Barbedwire Technologies and Coastline Micro Sign OEM Agreement to Private Label Barbedwires Multifunction Security Appliances

Deal Brings Full Line of Security Solutions to Coastlines Reseller & Enterprise Customers

San Jose, CA & Irvine, CA (PRWEB) March 3, 2004 --- Barbedwire Technologies, a leader in multifunction security appliance solutions, will now private label for Coastline Micro, a technology leader with industry specific expertise in security, VPN and network integration. The introduction of the new line of appliances opens up a new growth area for Coastline and provides their customers with a complete offering of affordable security products.

We currently ship over 3,000 high-end computer systems every month," said Nick Vertucci, President of Coastline Micro, and our Customers having been asking us to expand into the security market to provide them with the same quality and value they have relied on from Coastline for the past 15 years. We can now offer our customers a firewall, VPN, antivirus, antispam, URL filtering, IDS, WiFi security, vulnerability scanning, and security event management all from a single appliance.

We are very excited by the new partnership with Coastline Micro," said Zia Iqbal, CEO of Barbedwire. They have a tremendous customer base many of whom we had the opportunity to meet at Coastlines recent Open House event. Customers attended from as far away as Canada, Arkansas, Georgia, Texas and Montana which really attests to the fine organization Coastline has built."

Under the terms of the agreement, Coastline will begin to offer their own branded version of the Barbedwire appliances. It is part of Coastlines strategy to provide a tightly integrated managed service offering that offloads the complexity of managing todays networks to experts with the tools and experience required to securely maintain an organizations assets. The new Coastline Micro appliances will be the security platform upon which many of these services will be built.

About Barbedwire Technologies
Barbedwire Technologies provides high performance security solutions for mid-market class networks with prices that almost any size organization can afford. BT features the STAR Engine for SEMS, the IP Warrior Secured by Check Point appliance and the DP Inspector appliances for FW, VPN, IDS, VA, WiFi, and Web filtering including Antispam, Antivirus, and URL filtering. Visit us at www.barbedwiretech.com or call 1-866-667-0565.

About Coastline Micro
Coastline Micro is a technology leader with industry specific expertise in security, VPN, and network integration. Our focus on providing high quality partner services to help our resellers grow their businesses has established Coastline Micro, Inc. as the VAD (Value-Added Distributor) of choice for resellers across the nation. Coastline Micro, Inc., is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Learn more about Coastline Micro at http://www.coastlinemicro.com.