Allot & Exclusive Networks Launch Strategic Pan-European and North African Distribution Partnership
By Prne, Gaea News NetworkWednesday, June 3, 2009
BOSTON and PARIS - Partnership to Increase Allot’s Penetration Into European and North African Market
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT), a leader in IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI), and Exclusive Networks, a leading European and North African value-added distributor, announced today their strategic pan-European distribution partnership. The agreement is aimed at increasing Allot’s access to local resellers and integrators in the European and North African market and creating new opportunities via Exclusive’s unique distribution policy model, with a focus on France, UK, Belgium, Switzerland, Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) and Senegal.
This agreement adds to Allot’s existing partnerships, and reflects the company’s strategy on meeting the growing international demand from enterprise and service providers. Exclusive Networks will support Allot’s complete range of products, including Service Gateway, NetEnforcer, NetXplorer, ServiceProtector and more, which are designed to provide actionable network intelligence, reduce capex/opex, generate new sources of revenue and maximize network efficiency.
“We are delighted that Allot has chosen to partner with us and expand our range of solutions,” said Olivier Breittmayer, President and Director General of Exclusive Networks France. “Allot’s efficient and advanced products will appeal to both our enterprise and service provider clients. The combination of application optimization with the focus on quality of experience (QoE) will enable customers to contain network bandwidth costs, prioritize business critical applications and create new services.”
“This new partnership with Exclusive Networks promises to improve local customer access to support and training and increase the expansion of our global presence,” commented Eli Cohen, Allot’s Vice President of International Sales. “We look forward to a long and successful relationship with Exclusive Networks.”
About Allot Communication
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT) is a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization solutions for DSL, wireless and mobile broadband carriers, service providers, and enterprises. Allot’s rich portfolio of hardware platforms and software applications utilizes deep packet inspection (DPI) technology to transform broadband pipes into smart networks that can rapidly and efficiently deploy value added Internet services. Allot’s scalable, carrier-grade solutions provide the visibility, security, application control and subscriber management that are vital to managing Internet service delivery, guaranteeing quality of experience (QoE), containing operating costs, and maximizing revenue in broadband networks.
About Exclusive Networks
Exclusive Networks is a specialist added-value distributor of IT security solutions. Exclusive Networks is different from its competitors, because our business model is built on exclusive or special partnerships with a limited number of software houses.
This policy is based on the fact that Exclusive Networks is committed to gaining and maintaining a very high level of expertise in the products it distributes in order to provide its resellers with a superior level of sales and technical support.
The Exclusive Networks business model therefore benefits resellers, who can rely on more substantial support, and software houses, which gain the freedom to focus on end customers in the knowledge that Exclusive Networks is coordinating and developing the reseller network.
Exclusive Networks is established in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherland, Africa, UK.
Safe Harbor Statement
Information provided in this press release may contain statements relating to current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events that are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to the company’s plans, objectives and expectations for future operations, including the Allot’s expectation that the partnership with Exclusive Networks will strengthen its access to local resellers and integrators in the European and North African market and create new opportunities in these territories. These forward-looking statements are based upon management’s current estimates and projections of future results or trends. Actual future results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These factors include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic and business conditions and, specifically, a decline in demand for Allot’s products; Allot’s inability to develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications; loss of market; and other factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Allot’s annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and Allot undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Allot Communications Contacts Jonathon Gordon Director of Marketing Allot Communications Tel: +972-9-7619423 jgordon@allot.com PR Contact Danielle Matthews Calysto Communications Tel: +1-704-353-4693 allot@calysto.com Exclusive Networks Communication Contact Virginie Mouton Marketing Manager Tel: +33(0)1-79-71-84-15 vmouton@exclusive-networks.com
Source: Allot Communications Ltd.
Allot Communications Contacts: Jonathon Gordon, Director of Marketing, Allot Communications, Tel: +972-9-7619423, jgordon at allot.com; PR Contact: Danielle Matthews, Calysto Communications, Tel: +1-704-353-4693, allot at calysto.com; Exclusive Networks Communication Contact: Virginie Mouton, Marketing Manager, Tel: +33(0)1-79-71-84-15, vmouton at exclusive-networks.com
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