Telemate.Net Software Signs Reseller Agreement With Cisco Systems; Cisco Systems Adds the Telemate.Net Product Line.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000 Telemate.Net Software, Inc., (Nasdaq:TMNT), a leading provider and pioneer of integrated usage management solutions for the Internet, intranet and voice networks, announced today that they have entered into a reseller agreement with Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO). The Telemate.Net(R) product line of comprehensive Internet usage management and reporting solutions has been added to the catalog of complimentary third-party product offerings that Cisco sells and supports. Telemate.Net products help businesses address employee Internet productivity, network security and performance. Currently, the Telemate.Net product line provides usage management and reporting solutions for a variety of Cisco products including: Cisco PIX Firewall A family of network firewalls from Cisco. PIX units are high-performance, stand-alone devices that contain their own embedded operating systems and can support up to 64K simultaneous connections. , Cisco IOS Firewall, Cisco NetRanger Intrusion Detection and CiscoWorks2000 Voice Manager 2.0. As part of the agreement, the Telemate.Net products will be marketed and supported through Cisco's global distribution network. Cisco will provide customer support for the products including, product information, configuration, installation, testing and a help line. Telemate.Net will provide Cisco with onsite support for software troubleshooting and maintenance. "Cisco has the well-earned reputation of being a leader in networking for the Internet," said Rich Mauro, president 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 Telemate.Net Software. "Cisco's global reach and distribution channels put our product brand in front of a huge potential customer base. Our strategy has been to form alliances with market leaders that manufacture product that Telemate.Net technology can add value. This agreement with Cisco further demonstrates our commitment to this strategy." Telemate.Net (www.telemate.net/mm/pr/cisco/0300) provides integrated usage management solutions for Internet, Intranet and voice networks. By extracting relevant data from a growing array of network sources, Telemate.Net's reporting solutions deliver the information needed to manage network use, cost, security and electronic commerce. Telemate.Net (through business partners) is supported under government contract vehicles such as the GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. IT Schedule, GSA WACS, LTLCS LTLCS Long Term Life Cycle Support , DSSMP DSSMP Digital Switch Systems Modernization Program , WACS, POTS, WIDTS WIDTS Worldwide Integrated Digital Telecommunications Systems , ESC II, NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. , DITC BPA BPA British Paediatric Association. , SEWP II and various BPAs (Fort Huachuca, VBA, USARC USARC USA Running Circuit USARC United States Army Reserve Command USARC United States Antarctic Resource Center USARC United States Army Reserve Center USARC United States Arctic Research Commission USARC US Adaptive Recreation Center ). Telemate.Net customers include: Arthur Andersen, Coca-Cola Bottling, Dept. of Veteran's Affairs, Dayton-Hudson, Georgia-Pacific, U.S. Air Force, International Paper, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Sears Roebuck and the U.S. Army. Telemate.Net supports PBX, firewall, and proxy server data sources from market leading vendors including: Lucent, Siemens, Mitel, Northern Telecom, Fujitsu, Tadiran, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , AXENT Technologies, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Network Associates, Inc., Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd., Microsoft, Netscape, IBM, Sun Microsystems, and ANS (ANS Communications, Inc, Purchase, NY) An ISP, Internet backbone and provider of private data network services, founded in 1990 as Advanced Network & Services, Inc., by IBM, MCI and Merit (consortium of Michigan universities). . Telemate.Net Software is a Microsoft Certified Solution Partner and is a Seagate Software OEM partner. Telemate.Net has received OPSEC (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity) certification from Check Point Software and is designed for Microsoft BackOffice. Forward-looking Statements Certain statements in this release are forward-looking including statements relating to Telemate.Net Software's ability to leverage Cisco Systems' global customer base. Although Telemate.Net Software believes that its expectations are based on assumptions within the knowledge of its business, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from those stated or implied herein. A discussion of certain risk factors that may cause results to differ from any forward-looking statements made herein can be found in filings made by Telemate.Net Software with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Registration Statement on Form S-1 declared effective by the Commission on September 28, 1999. Telemate.Net is a registered trademark of Telemate.Net Software, Inc. All other trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information, contact Telemate.Net Software at 770/936-3700 or www.telemate.net/mm/pr/cisco/0300. |
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