Narus and Carahsoft Announce Partnership to Deliver IP Solutions to U.S. Government; Alliance Facilitates IP Network Security, Monitoring and Lawful Intercept in Support of Department of Defense and Other Federal Agencies

Business Wire, Feb 23, 2006

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Narus, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Carahsoft Technology Corp., a government-focused information technology provider. Under this agreement, Narus' ultra-high performance IP security, monitoring and traffic classification solutions are available to government agencies on the GSA schedule through Carahsoft.

Carahsoft specializes in providing government agencies the ability to cost-effectively purchase and rapidly deploy emerging technologies. This partnership establishes Narus' participation in the GSA Schedule Program, through which more than 10 million commercial supplies and services can be ordered directly from GSA Schedule contractors.

"Our years of experience in the public sector have led to unparalleled success in establishing long-term government-wide contracts for innovators such as Adobe and Symantec," said Craig P. Abod, president of Carahsoft. "We are extremely pleased to add Narus' world-class suite of security, monitoring and lawful intercept products to our portfolio. Narus provides a single system that enables government network administrators to respond not only to more sophisticated threats against the network, but also to ever-expanding regulatory requirements."

"Narus is the recognized leader in ensuring the health and profitability of the world's largest networks," said Geof Milstein, general manager, government operations at Narus. "We're very excited at the prospect of leveraging Carahsoft's strong presence in the government market, along with their extensive sales, marketing and integration expertise to extend our leadership position into federal agencies such as the Department of Defense."

About Carahsoft

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is a trusted government IT solutions provider delivering software and support solutions to Federal, State and Local government agencies. The Carahsoft Team has a proven history in helping government agencies find the best possible technology solution, at the best possible value. With a deep understanding of the technologies we provide, as well as thorough knowledge of the government procurement process, Carahsoft offers needs analysis, configuration support, ease of ordering and special government pricing. As a customer-centric organization, Carahsoft values its vendor partners and has worked to build and maintain strong relationships with them. Vendor partners include Symantec, Red Hat, MySQL, Opsware, Pillar Data Systems, Adobe, Avue Technologies and Careerbuilder. For more information visit www.carahsoft.com or call 888-662-2724.

About Narus

Narus, Inc. provides ultra-high performance IP Management and Security for the largest carrier and government networks in the world. The Narus IP system offers a "Total Network View" through the real-time collection and analysis of one to billions of packets across multiple networks at up to OC-192 rates to enable IP applications such as security, traffic and customer analysis, monitoring, and billing. Narus' customer list includes U.S. Cellular, T-Mobile, AT&T, Brasil Telecom, Korea Telecom, KDDI, Telecom Egypt, Saudi Telecom, Vodafone and many others. For more information, please visit www.narus.com.