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eIQnetworks Launches Formal Channel Partner Program to Address Global Demand for Award-Winning Security and Compliance Management Solutions

'eIQ Advantage Partner Program’ Provides New Partners with Comprehensive Security, Compliance Training, Aggressive Discounts, Co-Marketing Opportunities

Acton, MA – June 28, 2005 – eIQnetworks™, Inc. (www.eIQnetworks.com), a global provider of award-winning security and systems management solutions for the enterprise, today announced it has formally launched an extensive, global channel partner program designed to address growing world-wide demand for the Company’s security and compliance management solutions – the eIQ Advantage Partner Program. In response to the significant volume of business moving through eIQnetworks channels, the eIQ Advantage Partner Program will provide participants with the tools, training and support necessary to address customers’ quickly-evolving and expanding security and compliance management issues.

As customers continue to grapple with security threats and increasingly, the challenge of meeting stringent federal compliance requirements, eIQnetworks is preparing its channel partners to focus on delivering solutions that enable customers of any size across all industries and vertical markets to quickly, easily and affordably gain insight into their enterprise wide security posture while implementing a sound compliance audit lifecycle management strategy.

With comprehensive training, product support, and co-marketing opportunities, eIQnetworks is positioning its participating channel partners as valuable, one-stop-shop resources that customers can turn to for reliable, centralized security solutions capable of managing an entire security environment. Currently, eIQnetworks manages a global network of 160 channel partners in over 50 countries.

“These are extremely challenging times for our customers as they struggle to devise effective security management strategies to protect their enterprise assets,” said Bernie Mikula, chief executive officer of Go2 Communications, a value-added security solutions provider and eIQ Advantage Partner. “As an eIQ Advantage Partner, we’re able to provide our customers with security expertise, coupled with an award-winning security and compliance management solution. We’re effectively demystifying security management for our customers.”

“We are seeing tremendous sales growth in our channels around the world and in response, today, we’re introducing a caliber of channel partnership unparalleled in the information security industry,” said Joshua Block, vice president of sales for eIQnetworks. “By empowering our channel partners with in-depth security and compliance management training, access to eIQ support resources and qualified leads directly from the Company, we’re effectively creating a global team of information security and compliance experts who are laser focused on meeting the specific requirements of customers, whatever their challenges may be.”

Key attributes of the eIQ Advantage Partner Program include:

  • Free, extensive training for eIQ’s family of security and compliance management solutions;

  • Access to eIQ’s technical support team;

  • The information security industry’s most aggressive discounting for volume sales;

  • Co-marketing funds to help participants generate advertising, direct marketing campaigns to elevate regional visibility;

  • Free NFR copies of eIQ solutions for demonstration purposes;

  • Pre-qualified leads from eIQnetworks’ corporate sales and marketing teams.

Current eIQnetworks channel partners are automatically eligible to become formal eIQ Advantage Partner Program participants. Channel organizations interested in joining this newly launched program should contact eIQnetworks by calling 978-266-9933 x200, or by visiting www.eIQnetworks.com/partners/eiqpartner.shtml

About eIQnetworks
Founded in 2001, eIQnetworks is an award-winning provider of Security and Systems Management Solutions that deliver security-critical forensics, archiving, correlation, alerting, risk analysis, reporting as well as real-time event monitoring for information security professionals in multiple industries worldwide. The Company’s products are used in more than 50 countries around the world and are currently deployed in over 1200 companies and government agencies, including LL Bean, Hess, Sprint, Avaya, MCI, Malaysia Telecom, Fujitsu, Unisys, Fiberlink, Boston.com, FCC, US Army, US Navy, Wachovia, Citibank, HP, ADP, Bertelsmann, UBS, KPMG and many more. eIQnetworks’ solutions are available worldwide through an extensive, global distributor network. For additional information, visit www.eIQnetworks.com or call 1-877-LOGS R US.

eIQ Press Contact:
Mariah Torpey
Davies Murphy Group, Inc.
781-418-2404
eIQ@daviesmurphy.com

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