Acton, MA – June 13, 2005 – eIQnetworks™, Inc. (www.eIQnetworks.com), a global provider of award-winning security and systems management solutions for the enterprise, today announced that Network Security Analyzer™ received the highly-coveted TechEd 2005 “Best of Show Award” in the Security Category during an awards ceremony conducted by Penton Media Inc.’s Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine.

“eIQ’s Network Security Analyzer provides real-time security monitoring that both protects the network from security threats as well as enables businesses to comply with security auditing compliance regulations,” said Mike Otey, Senior Technical Editor for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. “Network Security Analyzer performs a wide range of security tests and correlates security events, as well as providing security log archiving, forensics analysis and reporting,” said Otey.

“We are deeply honored to be recognized by the esteemed editors of Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine as ‘Best of Show’ in the Security Category at TechEd 2005,” said Vijay Basani, chief executive officer of eIQnetworks. “The eIQnetworks team has worked tirelessly, collaborating with customers and partners to develop a security event and compliance management solution accessible to companies of all sizes, in any market and regardless of budget. We’re enabling our customers to firmly grasp their security posture while making sense of their compliance requirements. We are proud to receive such powerful validation of our mission.”

Network Security Analyzer (NSA), tightly integrated with security audit compliance management capabilities, is aimed at streamlining and simplifying the security event management and compliance audit process for customers across multiple industries.

eIQnetworks has invested significant resources in expanding NSA’s security and compliance capabilities, with new features that enable it to scale across globally distributed networked devices. With these features, NSA is the first and only security event management solution in the industry to include all essential components of Compliance Audit Lifecycle Management necessary to meet SOX, HIPAA, GLBA and FISMA security audit compliance, while also including Centralized Log Management, Real time monitoring and analysis, Extensive reporting, and Forensics analysis – all in a single solution.

About the Windows IT Pro Group
The Windows IT Pro Group, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes content from flagship print publication Windows IT Pro, three monthly paid subscription print newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters and a web site resource for more than two million IT professionals each month. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach in 160 countries.

The franchise also includes SQL Server Magazine, with 30,000 paid subscribers, more than 210,000 web site visitors monthly and two email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) named SQL Server Magazine “Magazine of the Year” in the less-than-80,000 circulation category in 2002. The two publications generate nine million page impressions monthly, host 2.5 million unique visitors to their web sites monthly, and have more than one million readers with opt-in subscriptions to their email newsletters. The Windows IT Pro Group is the world’s leading producer of custom Roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.

For more information visit www.windowsitpro.com/awards

About eIQnetworks
Founded in 2001, eIQnetworks is an award-winning provider of Security Event / Information Management (SEIM) and Systems Management Solutions. Security professionals in multiple industries worldwide rely on eIQ solutions for real time security monitoring, security-critical forensics analysis, centralized log management, correlation analysis, alerting, risk analysis, reporting and compliance audit management. The Company’s products are used in more than 50 countries around the world and are currently deployed in over 1200 enterprises, and government agencies and managed security services providers including LL Bean, Hess, Sprint, Avaya, VanguardMS, Malaysia Telecom, Fujitsu, Fiberlink, Boston.com, FCC, US Army, US Navy, Wachovia, Citibank, UBS, HP, ADP, KPMG and many more. eIQnetworks’ solutions are available worldwide through an extensive, global distributor network and strategic OEM partners NEC, Secure Computing, Fortinet, Astaro, Top Layer, NetContinuum, and iPolicy networks. For additional information, visit  www.eIQnetworks.com or call 1-877-LOGS R US.

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