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Barracuda Backup Designed for Simplicity, Cost-efficiency and Ease-of-use.

Campbell, Calif. (January 7, 2013) - Barracuda Networks, Inc. (NYSE: CUDA), a leading provider of cloud-connected security and storage solutions, today announced that it has been recognized for its market share in backup and recovery appliances for open systems in the report, Gartner Competitive Landscape: Backup and Recovery Appliances for Open Systems, Worldwide, 2013¹.

Based on findings in the report, "the three key requirements for backup modernization are cost-efficiency, backup and recovery service level, and management simplicity." According to the report, "disk-based storage continues to replace tape, and dedicated backup appliances are becoming the focal point in an evolving backup landscape."  Further Gartner writes, "based on Gartner's client interactions, we believe backup appliances are becoming a top consideration for backup and recovery."

Barracuda Backup was designed from the ground-up to meet these requirements, bringing powerful, easy-to-use and affordable backup and recovery solutions to organizations.

"Barracuda Backup is poised for continued success as a complete cloud-integrated solution that includes software, appliance and offsite replication, and protects both physical and virtual environments," said Rod Mathews, GM Storage, Barracuda. "Barracuda Backup is simple to deploy and manage and offers an 'unlimited' cloud storage option, making it representative of what organizations need for backup modernization in today's environments."

Gartner also reports that organizations will continue to prioritize funding in their budgets for data protection modernization. Barracuda believes integrated backup appliances give customers easy-to-use and affordable alternatives to outdated tape vaulting and multi-vendor backup and disaster recovery strategies.

This report comes on the heels of considerable industry recognition in recent months demonstrating Barracuda Backup's market momentum, including:

• This month, ZDNet praised Barracuda Backup as "a comprehensive offering that covers the majority of the backup and recovery bases in an affordable yet scalable and easy-to-use appliance" in its review: http://www.zdnet.com/barracuda-backup-490-review-all-in-one-backup-and-recovery-of-physical-and-virtual-resources-7000023878/.

• In November, Barracuda Backup was named a 2013 Tech Innovator by CRN. Barracuda was selected for Barracuda Backup with Cloud LiveBoot for VMware in the virtualization category: https://www.barracuda.com/news/press_release/117.

• In September, IDC ranked Barracuda Backup number one in integrated systems for purpose-built backup appliances. The report also indicated that Barracuda Backup ranked number two based on total units sold: https://www.barracuda.com/news/press_release/103.

¹ Gartner "Competitive Landscape: Backup and Recovery Appliances for Open Systems, Worldwide, 2013" by Jimmie Chang, Dave Russell, Pushan Rinnen, November 21, 2013.