Alternative Technology Named Fortinet's First North American Authorized Training Center; Strong Working Relationship Garners Alternative Technology Fortinet Training Responsibility.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Alternative Technology, the leading specialty distributor of thin-client/server-based computing, edge infrastructure, and government-approved security solutions, today announced that it will become Fortinet's first North American Authorized Training Center, with classes beginning in selected U.S. and Canadian cities as early as May 16, 2006. E[acute accent]Under the agreement, Alternative Technology will provide Fortinet training to its network of resellers in the USA and Canada, and classes that can be resold to end users. Fortinet is the pioneer and market leader in Unified Threat Management and the only provider of ASIC-accelerated, network-based multi-threat security systems for real-time network protection. E[acute accent]Initial course offerings include:

E[acute accent]--201 -- FortiGate Multi-Threat Security Systems I -- Administration and Content Inspection, Course Length: 2 days

E[acute accent]--301 -- FortiGate Multi-Threat Security Systems II -- Secured Network Deployment & Virtual Private Networks, Course Length: 2 days

E[acute accent]--201/301 Bundle, Course Length: 4 days

E[acute accent]Alternative Technology currently offers Fortinet's special program pricing for Fortinet Partners, called the Fortinet FastBreak program: VARs can certify their engineers by attending the 201 or 301 courses for the discounted price of $500 each. E[acute accent]The course prepares students for the Fortinet Certified Network Security Professional (FCNSP) Certification Test. Students will gain an understanding of FortiGate device configuration, basic security vulnerabilities, as well as security policy design and management. E[acute accent]Channel Partners who obtain the FCNSP designation will receive a FortiGate-60 multi-threat security appliance at no charge ($895 value). E[acute accent]The classes will be initially conducted at Alternative Technology's Denver and Mississauga Training Centers or arrangements can be made for onsite training.

Denver, Colorado        201     5/16-5/17   301     5/18-5/19
Mississauga, Canada     201     6/13-6/14   301     6/16-6/16

E[acute accent]"Alternative Technology is excited to make this training available to our Fortinet Channel Partner community, as well as their end users," said William R. Botti, president and chief operating officer of Alternative Technology. "Fortinet offers one of the most comprehensive and differentiated network security products on the market, and offering classroom training, will enable our channel partners to more effectively sell, install and support this award-wining technology." E[acute accent]Alternative Technology provides Fortinet with an extensive network of value-added resellers in the United States and Canada who sell and support the full range of FortiGate(TM) ASIC-accelerated multi-threat security appliances and complimentary security solutions. FortiGate systems provide a comprehensive security platform for enterprises of all sizes by integrating seven essential security functions -- antivirus, firewall, intrusion prevention (IPS), virtual private networking (VPN) Web filtering, antispam, and traffic shaping -- to protect against all types of network and content-based threats. E[acute accent]Alternative Technology was recently presented with the prestigious honor of Distributor of the Year at Fortinet's 2005 North American Channel Conference. Alternative Technology's superior efforts in demand creation led the company to achieve impressive sales of Fortinet's products, and ultimately, the number one position among its distributor base.

E[acute accent]About Alternative Technology

E[acute accent]Alternative Technology is the leading specialty distributor for Value Added Resellers who need products and services targeted at Thin-client/Server-based Computing, Edge/Infrastructure, Security and Wireless markets. Driving the widespread adoption of leading-edge technologies by bridging the gaps between products and services to solve critical business problems, Alternative identifies business issues that are key to our markets and offer multi-vendor solutions that drive demand back through our reseller partners. Alternative Technology, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Carlsbad, California; and Mississauga, Canada. For more information, go to: www.AltTech.com, e-mail: [e-mail] or call toll-free: 800-544-7674 (USA), or 866-240-9991 (Canada).

E[acute accent]About Fortinet

E[acute accent]Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated multi-threat security systems, which are used by enterprises and service providers to increase their security while reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection -- including firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and antispam -- providing customers a way to protect multiple threats as well as blended threats. Leveraging a custom ASIC and unified interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security functionality that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions with integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards around the world and are the only security products that are certified eight times over by the ICSA (firewall, antivirus, IPSec, SSL, IDS, client antivirus detection, cleaning and antispyware). Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.