AUSTIN, Texas -- TippingPoint Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:TPTI - News), the leader in intrusion prevention, today announced that Charter Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:CHTR - News) has implemented UnityOne(tm) Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) to eliminate malicious traffic from the Charter high-speed Internet network, and more efficiently manage network traffic.

Jim Johnson, vice president and general manager of TippingPoint's Service Provider business unit, said Charter selected UnityOne after a rigorous, live evaluation process with multiple vendors. "We are pleased that Charter has selected TippingPoint as their bandwidth and security management solution. They are a progressive service provider, focused on improving security and delivering guaranteed bandwidth to their customers. We look forward to extending the UnityOne Intrusion Prevention Systems with content-based QOS to enable Charter to deliver guaranteed quality of service for applications and service offerings."

Charter CTO Wayne Davis said Charter realized a 25 percent increase in bandwidth availability during the evaluation period by blocking malicious traffic and properly managing low-priority traffic. "We selected TippingPoint because they integrated security and traffic management capabilities in one platform. TippingPoint's UnityOne enables us to provide our customers with a faster, more secure Internet connection. In fact, UnityOne blocks several million attacks per day, protecting our customers from being infected by worms and viruses."

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