Avnet Enterprise Solutions Partners With Cylink; Extends Enterprise Security Solutions Offering.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. & PHOENIX, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2002 E-business security provider, Cylink Corporation (Nasdaq:CYLK) and IT infrastructure architect, Avnet Enterprise Solutions today announced that they have entered into a channel agreement that will benefit each business through sales and marketing programs, business development, technical proficiency and operations. Avnet Enterprise Solutions' commitment to the Cylink Channel Partner Program will be advantageous to customers that must protect and manage the access, privacy and integrity of transmitted information regardless of network type or technology. Cylink's security portfolio extends Avnet Enterprise Solutions' existing services offering, and complements its Cisco-focused security solutions. "The Cylink Channel Partner Program enables us to offer our customers even more value with services that include security management, WAN encryption, 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. solutions and SAN security," said Mark Zerbe, president, Avnet Enterprise Solutions. "With security being such a prominent concern today, Cylink augments our already strong line of Cisco security products and services in meeting the pressing needs of our customers in this area." "With offices throughout the U.S., Avnet Enterprise Solutions will be a vital partner for Cylink's domestic Channel Partner Program," said Cylink's Dan Permenter, regional vice president, Americas Channel Development. "Cylink will be able to provide Avnet customers the most comprehensive family of network and storage security systems, which includes ATM, frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. , leased line A private communications channel leased from a common carrier. Most digital lines require four wires (two pairs) for full-duplex transmission. (communications, networking) leased line , and IPSec VPN encryptors, as well as offer their end users the benefit of working with certified, knowledgeable security experts." About Cylink Corporation Cylink develops, markets and supports a comprehensive portfolio of hardware and software security products for mission-critical private networks and business communications over the Internet. Founded in 1983, Cylink's solutions offer competitive advantages by lowering the cost of deploying and managing secure, reliable private networks, while enabling use of the Internet for trusted transactions with business partners and customers. The Cylink Channel Partner Program was introduced earlier this year to increase the reach and availability of the company's security solution offerings. The Program is based on five tier-levels and is designed to enable both large and small value added resellers the ability to offer their customers comprehensive network security solutions from Cylink. For more information about Cylink, contact 408/855-6000 or visit www.cylink.com. About Avnet Enterprise Solutions Avnet Enterprise Solutions is an IT infrastructure architect specializing in enterprise server, storage and network solutions that power leading business applications. The company leverages its unique suite of technical and financial strategies and services to minimize risk, maximize flexibility and optimize the use of capital on your IT infrastructures. Avnet Enterprise Solutions integrates hardware, software and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. from industry leaders including BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. , Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Computer Associates, the new HP (Hewlett-Packard and Compaq), IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Oracle, Tivoli and VERITAS. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona Tempe (pronounced /tɛm.'piː/) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with a population of 169,712 according to 2006 Census Bureau estimates. , Avnet Enterprise Solutions (www.es.avnet.com) is a division of $2.9 billion Avnet Computer Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ). Avnet, Inc. is ranked 161 on the Fortune 500 list and is a global technology marketing and services company with fiscal 2001 sales of $12.8 billion. Cylink is a registered trademark of Cylink Corporation. Some of the statements in this announcement involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could be materially different. The statements concerning the benefits of this agreement to the parties' respective businesses, and the products provided by Cylink, constitute forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results or developments to differ from the Company's expectations are changes in the market, competition from other vendors and technologies, an unexpected delay in product developments, and other risk factors listed from time to time in the company's SEC reports, including but not limited to the report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , Forms 10-Q, and the Annual Report to shareholders. |
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