Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20 December 2006: FVC, a leading IT services company and the authorised value-added distributor in the Middle East and North Africa for Polycom, TippingPoint, Packeteer, Barracuda, Dilithium, Postini and Vaddio, has announced that it has appointed Seven Seas Computers LLC, a leading UAE-based systems integrator, as its authorised reseller of Barracuda Networks in UAE. Seven Seas will offer Barracuda Networks as part of their extensive range of enterprise solutions.

Barracuda Networks offers a high level of network protection from all inbound and outbound e-mail threats. Barracuda Spam Firewall is an integrated hardware and software solution for the complete protection of an e-mail server. It provides a powerful, easy to use, and affordable solution to eliminating spam and viruses from organizations by providing protection against spam, virus, spoofing, phishing, spyware (Attachments), and Denial of Service attacks.

Barracuda products:
 Anti spam firewall
 Web filter firewall
 Instant Messenger firewall
 Barracuda Load Balancer - (IP load balancing and network intrusion prevention )

Barracuda Networks' Spam Firewall does much more than keep various unwanted offers for hair-growing potions or other products out of employee inboxes. There are more than 10 layers of defence covering both inbound and outbound emails, including antivirus, IP block list, and protection against phishing, spoofing, and denial-of-service attacks. With advanced customized rules, administrators can better control content passed through the mail server regardless of origination.

"Our partnership with Seven Seas will add value to our distribution network of partners offering security solutions to the enterprise sector," said K.S. Parag, Managing Director for FVC. "Seven Seas is a leading solutions provider in the UAE and will expand our reach into the enterprise space."

"If your inbox is bombarded with hundreds of spam email in just a matter of few minutes, we wanted an effective, highly secure AntiSpam/ AntiVirus solution which should start protecting your infrastructure instantly. And that's where we see the value of a Barracuda Networks Solution.'' said Abdul Halim, Deputy General Manager for Seven Seas. ''We were impressed with the rich security features, ease of deployment and manageability, flexible licensing, appliance models to cater for both SMB and Enterprise segments, customers benefit on their investment is quick and tangible''

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About FVC
Headquartered in Dubai, FVC is a leading regional IT services company specialised in Managed Application Services including security, IPS technology, WAN optimization and rich media collaborations. It is also the authorised value-added distributor for Polycom, Tipping Point, Packeteer, Barracuda, Dilithium, Postini, Vaddio, and VBrick. FVC works through a network of resellers throughout Middle East and North Africa. With a management office in the UK, FVC also has branches in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Kuwait. Barracuda Sales contact: Surender Bishnoi surender@fvcme.com

For more information, visit the company's web site at www.fvcme.com

About Seven Seas
Seven Seas is a premier, ISO 9001:2000 certified, end-to-end ICT solutions provider. Thier expertise include solutions and professional services in data networking, enterprise-wide IT integration, business software, voice applications, information assurance, outsourcing, corporate procurement, professional services and consulting. Seven Seas' team includes software engineers, industry certified design and support engineers, project and program managers, customer relationship managers and domain specialists. With over 300 professionals, 150 based in the UAE, Seven Seas delivers effective cross domain ICT solutions to over one thousand Government and Corporate customers.

For more information, visit the company's web site at www.sscomp.ae

About Barracuda Networks, Inc.
Barracuda Networks is the leading provider of enterprise-class application security appliances for comprehensive email, Internet and IM protection. Its products protect over 35,000 customers around the world, including Adaptec, Caltrans, CBS, Georgia Institute of Technology, IBM, NASA, Pizza Hut, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and the U.S. Treasury Department. The Barracuda Spam Firewall and Barracuda Spam Firewall - Outbound protect organizations against spam, viruses, and violations to e-mail security policy. The Barracuda Web Filter, formerly known as the Barracuda Spyware Firewall, offers comprehensive content filtering and complete network protection against spyware, malware and viruses. The Barracuda IM Firewall is the only all in one gateway solution for IM traffic management and security. Barracuda Networks is a privately held company with headquarters in Mountain View, California. Barracuda Networks has offices in eight international locations and distributors in over 43 countries.

More information is available at www.barracuda.com .

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