NETDEVICES NAMES ASTUTO TELECOM AS EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR IN INDIA AND SAARC OF ITS UNIFIED SERVICES GATEWAY

NetDevices’ Solution is Astuto Telecom’s Gateway of Choice

Sunnyvale, Calif., July 14, 2005—NetDevices, Inc., a developer of services gateway products for enterprise branch networks, today announced that it has named Astuto Telecom, a systems integrator, services provider, reseller, and Microsoft Competency Center, as the exclusive distributor of its SG-8 Unified Services Gateway in India and the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region. A purpose-built, enterprise-grade solution for next-generation IP networks, the SG-8 simplifies networking at large branch and regional offices by unifying multiple services, including security, VoIP, data, and access, into one always-available, 100 percent remotely manageable platform.

Astuto Telecom will sell the NetDevices solution to systems integrators, private and public enterprises, and service providers throughout India and SAARC. The company will also employ the Unified Services Gateway in its own systems integration and broadband services businesses, where it sees growth in four areas—network security, broadband services, storage, and last-mile connectivity.

“We see huge potential in NetDevices’ solutions. The Unified Services Gateway is a revolutionary product that, given its features and versatility, will be an ideal solution for companies of any size across all verticals,� said Manavendra (Manav) S. Gokhale, vice president for systems integration and services at Astuto Telecom Pvt Ltd. “Users can deploy the gateway across extremely large and distributed networks due to its innovative remote management functionality."

NetDevices currently has more than a dozen reseller agreements in place that cover North America, Europe, Korea, and Japan. The distributor agreement with Astuto Telecom extends NetDevices’ reach into the rapidly expanding networking market in India and SAARC.

“Astuto Telecom fits perfectly into NetDevices’ strategy of pursuing relationships with strong national value-added resellers and distributors that have a significant presence in small and medium business and large enterprise accounts,� said Seenu Banda, founder, president, and CEO of NetDevices. “Astuto Telecom provides a great opportunity for expanding the Unified Services Gateway into new markets, and the company understands NetDevices’ potential to revolutionize enterprise branch office networking.�

Purpose-Built to Unify Services, Improve Resiliency
A purpose-built, enterprise-grade solution for next-generation IP networks, the NetDevices Unified Services Gateway simplifies networking at large branch and regional offices by unifying multiple services—standards-based security, next-generation services such as Voice over IP (VoIP), data services, and access services—into one always-available, remotely manageable platform. Services unification improves services resiliency and flexibility, substantially lowers operating expenses, and enables IT managers to respond rapidly to new service requirements while maintaining global management control of the enterprise edge.

About Astuto Telecom
Astuto Telecom is part of Astuto Networks, Inc., a communications products and solutions company headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with offices in India, China, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore. Systems Integration and Professional Services are integral strategies to Astuto's market penetration and growth. Astuto is involved in several projects for providing telecom and IT infrastructure for e-governance and rural telephony through VSAT and other wireless technologies in India. Astuto is a part of the Zoom Group, one of the fastest growing business conglomerates in India with a well established portfolio of diverse business interests such as development of Industrial/Infrastructure/Real Estate projects, Information Technology, Telecom and Business Process Outsourcing. For more information about Astuto Networks, please visit www.astutonetworks.com.

About NetDevices Inc.
Founded in July 2003, NetDevices, Inc. develops next generation products that simplify the multiple technologies found in remote enterprise networks. NetDevices unified services gateways unify multiple security and networking services into a single, highly available platform, while vastly improving manageability. Enterprises can significantly reduce their total cost of ownership while retaining flexibility, and increase the serviceability and reliability of critical branch services. NetDevices is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information on NetDevices, please visit www.netd.com.

Julie Huang
EngagePR
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Mark Weiner
NetDevices, Inc
408-734-5400, ext. 204
mweiner@netd.com