ActivNetworks Selected as a Red Herring Top 100 Europe Startup

Paris, France, May 26, 2011 – ActivNetworks announced today it has been selected by Red Herring as one of the Top 100 technology startup in Europe.

Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe list has become a mark of distinction for identifying the most promising new companies and entrepreneurs and celebrating their innovations and technologies. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

“Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Europe to the Top 100 Winners. We believe ActivNetworks embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. ActivNetworks should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong.”

“We are very proud to have been selected for the Red Herring 100 Europe award,” declares Serge Cuesta, ActivNetworks President. “This follows our listing in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for ADC as a Visionary vendor last fall. Our unique technologies have proven superior results in all our numerous deployments. ActivNetworks is quickly becoming a major supplier of Web acceleration platforms for the Enterprise and Network Operators markets. This is a major reward to our staff and partners.”

Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models in Europe.

About ActivNetworks

BoostEdge is a network appliance developed by ActivNetworks to accelerate Web response time by optimizing and reducing data flows. BoostEdge Enterprise Edition reduces data traffic by 6 (up to 30) to give businesses fast and secure access to their Cloud-based applications. BoostEdge Telecom Edition allows telecom operators to limit infrastructure costs and raise the performance of their existing 3G and DSL networks by dividing traffic by 3 (up to 6).

BoostEdge is the result of over 40 man-years of industry leading research and expertise in application and network acceleration technologies. It is deployed by about 100 enterprises and operators worldwide such as Alstom, Bouygues Telecom, KDDI, Henkel, Nielsen, NTT DoCoMo, Pernod Ricard, Schneider Electric or Sodexo. ActivNetworks is partnering with leading business solution providers and system integrators such as IBM, Atos Origin and Oracle.

Founded in 2004, ActivNetworks is recognized by Gartner as a Visionary vendor in the market for Application Delivery Controllers (Soft Advanced ADC). ActivNetworks is based in Paris and San Francisco. For further information, please visit our website at www.activnetworks.com