Network Engines and Sayers Group Form Alliance to Target
Fortune 1000 Customers
CANTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2000--Network Engines, Inc.
(Nasdaq:NENG), a leading provider of scalable Internet appliances, today
announced that Sayers Group has signed an agreement to distribute Network
Engines products to its base of Fortune 1000 customers. Sayers Group is a
technology solutions provider and systems integrator headquartered near
Chicago, with offices across the United States.
"We view the server appliance market as a huge opportunity for Sayers," said
Jack McGloin, a Vice President / General Manager, of Sayers. "Adding Network
Engines' server appliances to our product portfolio will enable us to be more
responsive to customer needs and will reduce integration time for Web-based
applications."
"We're looking forward to partnering with Sayers as they lead the way in
integrating server appliance technology into Fortune 1000 businesses," said
Lawrence Genovesi, Network Engines' president and CEO. "Server appliances
are ideal for distribution through the channel. They are designed to `plug and go'
and can scale easily to meet the demands of even the largest applications.
Channel partners like Sayers can easily leverage these product strengths to
dramatically reduce implementation time."
Network Engines manufactures a series of single-purpose Internet server
appliances known as the WebEngine(TM) Roadster(TM), Viper(TM), and
AdminEngine(TM). These compact application-specific appliances together form
the Internet Appliance Architecture(TM), a platform that allows an organization to
deploy and manage its Internet-based content and applications servers. Network
Engines also manufactures WebEngine Blazer(TM), a rack-mounted, compact
server appliance with the processing power, management and scalability to
deliver large volumes of Web content.
Network Engines channel partner program
Network Engines is looking to its channel partners to increase presence with
Fortune 1000 customers. Resellers can leverage Network Engines'
industry-leading server appliance technology to speed integration and
development, and increase manageability of Web infrastructures for e-business
applications. The new channel partner program provides financial incentives,
along with comprehensive technical, sales, and marketing support to qualified
partners.
About Sayers
Sayers is a $300 million business-to-business technology integrator based in Mt.
Prospect, IL. Sayers provides total technology solutions, from product
procurement to enterprise management, network integration consulting and
services, project management, Internet security, and systems management to
its customers, which are primarily Fortune 1000 businesses. Sayers has
locations in Pleasanton, CA; Dallas, TX; Kansas City, MO; Lafayette and
Indianapolis, IN; Westwood, MA; Scottsdale, AZ; Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale, FL
(Bay Data Consultants division).
About Network Engines
Network Engines (Nasdaq:NENG) provides high-density, scalable Internet server
appliances that support large Web-based applications for "dot com" companies,
Internet service providers, application service providers and larger enterprises.
The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Canton, Massachusetts. For
more information, visit the company's Web site at www.networkengines.com.
We wish to caution you that certain matters discussed in this news release,
such as (but not limited to) statements about the future expectations, plans,
prospects or performance of Network Engines, constitute forward- looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results
could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements
due to a number of factors. The Company discusses many of these risks and
uncertainties under the heading `Risk Factors' contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (file no. 333-34286) filed by the Company in
connection with its initial public offering and which became effective July 12,
2000. Other reports filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities
and Exchange Commission also contain a description of these important risk
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Network Engines, the Network Engines logo, WebEngine, Roadster, Viper,
AdminEngine, and Internet Appliance Architecture are trademarks of Network
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