NETWORK BOX ADDS NEW PUSH TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN DELIVERING PROTECTION UPDATES

HOUSTON, June 10, 2009 -- Network Box Corp., a global managed security company, has completed migration of its patented new HQPUSH system to 11 network operating centers (NOCs) throughout the world, according to its American arm, Network Box USA, Inc. (www.networkboxusa.com). The new system offers improved performance and lets Network Box push out security updates to its customers more effectively.

Since its founding, Network Box has focused on optimizing its unique push technology as the best way to get updates onto its unified threat management (UTM) appliances, which it supplies to its customers for cost-efficient, comprehensive protection. The new HQPUSH system allows Network Box to continuously monitor all of its sources of security signatures and to push out changes almost immediately. Updates are concurrently installed on regional NOCs within three seconds of their release and on all end-user Network Box UTM devices - globally - within 45 seconds.

"This is orders of magnitudes faster than the industry standard," said Pierluigi Stella, CTO of Network Box USA. "That's because our new HQPUSH system is specially designed to minimize latency - the time it takes from when the update is available until its delivery begins."

In addition to the HQPUSH system's advantages over traditional push technologies, push technology, in general, offers significant advantages over pull technology, in which the end-user requests the updates. For example, push technology enables the managed security provider to make certain that updates are correctly installed and activated. It also makes optimum use of the provider's network for delivering updates, in both resource utilization and source of updates.

More information is available from Network Box USA, 2825 Wilcrest, Suite 259, Houston, Texas 77042; telephone 832-242-5758 or (toll free) 888-315-8886; fax: 713-933-0290; or email info@networkboxusa.com. A Network Box white paper on push technology can be accessed on the web at http://download.network-box.com/whitepapers/WP-PUSHTechnology.pdf.

About Network Box USA

Network Box USA, Inc. (www.networkboxusa.com), the American arm of Network Box Corp., was formed in response to the escalating danger posed by security breaches, virus attacks and similar threats arising from widespread use of the Internet. Its mission is to provide enterprises of all sizes with a cutting-edge computer network security solution that is effective yet affordable. The company's flagship product, the Network Box appliance, has won numerous awards for excellence and is now in the forefront of UTM (unified threat management), the next generation of firewall technology. Among Network Box USA's customers, the product has been especially embraced by banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions.

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