FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NetBotz Signs Distribution Agreement with Tech Data, One of World's Largest Providers of IT Products and Services
AUSTIN, Texas - June 7th, 2004 - NetBotz®, Inc., the global leader in IP-based intelligent physical security solutions, and winner of the Deloitte & Touch Rising Star Award, today announced that Clearwater, Florida-based Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ: TECD) will distribute the patented NetBotz IP-based monitoring solutions to resellers throughout the Americas, especially those network systems integrators and VARs who understand intimately the urgent logical and physical security issues facing customers today.
More than 2,500 organizations worldwide currently deploy NetBotz to protect their distributed, remote IT assets and investments from hostile conditions in the physical environment. These range from harmful environmentals, such as extreme temperatures, to careless or malicious tampering with networking infrastructure or other assets. NetBotz counts among its customers the world's leading educational, financial and healthcare institutions as well as many critical government agencies and departments.
"Resellers are well aware of the threats that unchecked environments and unauthorized access present to networking hardware, as well as the cost and risk associated with network failure," said Joe Serra, Tech Data's vice president of networking and high-end storage product marketing. "To protect their customers' investments and information resources, resellers can utilize NetBotz to create monitoring solutions capable of detecting harmful conditions before damage results."
"Tech Data's superb reputation of bringing products to the market smartly and efficiently is impressive," said Gary Franza, NetBotz vice president, Worldwide Sales. "Aligning with Tech Data ensures that our solutions will reach the broadest market penetration possible. Moreover, the company's key strengths, which extend from logistics through technical support and beyond, give us great confidence we are in good hands. We look forward to a very successful partnership for both parties."
At the center of the convergence of digital and IT security, NetBotz offers the industry's only integrated IP-based physical and environmental security solution. Actively monitoring the physical environment in which an organization's distributed assets and places reside, the NetBotz solution captures information from secure IP surveillance cameras and sensors. If a threatening event-from extreme temperature to physical intrusion to the presence of dangerous gases-occurs, NetBotz instantly alerts appropriate personnel.
For more information about NetBotz, go to www.netbotz.com.
About Tech Data (www.techdata.com)
Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ/NMS: TECD), founded in 1974, is a leading global provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services. Ranked 111th on the FORTUNE 500, the company and its subsidiaries serve more than 90,000 technology resellers in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Tech Data's extensive service offering includes pre- and post-sale training and technical support, financing options and configuration services as well as a full range of electronic commerce solutions. The company generated sales of $17.4 billion for its most recent fiscal year, which ended January 31, 2004.
About NetBotz (www.netbotz.com)
NetBotz, Inc. is the leading global provider of IP-based intelligent physical security solutions that secure against physical threats. Some 2,100 organizations use the NetBotz solution, which prevents business and financial losses attributed to network downtime by providing early warning of conditions that threaten the integrity of a company's data, technical and equipment assets. NetBotz markets its solution through a network of distributors, solution partners and accredited resellers. Based in Austin, Texas, NetBotz is a privately held company with funding from Austin Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, Hill Partners, Osprey Ventures, QuestMark Partners, and SSM Venture Partners. NetBotz has received the Best in Show Award in the Network Management Category at NetWorld+Interop and is a recipient of KPMG's Start-up Standout.
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