Perimeter Acquires ANE Technologies
Milford, CT June 22, 2006 – Perimeter
Internetworking™, the leading provider of On-Demand managed security
services and the pioneer of multi-threat Security-in-the-Cloud
services, announced today their acquisition of ANE Technologies, a
Midwestern MSSP that provides Intrusion Prevention, Penetration and
Vulnerability Testing, Website Design and Hosting to community banks and other financial organizations based in the Midwest.
“ANE
Technology is a strong Midwestern company that enjoys a trusted
relationship with 250 community banks,�? said Brad Miller, CEO of
Perimeter Internetworking. “Expanding your national market presence
requires a substantive local presence across the country and we are
looking forward to leveraging their great people and trusted client
relationships. ANE's expertise in penetration and vulnerability testing
and intrusion prevention will deepen our existing capabilities in these
areas.�?
“Our clients will greatly benefit
from Perimeter's considerable IT Security resources and their Fortune
500 class security utility architecture,�? said Tom Agnitsch, CEO, ANE
Technologies. “This merger greatly enhances the seamless solutions that
we are able to provide them to meet today's most complex compliance
issues and tomorrow's top IT security threats.�?
Perimeter's
Gateway 4.0 is the fourth generation of the market's leading
“Security-in-the-Cloud�? solution. Gateway 4.0 combines dozens of
technologies from best-of-breed vendors to create the industry's first
“business aware�? perimeter security service. The Gateway security
service replaces traditional firewall and IDS monitoring services with
a hosted, network-based service that eliminates the need for all future
capital expenditures and integration costs. Gateway 4.0 starts with a
model of Perimeter's clients' business processes, their value to the
business and the potential impacts of breach or failure. With this
knowledge, Gateway 4.0 can distinguish the events that will be business
impacting from the ever present noise of security technology. Gateway
4.0 provides over 60 pre-integrated network security services including
Intrusion Defense, Malicious Code Defense, Secure Email Services,
Secure Access, Automated Compliance, and Network Services.
“ANE
Technologies is our 8th acquired company in the past 2 years,�? Miller
added. “Perimeter's acquisition strategy has allowed us to assemble the
talent, technology and scale to provide the industry's leading suite of
on-demand security services.�?
About ANE Technologies
ANE
Technologies provides Intrusion Prevention, Penetration and
Vulnerability Testing, Website Design and Hosting to community banks
and other financial organizations. ANE services mid-sized to large
companies that have complex information security requirements,
government compliance issues, and face the challenge of protecting
their critical/sensitive information assets around the clock. Our
senior management team has over 100 years of management experience in
the technology industry and over 42 years of experience supporting
technology systems for banks. Be Sure. Be Secure. For more information
about ANE Technologies visit: http://www.aneinfosecure.com/
About Perimeter Internetworking
Perimeter
Internetworking™ is the leading provider of On-Demand managed security
services and the pioneer of multi-threat Security-in-the-Cloud services
for financial institutions, telecommunications/Internet service
providers, healthcare providers, and other firms with high data
security and regulatory requirements. Perimeter offers over 60 managed
network security services On Demand, including Intrusion
Defense, Malicious Code Defense, Secure Email Services, Secure Access,
Automated Compliance, and Network Services. Perimeter's unique
centralized architecture offers best-in-class, pre-integrated
technology with complete redundancy, continuous upgrades, complemented
with a 24/7 engineering staff of trained subject-matter experts.
Perimeter ranked 9th on The Connecticut Technology Fast 50 in 2005
& 5th in 2004. In addition Perimeter ranked 121 on the Deloitte
Technology Fast 500, 7th on CRN's Fast Growth: Computer Security
Solutions Providers in 2005, & has been profitable since 2001.
Perimeter has $24 million in revenues and 2400 customers, 1300 of which
are in the financial services market.
Headquartered
in Milford , CT , with six geographically distributed technical
operations centers and three redundant datacenters, Perimeter's
On-Demand Security Services are validated by CyberTrust and guaranteed
for current and future regulatory compliance.
For more information about Perimeter visit www.perimeterusa.com .
For Further Information Contact:
Tom Agnitsch, CEO
ANE Technologies
888-305-2007
tagnit@aneinfosecure.com
Cathy Clarke
CNC Associates for Perimeter Internetworking™
617.527.2089
cathy@cncassocs.com
