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Genoa, may 29th 2008

PRIMEUR signs the "Platinum Partner Agreement" of Sophos Italy, inserting all the vendor's solutions in its portfolio. The resulting synergy will be strongly directed at the Finance market, through the combined offer of the respective services and solutions.

Sophos, a global leader in IT security and network access control (NAC) technology, announces that it has signed a strategic agreement with PRIMEUR, a multinational leader in the production of middleware solutions for distributed and heterogeneous computer systems through its network of partners and distributors.

The agreement between the two companies is aimed at further increasing and enhancing the presence of Sophos Italy in the banking and financial market; as a result of the agreement, PRIMEUR will in its turn make available a range of globally recognized solutions and technologies for IT security, with a particular focus on the offer relating to Network Access Control.

"The NAC and Endpoint Sophos security solutions are particularly suited to the banking and financial sectors: indeed, these areas need to collaborate with partners that understand the requirements and who are capable of responding with adequate security solutions. For this reason, we consider the partnership with PRIMEUR as strategic, since it is the ideal company for establishing a fruitful collaboration in order to enhance our security solutions and distribute them in an increasingly capillary manner to a sector that is highly exposed to computer risk", according to Vito Divincenzo, Director of Sales.

"The highly innovative and leading edge technologies of Sophos represent an ideal addition to our proposal strategy, directed increasingly towards the integration and security of complex Enterprise class architectures. In particular, the new NAC segment promises to be the first effective stronghold for control and management of Workstations on the enterprise BUS. PRIMEUR's capacity in service and integration is the ideal complement to Sophos technology", says Edoardo Musso, CEO and Managing Director of PRIMEUR.

PRIMEUR aderisce al "Platinum Partner Agreement di Sophos Italia, inserendo nel proprio portfolio tutte le soluzioni del vendor. La sinergia sarà fortemente orientata al mercato Finance, attraverso l'offerta congiunta dei rispettivi servizi e soluzioni.

Sophos, società leader a livello mondiale nella sicurezza informatica e nella tecnologia di controllo dell’accesso alla rete (NAC), annuncia di aver siglato un accordo strategico con PRIMEUR, multinazionale leader nella produzione di soluzioni middleware per sistemi informatici distribuiti ed eterogenei tramite la propria rete di partner e distributori.

L’accordo tra le due società è finalizzato ad incrementare e valorizzare ulteriormente la presenza di Sophos Italia nel mercato bancario e finanziario; grazie all’accordo PRIMEUR disporrà a sua volta di una gamma di soluzioni e tecnologie per la sicurezza informatica riconosciute leader a livello mondiale, con un focus particolare all’offerta relativa al Network Access Control.

"Le soluzioni di sicurezza NAC e Endpoint Sophos risultano particolarmente adatte al segmento bancario e finanziario: queste realtà necessitano infatti della collaborazione con partner che ne conoscano le esigenze e siano capaci di dar loro risposte di sicurezza adeguate. Per questo riteniamo strategico l’accordo di partnership con PRIMEUR, azienda ideale con cui attivare una proficua collaborazione per valorizzare e diffondere in maniera ancora più capillare le nostre soluzioni di sicurezza verso un segmento fortemente esposto al rischio informatico", dichiara Vito Divincenzo, Director of Sales.

"Le tecnologie fortemente innovative ed all'avanguardia di Sophos rappresentano un'aggiunta ideale alla nostra strategia di proposta, volta sempre più all'integrazione e sicurezza di architetture complesse di classe Enterprise. In particolare il nuovo segmento del NAC promette di essere il primo valido baluardo per il controllo e la gestione delle Workstation che si affacciamo sul BUS aziendale. La tecnologia Sophos trova un complemento ideale nella capacità di servizio ed integrazione di PRIMEUR", dichiara Edoardo Musso, CEO e Amministratore Delegato di PRIMEUR.

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About Sophos
Sophos offers solutions that allow companies around the world to protect and control their IT infrastructures. Sophos solutions for Network Access Control, endpoint, web and e-mail simplify security by offering integrated protection against malware, spyware, intrusion, unwanted applications, spam, violation of security policies and company compliance, and loss of data. Sophos has two decades of experience in the IT security sector. Sophos solutions and services, engineered to obtain maximum reliability, provide protection for ore than 100 million users in nearly 150 Countries. Renowned for its high level of customer satisfaction and its powerful user-friendly solutions, Sophos has received numerous awards, certifications and positive reviews. Sophos is a multinational with its central office in Oxford, UK. For further information visit www.sophos.it.

About PRIMEUR
PRIMEUR provides software and services for managing the movement of data within companies or between various companies. It offers software and services the SOA, communication middleware and legacy application integration with particular attention to the aspects of data security. PRIMEUR has an extremely strong and characteristic specialized in the IBM z-series and i-series mainframe area. The SPAZIO MFT/S (Managed File Transfer Secure), Orchestration (Management and control of the file sending and receiving plans) and DSTK (Data Secure Tools) technologies have proved their value, reliability and flexibility in over 100,000 installations world wide and have allowed more than 500 customers to achieve important added value through improved control and therefore to obtain a higher return on investment. PRIMEUR is considered as strategic partner by more than 400 large companies operating in the Finance, Industry and Services sectors. PRIMEUR's strategy is based on the continuous development of its own technologies - SPAZIO MFT/S, Orchestration and DSTK - now also integrated with the IBM and Open SOA environments.