IDC Japan: NetScreen Tops in Security

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- NetScreen Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSCN) today announced that a report from IDC Japan, titled "Japan Security Appliance Market -- 2H 2002 Market Share and 2002-2007 Market Forecasts", reveals that NetScreen achieved the No.1 unit and revenue market share position in both the security appliance and the firewall / virtual private network (VPN) markets in Japan for the second half of 2002.

Details of the report indicate that NetScreen:

The report also indicates that users are becoming more aware of the benefits of purpose-built, hardware-based security appliances with dedicated operating systems and forecasts increased adoption of these types of solutions, such as those offered by NetScreen.

"NetScreen has made significant increases in revenue and unit market share in Japan," said Masahide Ishii, Server Research Analyst of IDC Japan. "NetScreen's easy-to-use, purpose-built hardware-based architecture offers effective security and cost advantages without jeopardizing network performance -- compelling benefits for end customers in Japan."

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