• E-mail
• Print
• Comment
• Font Size
• Digg
• del.icio.us
• Discuss article

Network Engines and Getronics Sign Partnership Agreement; NS Series(TM) Appliances Add Security to Getronics Worldwide Microsoft(R) Solutions

Posted on: Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 09:00 CDT

Network Engines, Inc. (NASDAQ: NENG), a leading appliance partner for Microsoft security solutions, and Getronics (AMSTERDAM: GTN), a global leader in workspace management ICT services and a Microsoft Global Alliance Partner, announced today the signing of a multi-year reseller and systems integration agreement to deliver secure solutions for Microsoft platform and web-enabled business applications around the world.

This agreement provides Getronics with the ability to resell all of Network Engines award-winning NS Series products in its solutions and builds on the recently announced three way partnership with Getronics, Microsoft and Network Engines to deliver the Getronics Managed Branch solution using Dynamic Branch eXperience (DBX) technology. DBX uses a hardened branch appliance developed by Network Engines which allows Getronics to deliver Managed Branch services with a zero touch deployment vehicle.

"Our long history and expertise in developing, integrating and supporting Microsoft platform and web-enabled business applications for clients, makes an alliance with Network Engines an ideal partnership." said Jean-Paul Adans, Senior Vice President, Financial Services Business Practice, Getronics. "Their NS Series appliances protect mission-critical Microsoft applications, and enable us to provide another layer of security to our clients as part of our packaged solutions. This will be a critical differentiator in our target markets around the world."

"Getronics is an acknowledged global leader in the design, deployment and management of Microsoft-based solutions," said Greg Shortell, CEO, Network Engines. "Getronics selection of the NS Series appliances is a testimony to the strength of the NS Series' Microsoft implementation, low cost deployments, and easy remote management capabilities. Our partnership signals a joint commitment to provide secure solutions for business enterprises throughout the world."

NS Series Security Appliances are a family of multi-function security platforms providing advanced application-layer firewall, VPN, and web cache functionality to maximize protection for core Microsoft applications including Exchange Server, SharePoint(R) Portal Server, and Internet Information Services (IIS). Integrated with the full Websense(R) Web Security Suite(TM), the appliances are exceptional web proxies, accelerating access to frequently requested web content while blocking spyware, viruses, worms, and Trojan horses from infected websites.

About Getronics

With some 25,000 employees in 30 countries and approximate revenues of Euros 2.6 billion, Getronics is one of the world's leading providers of vendor independent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions and services.

Getronics designs, builds, deploys and manages flexible and innovative end-to-end solutions, working together with our partners and clients, in order to optimize and increase the productivity of our clients' mobile knowledge workers.

Getronics headquarters are in Amsterdam, with regional offices in Boston, Madrid and Singapore. Getronics' shares are traded on Euronext Amsterdam ("GTN"). For further information about Getronics, visit www.getronics.com.

Network Engines - THE Appliance Company

Network Engines appliances are designed to ease the deployment, enhance manageability, and increase security of mission-critical software applications. Our heritage of providing technology products and services tailored to the entire lifecycle of our customers' appliances has made us the appliance partner of choice for software market leaders.

Founded in 1997, Network Engines is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts and trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol NENG. For more information about the company's products and services, visit www.networkengines.com.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release regarding Network Engines (the "Company") future financial performance and any other statements about Network Engines management's future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans or prospects constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those factors contained in the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2005 and the most recent Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 under the section "Risk Factors" as well as other documents that may be filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate,""believe,""could,""estimate,""expect,""intend,""may,""should,""will," and "would" or similar words. The Company assumes no obligations to update the information included in this press release.

Network Engines, Network Engines logo, NS Series and NEWS are trademarks of Network Engines, Inc. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

More News in this Category