Wedge Networks - Faster, Safer Networks

June 2, 2008

Wedge Networks Selects Avosec.com as a Value Added Distributor of Their Secure Gateway Appliances

Avosec.com, Great Britain’s premier information security solutions provider has been selected by Wedge Networks, a leading provider of security appliances, to be an authorized distributor of their BeSecure Internet Gateway, BeSecure Web Gateway and BeSecure Message Gateway

Calgary, Alberta - Wedge Networks has expanded the distribution of its award winning BeSecure line of gateway security appliances by selecting Avosec.com as their distributor in Great Britain. By adding Wedge Networks Best of Breed line of secure gateways, Avosec is able to provide their European customers with a local resource for high performance content inspection technology.

"Our customers seek BeSecure system solutions to help protect them from intellectual property loss, Web threats like Trojans and email spam," said James Norris, Managing Director of Avosec. "We are pleased to be a leading authorized Distributor for Wedge Networks offering hands on support that will increase our customer's ability to utilize their powerful security features and ultimate return on this critical investment."

This announcement comes on the heels of the successful integration of a URL blocking feature into the BeSecure Web and Internet Gateway products. Wedge Networks award winning BeSecure product line offers clients the opportunity to take advantage of one of the industry’s fastest and most advanced solutions for preventing the entry of hackers, viruses, malware and adware into enterprise networks. Utilizing their patent pending Subsonic Engine, each BeSecure appliance is able to inspect up to 3.5 million emails and 11.5 million Web pages per hour, giving enterprise and service providers the necessary performance and stability to address Web security at the network layer.

"We are pleased to be working with Avosec to open the market in Great Britain to Wedge Networks high-performance security appliances," said Phil Gee, President of Wedge Networks. “Avosec will play an instrumental role in ensuring customers in Great Britain can leverage BeSecure’s powerful content inspection features -- including spyware prevention, Web filtering, and Web content control."

About Avosec.com
AVOSEC was founded in 1998 as an IT security distributor, to assist partners in both the private and public sector with provision of comprehensive enterprise-level security solutions. Avosec’s team supports their value added partners with what we believe are best of breed and the best Channel partnership available. AVOSEC has an excellent reputation for partnering with award winning solutions such as Alwil Software's avast! Anti-Virus, NetClarity, Billion and now Wedge Networks. They offer solutions to reseller partners across Europe and around the world, providing them with on-site technical assistance, project management, deployment services, Pre-sales support, as well as an Emergency Response Team. For more information, please visit www.avosec.com