Symbiot Selects Xserve G5 for iSIMS Deployment

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2004--Symbiot Inc., an emerging leader in the field of Intelligent Security Infrastructure Management Systems (iSIMS), today announced that it has selected Apple Computer's Xserve G5 for deploying iSIMS in the enterprise.

"Symbiot's customers will appreciate the speed and performance of Xserve G5's dual 64-bit processors, which produced noticeable improvements in our performance benchmarks," said Michael W. Erwin, president of Symbiot Inc. "The speed, computational power and reliability of these machines make them a natural choice for business-critical enterprise applications."

“With dual PowerPC G5 processors, Xserve G5 delivers more than 30 gigaflops of processing power per system, is easy to manage and affordable, making it a perfect fit for the enterprise”

Symbiot's iSIMS utilizes artificial intelligence to automatically profile network assets and determine the significance of security threats in real-time. It enables enterprise customers to accurately identify malicious attackers in order to plan and execute appropriate countermeasures.

"With dual PowerPC G5 processors, Xserve G5 delivers more than 30 gigaflops of processing power per system, is easy to manage and affordable, making it a perfect fit for the enterprise," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice-president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "Symbiot's iSIMS running on Xserve G5 creates a compelling value proposition for enterprise customers that want to strike back against network-based attacks."

Symbiot's iSIMS software is scheduled for release at the end this month. Symbiot's current customers will receive a free iSIMS upgrade for Xserve G5 as part of their subscription agreements.

About Symbiot

Symbiot(R) (www.symbiot.com) is an emerging leader in the Intelligent Security Infrastructure Management Systems (iSIMS) marketplace. With the aid of proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) software, Symbiot's iSIMS (intelligent SIMS) analyzes network patterns to provide real-time, predictive tools for managing and responding to security events. Symbiot's iSIMS software interoperates with existing firewalls, intrusion detection systems and intrusion prevention systems.

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