Alternative Technology Named Fortinet North America Distributor of the Year; Strong Partnership and Revenue Growth Garners Alternative Technology Top Fortinet Distributor Award.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Alternative Technology Inc., a leading distributor of thin client/server-based computing solutions and security products, today announced it has been awarded "2005 North America Distributor of the Year" by Fortinet, the pioneer and market leader in Unified Threat Management and only provider of ASIC-accelerated, network-based multi-threat security systems for real-time network protection. Alternative Technology was presented with this prestigious honor at Fortinet's 2005 North American channel conference, held last week in Lake Tahoe, Calif. 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.

Alternative Technology provides Fortinet with an extensive network of quality value-added resellers in the United States and Canada who sell and support the full range of Fortinet's award-winning 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.

"I am pleased to present Alternative Technology with Fortinet's 2005 Distributor of the Year award," said Chris Andrews, Fortinet's vice president of sales, Americas. "Since establishing our distribution partnership in 2003, Alternative Technology and its resellers have sold tens of thousands of Fortinet security appliances to enterprises across North America -- helping to propel our continually strong growth and our confirmed market leadership."

"Alternative is honored to receive this award from Fortinet, and looks forward to continuing our strong and valuable partnership," said William R. Botti, president and chief operating officer of Alternative Technology. "Fortinet's innovative partner programs provide the tools and services that enable our VARs and resellers to be successful and ensure the satisfaction of their end- users. Additionally, Fortinet offers one of the most comprehensive and differentiated network security products on the market. We're excited to be working with this industry leader."

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)

Fortinet is the confirmed leader of the Unified Threat Management security appliance market. The company's award-winning FortiGate(TM) series of ASIC-accelerated multi-threat security appliances, winner of the 2004 Security Product of the Year Award from Network Computing magazine and the 2003 Networking Industry Awards Firewall Product of the Year, are the new generation of real-time network protection systems. They detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from e-mail and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time -- without degrading network performance. Fortinet's solutions are the only security products that are certified six times over by the ICSA (server antivirus, client antivirus, firewall, IPSec, SSL, NIDS), and deliver a full range of network-level and application-level services in integrated, easily managed platforms. Named to the Red Herring Top 100 Private Companies and Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal "Fast 50" lists, Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.

About Alternative Technology

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 offers 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).