Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:59:29 -0500 (EST)
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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.
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    /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/