Navy Exchange Service Command Selects Stampede Technologies for WAN Optimization and Application Acceleration

Response Time Improvements and Reduced Bandwidth Utilization Will Save Time and Money

Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1, 2008 – Stampede® Technologies, Inc. (www.stampede.com), a leading provider of WAN Optimization and Application Acceleration solutions today announced that the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) has selected and will soon begin deploying Stampede’s Application Acceleration Series™ (SAAS) WAN Optimization solutions at its 344 retail stores located at 105 U.S. Navy installations worldwide. Key components of this deployment are Stampede’s SAAS client software which is to be used on NEXCOM’s Windows® and Windows Mobile® devices for web applications, as well as Stampede’s TurboGold® Enterprise Edition for NEXCOM’s IBM Lotus Notes® users. Both products will be used to reduce bandwidth consumption and improve response times for NEXCOM users. NEXCOM has been using Stampede as a single-sided solution for load balancing, and will now expand its use for full WAN Optimization.

The Stampede Application Acceleration Series is a two-sided hardware/software acceleration solution (commonly referred to as a Software WAN Optimization Controller, or Soft WOC) for maximizing performance and bandwidth utilization of enterprise applications. Stampede’s Soft WOC approach employs performance-enhancing technologies such as TurboStreaming™ (for accelerating compressed or encrypted objects), SSL Client-side Termination (for accelerating SSL transactions), Intelligent Cache Differencing, Image Transformation, CIFS Acceleration, Connection Management and Load Balancing, providing significant performance enhancement. These optimization technologies support traditional HTTP/HTTPS, legacy TCP and the emerging Web 2.0/AJAX application environments. The Stampede solution accelerates a diverse population of end user devices, including those using Windows Mobile®. In addition, Stampede’s Acceleration On Demand® client technology is the first client technology to be automatically injected into the responses sent to the end user, without the need to install software at the client.

According to Kean Westcott, CIO of NEXCOM, “…maximizing bandwidth, while at the same time delivering reliable response times to our store operations, is a must. Based on a thorough analysis and test addressing both bandwidth utilization and application response times, we determined that the Stampede solution is the best fit for our company’s IT requirements.”

“Stampede is pleased that NEXCOM continues to see value in our solutions,” said Gordon Dorworth, Stampede Technologies’ President and CEO. “They have been a great customer, and we are delighted to continue to be able to deliver solutions that provide them with a great ROI as well as substantial benefits (i.e. response time savings) for their employees”.

About NEXCOM
The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) is headquarters for the worldwide Navy Exchange System that oversees 105 Navy Exchange facilities and its 344 stores worldwide; 45 Navy Lodges; Ship’s Stores; Uniform Program Management Office and Navy Family Support Programs. NEXCOM’s mission is to provide authorized customers quality goods and services at a savings and to support quality of life programs for active duty military, retirees, reservists and their families. The Navy Exchange enterprise operates primarily with a non-appropriated fund (NAF) business instrumentality. Revenues generated are used to support Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) programs. $2.5 billion in sales were generated in FY06 with over $40 million in profits provided to Navy MWR programs.

About Stampede Technologies, Inc.
Stampede Technologies is a pioneering innovator of Internet acceleration systems and enterprise network performance solutions. The new Stampede Application Acceleration Series™ combines Stampede’s decade of experience in accelerating network-intrusive IP-based applications with Stampede’s unique Acceleration On Demand® optimization injection technology and the ground-breaking Stampede Web 2.0 Performance Series to dramatically elevate our customers’ online productivity and enhance how they use the Internet to communicate and interact with their employees, partners and customers. When your enterprise applications are operating at top speed, maximum performance and total business value, it’s a Stampede! For more information on Stampede Technologies, visit http://www.stampede.com.

Stampede will be exhibiting at Interop 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 29 – May 1 at booth #775.