Network Engines Announces ISA 2004 Certification Program at Networld+Interop in Las Vegas.

CANTON, Mass. and LAS VEGAS -- SurfControl First To Receive Network Engines ISA Plug-in Cooperative Enforcement (NICE) Certification

Network Engines, Inc. (NASDAQ: NENG), a leading OEM appliance partner for Microsoft security solutions, today announced the Network Engines ISA Plug-in Cooperative Enforcement (NICE) Program at the Networld+Interop 2005 Conference. The purpose of the NICE Program is to make it easier for customers to deploy and maintain NS Series(TM) security appliances by formalizing technology and business relationships with a select group of security technology partners. Under the NICE program, Network Engines will certify interoperability of certain third party technologies with Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server (ISA) 2004 and Network Engines Web Services (NEWS) technology.

Network Engines today announced the first NICE-certified technology partnership, with SurfControl. SurfControl's Web Filter technology features the company's Adaptive Threat Intelligence(TM) (ATI) Service and enterprise-class reporting and monitoring tools to empower businesses to analyze, evaluate and respond to the changing Internet threat environment. SurfControl ATI combines 24/7 threat analysis and research from the company's Global Threat Experts(TM), advanced AI technologies and the world's most comprehensive content databases. The integration of SurfControl Web Filter onto the NS Series provides content filtering for all Internet protocols, including SMTP, POP, and NNTP as well as standard HTTP and FTP requests. The solution is planned to be available in June this year.

"As modern blended Internet attacks wreak havoc on businesses, SurfControl is redefining filtering into a range of enterprise security products that constantly expand an organization's layers of threat protection," said John Murphy, vice president of marketing at SurfControl. "Businesses that deploy Network Engine's NS Series security appliances with SurfControl Web Filter are protected by a powerful combination of market-leading technology and global threat research that will protect their organizations both now and in the future."

"The industry is in a state of transition with buyers demanding more bang for the buck and the ability to streamline the cost of operations. This demand has fueled the need for integrated security platforms, suites and multi-purpose appliances," said Bryan Bain, senior director of security marketing for Network Engines.

"Network Engines' NS Series is a true security appliance powered by Microsoft ISA Server 2004", said Marshall Sweeney, principal consultant at Intellinet, a Network Engines ENGAGE Partner. "NEWS simplifies the on-going maintenance and security enhancements needed to keep up with the ever-increasing application layer threats. The NICE Program strengthens the power of NEWS to ensure that our customers benefit from a wide array of security technologies. We applaud Network Engines for becoming the first company to truly deliver a security appliance specifically designed to protect the applications our customers use to run their business."

About Network Engines

Network Engines is a leading developer and manufacturer of security and storage appliances. The Company works with its software partners to develop storage and security networking appliances for mission critical applications. Network Engines is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts and trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol NENG. For more information about the company's products and services, visit www.networkengines.com.

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