Security Appliance Leader Increases CY Q2 2004 Sales by 30% over Q1 2004

San Jose , CA, JULY 13, 2004 – Barbedwire Technologies, a leader in multifunction security appliance solutions, has strung together an impressive run of 6 straight quarters with 20% or greater sales growth dating back to the first quarter of 2003.

"In December of 2002 we made a strategic commitment to embrace a two-tier sales model combining a 1-2 punch of Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Value Added Distributors", said Steve Behrens, Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing for Barbedwire. "We currently have well over 100 VARs and 10 distributors in North America, Europe, the Mid East and Asia. These partners have been instrumental in bringing our security appliance solutions to 100s of small to medium sized organizations, delivering sales growth that we are very proud of. During the same period of time we have expanded our product portfolio, added several strategic technology partners including Global Hauri for antivirus and Commtouch for antispam, and improved our customer support capabilities to make sure that we can meet and exceed our customer's needs."

"We are very excited by the Companies growth and expect to continue putting up impressive sales numbers," said Zia Iqbal, CEO of Barbedwire. "We have just expanded our Inside and Outside sales team, have kicked-off an advertising campaign to run through the end of the year, and will be launching a new security appliance in August that already has our Reseller Partners placing orders."


About Barbedwire Technologies
Barbedwire Technologies provides high performance security solutions for small to medium enterprise (SME) class networks with prices that almost any size organization can afford. BT features DP Inspector appliances for FW, VPN, IDS, VA, WiFi, and Web filtering including Antispam, Antivirus, and URL filtering, STAR Engine for SEMS, and the IP Warrior Secured by Check Point appliance. Visit us at www.barbedwiretech.com or call 1-866-667-0565.


Contact:
Steve Behrens
VP Sales
Steve.Behrens@barbedwiretech.com
209-832-9900
Fax 209-832-9919


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