Astaro Announces Nerds On Site as a Global Authorized Partner

Partner relationship provides Astaro customers with increased services and Nerds On Site customers with award winning technology.

Burlington, Mass. (September 6th, 2007) – Astaro Corporation ( www.astaro.com ), a leader in delivering Unified Threat Management (UTM) security appliances, today announced that Ontario based Nerds On Site ( www.nerdsonsite.com ), specialists in providing technology consulting services to businesses and individuals worldwide has formed a partnership that will allow the hundreds of Nerds On Site consultants the ability to offer, implement, and manage the full line of Astaro’s award winning network security solutions.

"We are very excited about this partnership”, stated Andy Larin, Professional Nerd. “Partnering with Astaro allows us to stay true to our mission of being ‘in constant and passionate pursuit of more pleasurable, productive and profitable ways to fully leverage computers and all that's tied to 'em!’. Astaro’s complete line of security solutions enables us to further provide our customers with the best products to suit their individual network needs. While we remain vendor-neutral, we partnered with Astaro because they offer an industry leading technology that meets the demands of many of our clients.”

“It has been a real pleasure working with Nerds On Site” stated David Rogers, Director of Sales for Astaro. “Their consultants are truly dedicated to providing exceptional service and offering expert advice in the area of network security. It’s no wonder they have had so much success. We couldn’t be happier with Nerds On Site and their decision to make Astaro’s advanced security technology available to their clients.”

Nerds On Site joins the over 1000 Astaro Solution Providers currently offering the Astaro product line worldwide. The majority of Nerds On Site clients are small and medium-sized business (SMB) networks that support 10 – 200 users. Astaro caters to the SMB market through the Astaro Security Gateway 110, Astaro Security Gateway 120, and Astaro Security Gateway 220 appliances which each provides cost effective, powerful, and complete security for SMB networks with full featured reporting and the ability to scale.

“It is our experience that the SMB typically get by with limited IT budgets, but face the same Internet threats as larger businesses” stated Rogers, “SMB network administrators require a simple and cost-effective way to protect against hackers, spam, and the rapidly increasing amount of malware. We feel the Astaro Security Gateway provides the enterprise-class security these networks require by offering network protection, web filtering, email filtering, and encryption all in a single Unified Threat Management appliance. It is truly a win, win, win situation for Astaro, Nerds On Site, and our Customers. Now you can get Astaro’s award winning technology and the added service benefits provided by Nerds On Site, it’s a powerful combination.”

About Nerds On Site
With hundreds of Nerds and a presence on five continents, Nerds On Site is committed to eliminating the stress and frustration that individuals and companies have with their computers. The company leverages technology for their clients' pleasure, productivity and profitability by delivering to homes and offices the best of traditional and emerging computer technology solutions. Nerds On Site is a technology service company comprised of a network of independent contractors with a complete suite of IT skills and centuries of combined experience. For more information about Nerds On Site, please visit www.nerdsonsite.com.

About Astaro
Astaro Corporation is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and Karlsruhe, Germany. The Astaro Security Gateway, simplifying Email, Web & Network Security, has won numerous industry awards and is protecting over 30,000 networks in 60 countries. Astaro products are distributed by a worldwide network of more than 1,000 solution partners who offer local support and services. For more information, please visit www.astaro.com.

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