Network Engines Signs SecureData as New Distributor in Southern Africa

CANTON, Mass. -- March 13, 2006 -- Network Engines, Inc. (NASDAQ: NENG), a leading appliance partner for Microsoft(R) security solutions, has appointed SecureData, a distributor specializing in network security and end-point solutions, to further expand Network Engines geographical reach by marketing NS Series(TM) Security Appliances across southern Africa and Indian Ocean islands.

"SecureData offers strong, layered, defense-in-depth security solutions based on an impressive portfolio of complementary products, working with its partners to provide solutions that align with end-user business objectives," said Gareth Green, General Manager, EMEA & APAC, Network Engines. "Its vision, relationships, and infrastructure create demand for new products. Our work with SecureData will help Network Engines gain significant penetration in the African market and allow more enterprises to secure their Microsoft infrastructures."

"As the most secure and manageable way for customers to gain the benefits of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server, the NS Series is an important addition to our product portfolio," said Dean Brazier, Managing Director, SecureData. "It is an unbeatable appliance, able to be easily customised to meet the individual security needs of our clients whose businesses depend on core Microsoft business applications and infrastructure. The SecureData team of specialists are committed to ensure that our customers receive the best solution for their business requirements, and the NS Series enables us to offer exceptional security solutions to protect core assets by managing security threats inside the traditional perimeter firewall."

Brazier concluded, "The NS Series helps us help our customers achieve their business goals by becoming more secure, decreasing IT infrastructure costs, and getting more out of existing assets."

NS Series Security Appliances are a family of multi-layer security platforms providing advanced application-layer firewall, VPN, and web cache functionality to maximize defense-in-depth protection for core Microsoft infrastructure applications including Exchange Server, SharePoint(R) Portal Server, and Internet Information Services (IIS). Integrated with Websense(R) Web Security Suite, the appliances are exceptional web proxies, accelerating access to frequently requested web content while blocking spyware, viruses, worms, and Trojan horses from infected websites.

Based on a full-featured version of Microsoft ISA Server 2004, NS Series appliances combine ease of deployment with unified appliance management via NEWS(TM) - the Network Engines Web Services interface - to deliver the most comprehensive feature set available to defend Microsoft server assets.

Network Engines appliances are designed to ease the deployment, enhance manageability, and increase security of mission critical software applications. Our heritage of providing technology products and services tailored supporting to the entire lifecycle of our customers appliances has made us the appliance partner of choice for software market leaders.

Founded in 1997, Network Engines is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts and trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol NENG. For more information about the Company's products and services visit: www.networkengines.com.

Secure Data

SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's Premier IT Security Solution Provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate Antivirus and Content Security, Endpoint Security, Network Security, Intrusion Prevention and Authentication & Identity Management. SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, vulnerability assessment, out sourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs. As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for Trend Micro, SecureData is the Sub-Saharan African distributor for USA-based TippingPoint Technologies as well as for AirDefense, Application Security, eEye, Precise Biometrics, Rocket Software, RSA Security, SPI Dynamics, St Bernard and Websense. For more information, visit SecureData at www.securedata.co.za