AEP Networks Launches New Website, Brand Identity to “Secure Your Infrastructure”

New Website, www.aepnetworks.com, Features Comprehensive Product Information on Company’s Highly Secure IPSec VPN, SSL VPN Product Suites

RSA CONFERENCE 2005, San Francisco – Feb. 15, 2005 – AEP Networks, the specialist in network and application access security, has formally launched its new website, www.aepnetworks.com, complete with a new logo and brand identity. The merger of AEP Systems and Netilla? Networks to form AEP Networks was announced last December, and the new website and brand identity mark the formal integration of the two companies.

Launch of the new website also sets the stage for a steady stream of new introductions this year in both SSL VPN and IPSec-based highly secure networking product families. Here at RSA, AEP Networks is launching the Netilla Secure Gateway Appliance-M (SGA-M), designed to strengthen security and simplify deployment for companies using Microsoft? Outlook? Web Access (see separate press release issued today).

“The new AEP Networks logo calls to mind a fortress with turrets for perimeter security, reinforcing our theme of ‘Secure Your Infrastructure,’” said Pat Donnellan, chief executive officer of AEP Networks. “We’re defining ourselves as the specialist in network and application access security. Our cleanly-designed new website reinforces that ‘specialist’ identity by showcasing the breadth of our product line – spanning SSL VPNs, highly secure VPNs for encrypted site-to-site communications, advanced hardware modules for protected key management, and more.”

“As we unveil our new website and brand identity, we also underscore our commitment to our channel partners worldwide – the distributors, integrators and value-added resellers who have been central to our success thus far,” said Reggie Best, AEP Networks’ executive vice president of marketing and general manager of the Secure Application Access Business Unit. “We plan to provide these partners with an even broader spectrum of solutions designed to meet all of their customers’ secure access requirements – with a concentration on public sector and healthcare.”

Underscoring its channel focus, the new site provides comprehensive information and support for channel partners, including an interactive Knowledge Base for product tech and configuration tips, an extensive Reference Library, online product documentation and details on VAR programs.

The new site features comprehensive information on AEP Networks’ primary product lines:

AEP Networks plans to build upon this launch during the year with expanded advertising, marketing and awareness initiatives in leading industry publications, online resources and presence at key industry events, including InfoSecurity UK in London in April.

About AEP Networks
AEP Networks, the specialist in network and application access security, delivers infrastructure security solutions that are easy to use and manage while offering exceptional value and mission-critical reliability. AEP Networks was formed as a result of the merger between AEP Systems Ltd and Netilla Networks Inc. in 2004. The company provides a full range of innovative secure networking and application access products to meet the most demanding requirements of public-sector and commercial customers. A privately held company backed by leading technology investors, AEP Networks is based in Somerset, N.J., with European headquarters in London.

The AEP Networks logo is a trademark of AEP Networks, Inc., with registration pending in the U.S. Netilla is a registered trademark of AEP Networks Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.