Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:59:29 -0500 (EST) From: mds@mds01.prwire.com To: mds@mds01.prwire.com Subject: Argus Systems Group Develops Cost-Shattering... Argus Systems Group Develops Cost-Shattering Secure PitBull Appliance NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Argus Systems Group, Inc., an international vendor of Internet security software products, today announced the availability of its ground breaking PitBull Secure Appliance Software. PitBull Secure Appliance Software is available now to OEM suppliers on Red Hat Linux 6.2 and on Solaris 7 for x86. Argus will market a PitBull Secure Web Appliance as its first offering. Argus' PitBull Secure Appliance software is the ideal platform for pre-configured server appliances for a variety of functions, including application hosting, web hosting, or telco switching appliances. PitBull Secure Web Appliance Software provides virtual machine functionality that allows multiple customers to use the same physical server, yet with a better level of security than dedicated servers. This results in a dramatic reduction of capital and operating cost due to less equipment and resources required to provide secure web application services to customers. The PitBull Secure Appliance Software is based on Argus' proven, market- leading PitBull intrusion prevention security technology. PitBull technology is designed to protect web-facing servers from malicious attack to alter data and web pages, steal information or monetary assets. PitBull also mitigates damage caused by buffer overflows and worms for Red Hat 6.2 and Solaris 7. The PitBull Appliance software will be marketed as an OEM solution and ultimately sold as a pre-packaged hardware and software bundle. "The PitBull Secure Web Appliance shatters the economics of hosting web pages. Rather than provide dedicated equipment for each and every customer, hosting facilities will be able to host literally hundreds of customers on a single piece of hardware, saving not only on hardware costs, but real estate and system administrator resources as well," said Greg Tennant, senior vice president of Argus Systems Group's Appliance division. "PitBull Secure Web Appliance can cut the costs of hosting space by up to 60%. Or, if a dedicated server is required, customers can consolidate multiple applications securely onto a single server versus the dedicated server per application approaches utilized today." Note to Working Press: Argus will be hosting a special luncheon in conjunction with a press conference announcing PitBull Secure Web Appliance (and the PitBull LX intrusion prevention system for Linux). Luncheon and conference will be held in the LinuxWorld Press Center on Thursday February 1 at 12 noon EST. About Argus Systems Group, Inc. Argus Systems Group, Inc., a privately held company headquartered in Savoy, Ill., offers a full suite of e-business security solutions and applications. Argus is committed to providing state-of-the-art security solutions for emerging next economy environments. Argus supplies the only ITSEC certified trusted platform available to support multiple platforms, from desktop to mainframe, in a networked configuration. For more information about Argus Systems Group, visit the Company's web site at www.argus-systems.com. PitBull and PitBull LX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Argus Systems Group, Inc. in the US and other countries. Red Hat Linux is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. in the US and other countries. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. SOURCE Argus Systems Group, Inc. -0- 01/30/2001 /CONTACT: Jennifer Sandone of Argus Systems Group, Inc., 217-355-6308 or 217-898-5093, jsandone@argus-systems.com; or Jim Mills, 303-639-6186 or 303-877-8080, jfmills@aol.com, for Argus Systems Group, Inc./ /Web site: http://www.argus-systems.com/