CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, December 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Most Widely Read International Newspaper Uses Mazu Profiler to Manage,
Optimise and Secure its WAN Connecting Key News Hubs in Paris, Hong Kong,
London and New York City -

Mazu Networks, the leading provider of behaviour-based, enterprise-class
performance and availability solutions, today announced that The
International Herald Tribune (IHT), the most widely read international
newspaper, selected Mazu Profiler to manage, optimise and secure its complex
WAN. Through Mazu Profiler, a leading application performance management
solution based on Network Behaviour Analysis (NBA), the IHT gains the
visibility needed to ensure uninterrupted service between key news hubs in
Paris, Hong Kong and London, in addition to the extended bureau network.

The IHT combines news generated from its headquarters in Paris with input
from correspondents operating out of 37 regional bureaus including its parent
company, The New York Times, in New York City. Having constant and
uninterrupted network access is critical to the paper's success in delivering
timely news to its international subscription base, spanning more than 180
countries and comprising 241,625 readers (Source: OJD 2007). With critical
applications and communications linked through a Wide Area MPLS Network, IHT
needed a solution that could give them visibility into all WAN traffic -
whether it passed through headquarters or not.

"Within two weeks of deploying Mazu Profiler, we were able to get an
accurate picture of network usage patterns for every location," said
Christophe Duprat, IT director, The International Herald Tribune. "We were
able to reduce telecom costs, develop an effective capacity plan going
forward and even provide input to developers to help them optimise their
applications for our WAN environment."

Through Mazu Profiler, the IHT team gains visibility into the
interactions between users, applications, network elements and systems. With
this comprehensive understanding of their application delivery
infrastructure, they were able to show developers how their applications were
behaving on the network, which allowed them to make changes that greatly
improved performance.

IHT was also concerned with understanding Internet usage and defining
acceptable usage policies. With Mazu Profiler's ability to go beyond port
level identification of network traffic, they were able to identify
undesirable applications encapsulated within their HTTP traffic (a common
trait of modern day spyware). Mazu Profiler is unique in its ability to help
customers like the IHT develop more effective security policies and prevent
bandwidth consumption by unauthorised applications.

"In a deadline-driven industry like the newspaper business, it is
critical for all the correspondents, regardless of location, to be able to
deliver the time-sensitive daily news needed to fill the pages of the IHT,"
said Paul Brady, chief executive officer, Mazu Networks, Inc. "Mazu Profiler
allows network and security to provide proactive service assurance, faster
problem resolution and more effective WAN management to improve the
performance and availability of business services."

Mazu Networks worked with Nomios, a leading solutions provider, to
integrate Mazu Profiler into the IHT IT infrastructure. Nomios, based in
France, specialises in the study, selection, installation, operation and
development of optimisation solutions for telecom networks and
infrastructure. This translates into expertise in management solutions and
content access, continuity of service as well as filtering and application
protection. Nomios was instrumental in helping Mazu Networks bring the value
of NBA to the IHT. Mazu Profiler enables IT organisations to manage, secure 
and optimise the performance and availability of business applications. 
Through Mazu Profiler, IT teams can accelerate initiatives including: 
application performance management; security and compliance; WAN management; 
CMDB-discovery; and data centre consolidation and migration. For more 
information on the ways Mazu Profiler can resolve today's most pressing 
network operations and security challenges, please visit: 
http://www.mazunetworks.com/it-initiatives.

About The International Herald Tribune

The International Herald Tribune creates, collects and distributes world
news, information, entertainment and opinion of the highest journalistic
integrity. Its balanced perspective addresses all areas of human interest and
is trusted and enjoyed by people in all corners of the globe. Established in
Paris in 1887, today the IHT is owned by The New York Times Company and
continues to expand the reach of its authoritative journalism through the
newspaper which is sold in 180 countries and via computers and mobile devices
at IHT.com. The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company
with 2007 revenues of US$3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the
International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers,
WQXR-FM and more than 50 web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and
About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating,
collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
Over the years, The Times Company's properties have been awarded many
journalism awards, including a total of 117 Pulitzer prizes, more than any
other news organization. For more information about The New York Times
Company visit: http://www.nytco.com.

About Mazu Networks, Inc.

Mazu Networks offers solutions that enable IT organizations to manage,
secure and optimise the availability and performance of business services.
Mazu Profiler uses Network Behaviour Analysis (NBA) to provide a new way of
managing application performance and security by analysing the interactions
of users with the applications, systems and network devices that comprise the
application delivery infrastructure. Mazu Profiler delivers a management
solution that spans network, security and data centre operations groups and
provides a broad range of capabilities including improved application
performance management, threat management, CMDB discovery and regulatory
compliance. Only Mazu Profiler offers behavioural analytics, dependency
mapping, user-defined policies, application and user identification, enhanced
workflow and an application delivery perspective. With Mazu Profiler,
hundreds of customers are able to ensure the availability, performance, and
security of business services as well as to reduce costs and satisfy
regulatory requirements. For more information, please visit
www.mazunetworks.co.uk.

About Nomios

Nomios is a leading solutions provider that specializes in network and
security products from leading vendors including: Mazu Networks, F5 Networks,
Blue Coat Systems, Juniper Networks, IronPort, Fortinet, among others. Nomios
brings their technology expertise and these vendors' leading solutions to
large enterprise companies in France. Nomios meets operational targets and
provides highly skilled human resources. For more information, please visit:
http://www.nomios.fr/v2.