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8e6 Technologies Announces Incentive Program for K-12 Market; New and Renewing Education Customers Save Up to 40 Percent Through June 30

Business Wire, March 22, 2006

ORANGE, Calif. -- To help ease school budget constraints, 8e6 Technologies, a security company dedicated to Internet filtering and reporting, today announced an incentive program that allows K-12 schools to implement a high-end solution on a limited budget. Under the terms of the program, 8e6 Technologies' customers who purchase the company's award-winning filtering solutions or renew their existing filtering subscriptions before June 30, 2006, will receive a special discount of up to 40 percent off list price.

"Our pricing incentives for the upcoming education-buying season underscore our commitment to keep children safe online," said Paul Myer, president and COO of 8e6 Technologies. "8e6 recognizes that many school districts are struggling to meet core needs under tightened budgets. We do not want schools to implement low-quality filtering solutions due to lack of funds."

8e6 Technologies remains committed to ensuring child safety by delivering innovative filtering solutions with features tailored to the K-12 market, unlike enterprise-class alternatives that do not address the unique needs of educators. In contrast to the low-end solutions on the market, 8e6's filtering appliances can scale to protect an entire school district, delivering economies of scale and consistency of protection to individual schools within a district.

New for 2006 is the 8e6 Client, a remote Web filtering application that allows organizations to enforce the same filtering policies on laptops and other remote devices as on computers that reside within an organization. Remote filtering has tremendous implications for schools. As more students bring school laptops home under the "One Laptop per Child" initiative, 8e6 Client ensures those students are equally protected from objectionable content at home as they are at school, a benefit for parents and school administrators alike.

8e6's Web filtering solutions offer the following education-friendly features and benefits:

--Real-Time Probe - Allows administrators to assign probes for real-time monitoring of specific student/computer Internet activities

--Forced SafeSearch - Ensures SafeSearch mode is "on" to prevent inappropriate search results from being displayed by Google and Yahoo! search engines

--X-Strikes Blocking - Sets limits on users' multiple attempts to view inappropriate Web sites

--Multi-level Administration - Allows customizable filtering for students, staff and teachers

--Network Resource Control - Allows filtering by content types such as peer-to-peer and streaming media to conserve network resources and bandwidth consumption

--Security Compliance - Provides management with a tool to enforce a school's acceptable use policy and compliance with CIPA

8e6 Technologies helps lift the burden felt by small or under-staffed education IT departments by providing a one-source shop for standalone Internet filtering and reporting solutions. This one-vendor approach to filtering assures that customer support is just a phone call away and unlike software-based solutions that require network integration and result in confusion over accountability, 8e6 Technologies' customers will not be referred to a technology partner for support.

8e6 is offering its K-12 discount for all of 8e6's products, including the R3000MSA Internet Filter, winner of Technology & Learning Magazine's 2005 Legacy Award, a distinction granted to products that have stood the test of time and evolved with emerging requirements to deliver consistently high-quality experiences for educators and students. 8e6's pricing incentive is available immediately and extends through the end of the second quarter.

About 8e6 Technologies

8e6 Technologies is a security company dedicated to Internet filtering and reporting. We are the only Web filtering company that uses a unique "pass-by technology" on a highly scalable appliance. Our standalone reporting appliance is easy to use and provides extremely detailed information, faster than any other product on the market. By preventing improper Web access, 8e6 Technologies assures CIPA compliance and provides a secure learning environment. Our standalone security solution achieves a dramatic reduction in the cost of hardware, subscriptions, maintenance, and support, and produces a substantially lower total cost of ownership. A Web filtering pioneer since 1995, the company maintains headquarters in Orange, California, with offices in Taipei and Beijing, as well as a network of channel partners worldwide. For more information, please call 888.786.7999 or visit www.8e6.com/education.>