NetWolves Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2003 Results.Business Editors TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003 Incremental Revenue Growth Continues Acquisition of Norstan Network Services Completed; Balance Sheet Strengthened NetWolves Corporation (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 : WOLV) announced revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2003 of $5.5 million compared to $183,500 for the same period in the prior year and $5.26 million in the fiscal second quarter of 2003. The Company reported a net loss of $470 thousand, or $0.04 per share for the fiscal third quarter compared to a net loss of $2.88 million, or $0.23 per share for the same period in the prior year and a net loss of $1.4 million, or $0.12 per share for the fiscal second quarter. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the third quarter totaled $1.5 million, an increase of $0.86 million over the prior year end. Commenting on this announcement, Walter M. Groteke, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of NetWolves Corporation stated, "We are very encouraged by the results the recently hired sales force is achieving and the increasing rate of adoption of our managed technology services. We have made significant strides this last quarter, in spite of the global economic and geopolitical ge·o·pol·i·tics n. (used with a sing. verb) 1. The study of the relationship among politics and geography, demography, and economics, especially with respect to the foreign policy of a nation. 2. a. concerns that greatly affected technology spending." Mr. Groteke added, "As a result of the successful acquisition and integration of Norstan Network Services and our debt reduction initiatives, NetWolves is now directing additional resources toward increased revenue growth, and thereby facilitating the timeframe to our ultimate goal of achieving profitability." Highlights of the Quarter -- NetWolves pre-paid over $4.0 million of current debt more than three months prior to its maturity date of July 2003. The Company was able to negotiate a cash discount of approximately $1.1 million, thereby substantially strengthening the Company's balance sheet. -- NetWolves closed on the private placement of its Series B preferred stock Stock shares that have preferential rights to dividends or to amounts distributable on liquidation, or to both, ahead of common shareholders. Preferred stock is given preference over common stock. Holders of preferred stock receive dividends at a fixed annual rate. , raising approximately $4.6 million. IndiGo Ventures LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and Atlas Capital Services, LLC, both financial advisory firms, were responsible for securing these commitments. -- NetWolves released its WolfPac(TM) Security Platform with Intelligent Failover, an integral part of the Company's overall strategy of providing integrated and scalable software-based solutions to Fortune 1000 companies looking to adopt more cost effective public networks. -- NetWolves completed deployment of its managed firewall and 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. technology with Failguard Intelligent Failover to branch offices of GE Consumer Finance in Germany. This deployment is part of a previously announced agreement between NetWolves and GE Consumer Finance to also deploy this technology in Japan, Australia, South Korea and Singapore. Interconnectivity between GE Consumer Finance offices is expected to be one of the largest global host-to-host virtual private networks. -- NetWolves signed a Broadband Internet Access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a Agreement with Covad Communications to become a reseller of Covad's DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary product line. This agreement enables NetWolves to provide additional best-in-class Internet coverage to its customers. -- NetWolves signed a multi-year licensing and agent agreement with Global eXchange Services (GXS GXS Global Exchange Services (GE) GXS Gun X Sword (anime) ), allowing GXS to offer remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a services to its customers using NetWolves' patent-pending SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. 2 management technology. The Agreement also authorizes GXS to offer other NetWolves products and services as well as flexible network security utilizing NetWolves' proprietary FoxOS technology. In addition, the Agreement authorizes NetWolves to offer GXS products and services to its current and future customers. -- NetWolves announced the appointments of former Commerce Department and Treasury Department official Carlos C. Campbell and industry veteran Fassil Gabremariam to the Board of Directors. About NetWolves Corporation NetWolves Corporation provides high-performance network security solutions coupled with robust network management and communication services. NetWolves' products offer essential applications such as firewall, virtual private networks (VPN), intrusion detection systems (IDS), content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. , virus detection, congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. management, and intelligent failover. Additionally, the Company, through its Network Services division, provides network design, provisioning, monitoring, and management services. The marriage of these products and services positions NetWolves as a single-source solution provider for Fortune 1000 organizations looking to integrate their perimeter offices onto their global backbone network A backbone network provides a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks.[1] A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same building, in different buildings in a campus environment, or over wide areas. . Additionally, by replacing the multi-vendor approach with a single management, support, and billing infrastructure, companies can ensure a cost-effective and seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of complex global enterprises. NetWolves is located at 4002 Eisenhower Blvd, Tampa, Florida “Tampa” redirects here. For other uses, see Tampa (disambiguation). Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, on the west coast of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County.GR6. 33634. More information on NetWolves' products can be found at http://www.netwolves.com or by calling toll free at 1-888-638-9658. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS All statements other than statements of historical fact included herein, including without limitation statements regarding the Company's financial position, business strategy, and the plans and objectives of the Company's management for future operations, are forward looking statements. When used in this release, words such as "anticipate", "believes", "estimate", "expect", "should", "intend", "projects", "objective," and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of the Company's management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company's management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including but not limited to, business and economic conditions, ability to raise additional funds, competitive factors and pricing pressures, capacity and supply constraints, and completion of current and anticipated contracts and integration of NNSI NNSI Nonproliferation and National Security Institute with our Company. Such statements reflect the views of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to these and other risks, uncertainties, and assumptions relating to the operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity of the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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