Released on = January 4, 2007, 1:21 am

Press Release Author = Poornima Vijayan

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Aventail Corporation (www.aventail.com) is positioned in the
Leaders Quadrant of the recently released Gartner North American SSL VPN Magic
Quadrant report for 3Q 2006. According to Gartner, Inc., "Leaders are performing
well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building
competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market."





Press Release Body =
Aventail Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of SSL VPN Magic Quadrant 3Q 2006

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

Bangalore, January 4, 2007 - Aventail Corporation (www.aventail.com) is positioned
in the Leaders Quadrant of the recently released Gartner North American SSL VPN
Magic Quadrant report for 3Q 2006. According to Gartner, Inc., "Leaders are
performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively
building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market."

The 3Q 2006 report is based on vendor performance for 2005 through September 2006.
It evaluates the companies based on multiple criteria relating to execution and
vision.

"SSL VPNs have become the de facto standard for secure access, and Aventail is proud
to lead this market and deliver increasingly capable and easy to use solutions to
our customers," said Evan Kaplan, president and CEO, Aventail. "Aventail will
continue to aggressively develop new capabilities and bring to market our vision for
enterprise application controllers."

1 Magic Quadrant for SSL VPN, North America, 3Q06. Publication Date: 27 December
2006. John Girard. Research ID# G00144950.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted Dec. 27, 2006, by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with
permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and
for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner\'s analysis of how certain vendors
measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does
not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does
not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the \"Leaders\"
quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant
to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or
implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Aventail

Aventail is the best-of-breed remote access company. Aventail delivered the first
SSL VPN solution in 1997 and today is a market leader, delivering a remote access
control solution that is the easiest to use and easiest to control. Aventail SSL VPN
appliances provide users with transparent, clientless access to more applications
from more devices via any network environment. For network managers, Aventail
delivers a single secure access gateway for all users, internal and external, to all
network resources with complete security. With more than 2.5 million end users
around the globe, Aventail is the SSL VPN of choice among mid-sized to large-sized
organizations worldwide, including AT&T, Chicago Housing Authority, DePaul
University, DuPont, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), IBM Global Services,
James Richardson International, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Overlake Hospital, Radiology Ltd.,
and Sanyo. For more information, go to www.aventail.com.


For further information, please contact:
Poornima Vijayan
Mutual PR
pvijayan@mutualpr.com
Mobile: 9986733618




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Mutual PR

pvijayan@mutualpr.com

Mobile: 9986733618