To: Tim Luke who wrote (67907 ) 9/28/1998 9:13:00 AM From: TechMkt Respond to of 176387
Monday September 28, 8:06 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Dell and AXENT Partner to Provide Internet Security Solution Dell will sell AXENT's Award-Winning Raptor Firewall ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 1998--AXENT Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AXNT - news), one of the world's largest enterprise information security solution providers, today announced a partnership with Dell Computer Corporation (NASDAQ:DELL - news), the world's leading direct computer systems company. Dell(R) will sell AXENT's(TM) Raptor(R)Firewall with Dell enterprise servers to offer ISP's and end-users a complete firewall solution consisting of award-winning security software and server solutions. Dell will also offer a free 15-day evaluation copy of NetRecon(TM), AXENT's third-generation network security vulnerability assessment solution, to customers that purchase any Dell server and a Raptor Firewall. ''Dell chose AXENT for its history of executing successful partnerships,'' said Tejas Vakil vice president of North American server marketing of Dell. AXENT's Raptor Firewall has an excellent reputation in the marketplace and we feel that it will be a terrific complement to our servers.'' ''Dell is a very successful company and has emerged as a leader in the server market,'' said Brett Jackson, executive vice president of sales and marketing of AXENT. ''We're looking forward to partnering with Dell to offer customers one of the most secure and cost-effective Internet security solutions available on the market.'' About AXENT(TM) AXENT Technologies(R) is one of the largest security solution providers protecting information worldwide. Most security products address only a small part of the security problem. AXENT reduces the burden of securing information in complex environments by providing more products across more platforms than any other security provider. The award-winning product suite provides security assessment, intrusion detection, remote access security, single sign-on, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Web security and firewalls for UNIX(R), Windows(R) 3.x, Windows NT(R), Windows(R) 95, NetWare(R) and mid-range systems in heterogeneous computing environments.