Global Service Provider Increases Services Management Performance and Efficiency While Cutting Infrastructure Costs in Half Using SonicWALL The Integ

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNWL), a leading secure network infrastructure company, today announced that California-based The Integration Works, LLC, a global provider of managed technology solutions, has successfully deployed a SonicWALL® E-Class Universal Management Appliance (UMA) EM5000 solution to support 50 client companies worldwide.

"The SonicWALL UMA literally saved our MSP business," said James Carter, CTO at The Integration Works. "The UMA differentiates us from VARs that can't offer worry-free management. It also helps us generate revenues through providing our customers with recurring services as well as other SonicWALL solutions. Every quote we send out to new clients includes managed security over UMA."

The Integration Works provides management, monitoring and reporting services on approximately 200 SonicWALL appliances for 50 clients worldwide. The company applies the SonicWALL UMA solution to inventory firmware, track service expirations, reset passwords, track remote access log-ins, and generate Web usage reports.

"Web reports have been instrumental in curbing unauthorized Internet usage at many of our clients," said Carter. "Some of our SOX clients use SonicWALL UMA reporting to fulfill a portion of their Internet auditing requirements."

The SonicWALL UMA solution also eases troubleshooting of ISP issues, by enabling the company to track circuit IDs and other ISP information, along with TCP/IP settings, all in one place.

Initially, the company managed these services using SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS) software on six Windows servers. As the company grew into a global enterprise, it became appropriate to migrate to a dedicated management appliance platform.

"Because the SonicWALL UMA is built from the ground up to run GMS, it's much faster and more power-efficient than before. Replacing six Windows servers with three UMA appliances cut our infrastructure costs in half."

The SonicWALL E-Class UMA EM5000 centralizes policy management, monitoring and reporting for multiple SonicWALL appliances. To date, The Integration Works uses the UMA solution to manage SonicWALL Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewalls and SSL VPN appliances. Recent advances in the UMA platform will now enable the company to manage their customers' SonicWALL Anti-Spam Email Security appliances, as well as SonicWALL Continuous Data Protection (CDP) back up and recovery appliances.

"Because we don't have to maintain a separate OS, the SonicWALL UMAs are much easier to scale as we grow," said Carter.

About SonicWALL, Inc.

SonicWALL, Inc. the leader in network security, focuses on developing solutions that remove the cost and complexity out of managing a secure network environment. With over one million award-winning appliances shipped through its global network of ten thousand channel partners, SonicWALL provides end-to-end solutions including Firewalls, SSL VPN's, Email Security and Continuous Data Protection that collectively ensure robust, secure network protection. For more information, visit the company web site at http://www.sonicwall.com/.

Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding the benefits associated with implementing the SonicWALL® E-Class Universal Management Appliance (UMA) EM5000. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the time the statements are made and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. In addition, please see the "Risk Factors" described in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, for a more detailed description of the risks facing our business. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to SonicWALL as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement.

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