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GoRemote and Kyocera Communication Systems Co., Ltd Relationship Delivers Early Wins

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 06:00 CDT

MILPITAS, Calif., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc., a recognized global leader in secure managed remote access solutions, and Kyocera Communication Systems Co., Ltd (KCCS), a leading systems integrator in Japan, have signed seven new enterprise customers about three months after announcing their reseller relationship.

Through their joint efforts, GoRemote and KCCS have closed seven new enterprise agreements with Japanese companies in the second quarter of 2004 and have several other enterprise prospects. In total, GoRemote-KCCS customers and prospects have thousands of employees such as salespeople and other mobile professionals who can benefit from secure remote access to corporate networks.

The joint GoRemote-KCCS solution boosts the productivity of mobile professionals by enabling them to securely access their corporate networks while giving IT executives unprecedented ability to remotely manage and monitor access to corporate networks.

"Our partnership with GoRemote is already achieving impressive results," said Yoshihito Kurose, Director and Senior General Manager, IP Services Group of KCCS. "Our customers have a compelling and growing need for secure remote access solutions and GoRemote-KCCS have a powerful solution today that uniquely meets this requirement," he added. KCCS is a core member of the Kyocera Group, a Fortune Global 500 company, and has well-established customer relationships with over 10,000 third-party global enterprise customers.

"We are very pleased with the success resulting from the close partnership between GoRemote and KCCS and the joint investment we have made in marketing and sales programs," said Lou Pelosi, Vice President, Channel and Field Marketing for GoRemote.

According to the 2003 Japan WAN Manager Survey by IDC Japan, the provision of remote access by Japanese enterprises has risen sharply since 2002; over 70 percent of organizations with 1,000 employees now provide their employees with remote access to the corporate LAN.

About Kyocera Communication Systems Co., Ltd

Kyocera Communication Systems Co., Ltd (KCCS) was established in 1995 and provides hosting services, system integration and total IT outsourcing solutions to large enterprises in Japan. With a focus on the six businesses: IT Outsourcing, IT Solutions, IP Services, IT Platforms, Telecommunication Engineering, and Management Consulting, KCCS provides high value-add services and solutions for numerous companies in the IT and network sector. KCCS has a worldwide employee base of about 1200 and a sales turnover of 56,934 million Yen. For more information, please refer to http://www.kccs.co.jp/ .

About GoRemote

GoRemote , (formerly known as GRIC Communications, Inc.) is a recognized visionary and leading provider of secure managed mobile and remote solutions. GoRemote's comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed remote solutions enable enterprises to significantly reduce the costs, complexity and risks of extending corporate networks and applications beyond the corporate firewall while boosting productivity of mobile and remote workers. The GoRemote Global Network(TM) is the world's largest access network with more than 40,000 access points in over 150 countries. More information about GoRemote is available at http://www.goremote.com/ or by calling 1-408-955-1920.

NOTE: GoRemote, GoRemote Internet Communications, GoRemote Mobile Office, GoRemote Teleworker/Home Office, GoRemote Branch Office, GoRemote Global Network, GoRemote Total Security Protection, GoRemote Universal Remote Control and "For the everywhere enterprise" are trademarks of GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

This news release may include "forward-looking" statements, including projections about the business of GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. (formerly GRIC Communications, Inc.), within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. For example, statements in the future tense are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us at the time of the release and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations as a result of numerous factors, including unanticipated delays or unforeseen issues in the deployment and use of our services by Kyocera Communications Co., Ltd and its customers, as well as the risks and uncertainties associated with our business that are detailed in our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q on file with the SEC and available through http://www.sec.gov/.

GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc.

CONTACT: Sally Li, Director of APAC Marketing of GoRemote InternetCommunications, Inc., +1-408-965-1118, or mobile, +1-650-823-5871, orsallyl@GoRemote.com

Web site: http://www.goremote.com/

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