Aventail and Flowerfire Launch Integrated SSL VPN Advanced Reporting Solution

Today leading SSL VPN technology company Aventail Corp. and Flowerfire Inc., a leading provider of log file analysis and reporting solutions, announced a partnership to deliver an integrated advanced reporting package for Aventail's award-winning SSL VPN. The joint solution combines the secure, remote access capability of Aventail SSL VPNs with Flowerfire's powerful solution to customize and generate comprehensive and customizable reports that meet the requirements of management, IT security, and end users.

Organizations using Aventail's solution have always had the ability to run basic reports, or to export log data into any third party reporting solution. With this new partnership, organizations can now benefit from the Sawmill comprehensive reporting suite, with easy-to-use predefined and customizable reports already integrated with the Aventail logs.

"Through our partnership with Flowerfire, Aventail's customers can take advantage of Flowerfire's Sawmill reporting suite's easy-to-use, robust reporting capabilities," said Randy Boroughs, VP Product Management, Aventail.

"We are excited to partner with leading SSL VPN vendor Aventail. Sawmill provides the best log data reporting solution on the market, and now Aventail's customers are able to benefit from this solution customized just for them," said Greg Ferrar, CEO of Flowerfire, Inc.

The Sawmill reporting suite includes: customized templates leveraging Aventail appliance metrics; user details such as what data each user accessed and when; session information such as whether users are accessing via the Web or via installed SSL VPN agents.

The joint solution is available now and can be purchased through Aventail. More information can be found at http://www.aventail.com/products/appliances/add_ons.asp .

About Aventail

Aventail is the best-of-breed remote access company. Aventail delivered the first SSL VPN solution in 1997 and today is a market leader, delivering a remote access control solution that is the easiest to use and easiest to control. Aventail SSL VPN appliances provide users with transparent, clientless access to more applications from more devices via any network environment. For network managers, Aventail delivers a single secure access gateway for all users, internal and external, to all network resources with complete security. With more than 2.5 million end users around the globe, Aventail is the SSL VPN of choice among mid-sized to large-sized organizations worldwide, including AT&T, Chicago Housing Authority, DePaul University, DuPont, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), IBM Global Services, James Richardson International, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Overlake Hospital, Radiology Ltd., and Sanyo. For more information, go to www.aventail.com .

About Flowerfire

Flowerfire delivered the first log analysis software in 1996, and since then has become a world-class log analysis tool for large and small organizations. Web intelligence is needed to be precise and up-to-the-minute with data to ensure profitability, growth and security of your business. Sawmill incorporates all of the key application areas where you need reporting, for Web server and mail server analysis, security monitoring and management. Sawmill provides hosting flexibility, easy scalability and support for hundreds of different devices. Sawmill supports all major operating systems and can be run locally or remotely depending upon your environment. We offer different versions of Sawmill to meet your needs; whether you are a new user and just need your data quickly or if you want to fully customize your interface and reports, we will have a solution for you. Sawmill is the leading provider of log analysis data with customers worldwide including Lockheed Martin, AT&T, Symantec, Bank of America, Fujitsu, Barclays, T-Mobile, BT Global Services and Nestle. Also many universities including The University of Minnesota, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Cornell University and The University of Michigan. For more information, go to www.sawmill.net .

Media contacts: Valerie Chan Aventail (206) 856-7885 Email Contact Jo Dee Koller Flowerfire (831) 425-1758 Email Contact