has been pioneering the IPS market since it launched the first network-based intrusion prevention system, and continuously leads the industry by being first to market with innovative IPS features such as Spyware protection and multi-gigabit throughput. UnityOne is the only intrusion prevention system to offer VoIP security, bandwidth management, Peer-to-Peer Protection, and default "Recommended Settings" to accurately block malicious traffic automatically upon installation without tuning.

In addition to its unrivaled performance and vulnerability research team, TippingPoint was the first IPS to achieve Common Criteria certification and Tolly Group "Up to Spec" certification, making UnityOne the standard benchmark for intrusion prevention systems.

A complete listing of awards with descriptions can be found here: http://www.tippingpoint.com/products_certifications.html

About TheInfoPro

TheInfoPro (TIP) investigates key technology sectors in six-month intervals or "waves" by interviewing hundreds of IT decision makers, pre- screened for domain expertise, for an average of one hour each. Known as the "voice of the customer," thousands of IT professionals, technology providers and institutional investors rely on TIP research for robust data on vendor spending and ratings, technology adoption plans -- overlaying the vendors poised to benefit -- and rich narrative commentary. TIP studies the Information Security, Storage, Networking, and Server markets. Over 800 technology decision makers are members of the TIPNetwork, including IT decision makers from JPMorgan Chase, BellSouth, Honeywell, P&G and Visa. To learn more about TIP's independent, objective research process, where results are delivered without any analyst spin or bias, visit http://www.theinfopro.net/ .

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/
http://www.nss.co.uk/ips/edition1/index.htm
http://www.tippingpoint.com/products_certifications.html
http://www.theinfopro.net/


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