Marshal Attains Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Status

ATLANTA, GA, Aug 05 (MARKET WIRE) --
Secure email and Web gateway security provider Marshal today announced
today that it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft
Partner Program with competency in Network Infrastructure, attesting to
Marshal's expertise and technological contributions to content security
on Microsoft Windows platforms.

"Microsoft has been our platform of choice for our content security
solutions and corporate infrastructure since our founding, and we've long
been one of Microsoft's most proactive partners," said Oscar Marquez,
Microsoft Global Alliance Manager for Marshal. "Achieving Gold Certified
Partner status is key for keeping our international growth momentum going.
It provides us with unprecedented access to hundreds of thousands of
Microsoft channel partners worldwide as well as additional resources and
an even closer working relationship with Microsoft to continue to develop
solutions optimized for our joint customers. The rigorous process to
achieve this elite partnership brings with it a level of trust with both
resellers and customers that is invaluable for opening new doors of
opportunity."

Gold Certified Partners represent those with the highest level of
competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies and have the closest
working relationship with Microsoft. The Networking Infrastructure
Solutions Competency is for technology partners who have proven their
proficiency in implementing solutions based on Microsoft Windows Server
2000 or Windows Server 2003 Operating Systems, or Microsoft Small Business
Server 2000 and Small Business Server 2003.

Marshal has also certified its award-winning email security solution,
MailMarshal SMTP, on Windows Server 2000 Datacenter and is pursuing
certification for its entire product line, including WebMarshal, Marshal's
3-in-1 secure Web gateway, and MailMarshal for Exchange, a powerful,
feature-rich internal email filtering solution for Microsoft Exchange
Server.

The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in December 2003 and represents
Microsoft's ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The
program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes
partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the
technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners'
businesses be successful.

About Marshal

Marshal is a global leader in content security across multiple protocols,
enabling organizations to secure their IT environment, protect against
threats and comply with corporate governance needs. Marshal provides
customers with a complete portfolio of policy-driven email and Internet
solutions that integrate content filtering, compliance, secure messaging
and archiving. Forty percent of the Global Fortune 500 companies use
Marshal security solutions to secure their corporate messaging networks
and Web access against internal abuse and external threats such as
viruses, spam and malicious code. More than 7 million users in over
18,000 companies worldwide use Marshal solutions to protect their
networks, employees, business assets and corporate reputation and to
comply with corporate governance legislation requirements.

Marshal's Americas headquarters is in Atlanta, Georgia, with corporate
headquarters in London (UK) and offices in Auckland (New Zealand), Houston
(USA), Johannesburg (South Africa), Munich (Germany), Paris (France) and
Sydney (Australia). More information is available at www.marshal.com.

Media Contact:
Monica Shaw
Carabiner Communications
770-367-9534
mshaw@carabinerpr.com

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