SAN JOSE, Calif., October 18, 2007–Palo Alto Networks today announced that Vice President of Marketing, Steve Mullaney, will present at INTEROP New York 2007, to be held at the Javits Center, October 22-26.

In the panel titled, “The Intersection of Application Optimization and Security,” on Tuesday, October 23, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Mr. Mullaney will cover best practices for optimal security and application performance, and what IT needs to do in order to take full advantage of the latest applications while circumventing potential security risks.

The company will also showcase its PA-4000 Series next-generation firewall at booth 938. The PA-4000 Series offers organizations unmatched visibility into and policy control over applications flowing in and out of their networks. Members of the media and analyst communities interested in meeting with Palo Alto Networks and/or seeing a product demonstration are encouraged to visit Palo Alto Networks booth or contact Meghan Rozanski at CHEN PR at 781-672-3128 or mrozanski@chenpr.com.

For additional event information, visit http://www.interop.com/newyork/.

About Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks™enables visibility and policy control of applications running on enterprise networks. Based on innovative App-ID™ application classification technology, the Palo Alto Networks PA-4000 Series next-generation firewall accurately identifies applications – regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic or even SSL encryption – at 10Gbps with no performance degradation. Enterprises can now set and enforce user-based application usage policies to meet compliance requirements, improve threat mitigation and lower operational costs. The Palo Alto Networks team includes security and networking industry veterans from Check Point, NetScreen, McAfee, Cisco and Juniper. It is backed by investors Globespan Capital Partners, Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.

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