AXENT Empowers Customers With Security Industry's First Web-Based Product Enhancement Request System.ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 1999-- PERFnet Gives Thousands of Customers a Voice in the Development of Leading E-security Provider's Solutions AXENT Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AXNT), one of the world's leading information security solution providers, today delivered its customers the first customer-driven Web-based product enhancement request system in the information security industry. The new Product Enhancement Request Form on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the (PERFnet) expands AXENT's ongoing communication with customers worldwide to deliver the right mix of security solutions to protect and enable their evolving e-business needs. PERFnet lets customers submit product enhancement requests for any of AXENT's leading e-security solutions online at www.axent.com/perfnet. The system instantly acknowledges customers' suggestions. Within 90 days of the request submission, AXENT(TM) product managers will review the request and alert customers with a status update on the request. In addition, customers are given the opportunity to vote on product enhancement requests, so customers can approve and prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. each request according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. its value to the customer's specific organization. "In today's fast-moving Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. , customers are rapidly evolving their business models and practices, requiring information security providers to be more responsive to changing customer needs," said Bill Franklin, vice president of services at AXENT Technologies, Inc. "PERFnet makes it extremely easy for customers around the world to submit requests, with the assurance that suggestions won't fall into a `black hole'. AXENT is committed to partnering with its customers and providing them a direct voice in the development of the solutions used every day to protect and enable critical e-business initiatives." How To Submit PERFnet Requests Customers can immediately enter PERFnet enhancement requests by following four simple steps: --Visit http://www.axent.com/perfnet --Select "Submit an enhancement request" --Fill out the enhancement request application --Select "Submit" PERFnet can be accessed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Customers can also check the status of their own requests online. About AXENT(TM) AXENT Technologies, Inc., a global leader in information security, provides e-security solutions that maximize our customers' business advantage. AXENT delivers integrated products and expert services to assess, protect, enable and manage business processes and information assets. Through its unique Lifecycle Security(TM) methodology combined with Smart Security Architecture, AXENT delivers the "right" level of security for customers. Award-winning solutions offer assessment and policy compliance, firewall, intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. , authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , Web-access, single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. and user administration for the entire enterprise. Headquartered in Rockville, MD, AXENT's customer-proven information security solutions are used by 45 of the Fortune 50 and governments worldwide. Contact AXENT via e-mail at info@axent.com, or visit AXENT's World Wide Web site at http://www.axent.com. AXENT, AXENT Technologies, the AXENT logo and Lifecycle Security are trademarks or registered trademarks, in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and certain other countries, of AXENT Technologies, Inc. or its subsidiaries. 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