TRUSTED NETWORK SOLUTIONS ADDS FIVE NEW PARTNERS TO ITS PORTFOLIO

TNS adds F5 Networks, iPolicy Networks, Shavlik Technologies, St. Bernard Software, and Vernier Networks to its growing list of partners.

Salt Lake City, Utah, February 20, 2006 - Trusted Network Solutions (TNS), a leading network infrastructure and security Value Added Reseller, today announced the addition of five new technology partners. These partnerships will allow TNS to offer additional products and services to new and existing clients.

“In today’s technological and business environment, the only constant is change” stated Dave Norwood, President of Trusted Network Solutions. “We are constantly evaluating best-of-breed technical solutions that can help our customers become more efficient and successful. At TNS we strive to find solutions related to emerging threats and opportunities. The addition of these partners to our line-card allows us to better serve our clients.”

F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. F5 provides solutions that make applications secure, fast and available for everyone, helping organizations get the most out of their investment. By adding intelligence and manageability into the network to offload applications, F5 optimizes applications and allows them to work faster and consume fewer resources. F5's extensible architecture intelligently integrates application optimization, protects the application and the network, and delivers application reliability - all on one universal platform. Over 10,000 organizations and service providers worldwide trust F5 to keep their applications running. For more information see www.f5.com

iPolicy Networks, an integrated network security product company, empowers customers to dynamically adapt their security to optimally address constantly emerging threats. iPolicy Networks’ intrusion prevention firewall appliances are the only ones to utilize a deep-packet inspection single pass architecture that enables organizations to enforce a wide variety of real- time security processes at extremely high speeds without impacting performance. Its scalable management solution provides consistent security enforcement across the network, through a large number of geographically dispersed iPolicy Networks appliances and advanced multi-security virtualization. For more information see www.ipolicynetworks.com

Shavlik Technologies helps information technology managers and administrators manage computer system security including policy based assessment, security scanning and remediation of security vulnerabilities due to missing patches, weak accounts and passwords. Shavlik’s security solutions include Shavlik NetChk Protect, a unified console for multiple security products including Shavlik HFNetChkPro, the industry standard for security patch management; and Shavlik NetChk Spyware, an enterprise anti-spyware solution. For more information see www.shavlik.com

St. Bernard Software is a global provider of security solutions, including Internet and email filtering appliances, patch and settings management and data backup. Deployed across millions of computers worldwide, the company's award-winning products deliver innovative security solutions that offer the best combination of ease-of-use, performance and value. For more information see www.stbernard.com

Vernier Networks is the leading network infrastructure security company, offering the industry’s only agent-less solution that protects enterprises from threats and intrusions at any point of access to the network and assures business continuity. The company’s products, including its award-winning EdgeWall product line, are deployed at hundreds of enterprises, higher education institutions, healthcare organizations and government agencies worldwide. For more information see www.verniernetworks.com

About Trusted Network Solutions
TNS is a leading Value Added Reseller providing secure network systems and solutions to the SMB and enterprise markets. TNS offers best-of-breed technical solutions acquired, installed, secured, and maintained using the most cost effective methods available.