CipherOptics and Carahsoft Team to Deliver Scalable Network Encryption to Government Agencies

--CipherOptics Network Encryption Now Available Through Carahsoft GSA Schedule 70--

Raleigh, NC, October 13, 2009- CipherOptics, a leader in scalable data protection, today announces a partnership with Carahsoft Technology Corporation, a leading government IT solution provider to market and sell its network encryption solutions. As part of this partnership, Carahsoft has added the CipherOptics CEP line of standards-based encryptors and CipherEngine, the industry's most scalable policy and key management solution for network encryption, to their General Services Administration (GSA) schedule.

The ability to encrypt data in motion at wire speed without impacting network or application performance makes CipherOptics solutions an ideal fit for government entities. The CEP line of encryptors, which offer 10Mbps to 10Gbps wire-speed encryption for Ethernet and MPLS networks, and CipherEngine are now available for purchase through the Carahsoft GSA Schedule 70 (GS-35F-0131R).

"We are pleased to partner with CipherOptics to proactively offer their network encryption solutions to federal, state and local agencies that need to protect their sensitive information," said Craig Abod, President of Carahsoft. "With its ease of installation and use, the CipherOptics solution eliminates the complexity of encrypting today's government networks."

CipherOptics encryption solutions have already been deployed by dozens of government organizations including the Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense and other civilian agencies.

"We are excited about our new relationship with Carahsoft," explained Tom Gill, CEO of CipherOptics. "They possess great knowledge, experience and expertise in the government IT space. This partnership will enable government agencies to protect sensitive but unclassified information without impacting network or application performance."

About Carahsoft
Carahsoft Technology Corp. is the trusted Government IT solutions provider, combining technological expertise with a thorough understanding of the government procurement process to help federal, state and local government agencies select and implement the best solution at the best possible value. As a top-ranked GSA Schedule Contract holder, Carahsoft is the largest government partner and serves as the master government aggregator for many of its best-of-breed vendors. The company's dedicated Solutions Divisions support proactive sales, marketing and delivery of Symantec, Storage Solutions, VMware, Adobe, Open Source, Data Domain, HR, HP Software, Intelligence, and SAP. Visit www.carahsoft.com.

About CipherOptics
CipherOptics makes network encryption easy. Our scalable policy and key management solution and our wire-speed encryption appliances are quick to install and easy to manage. Whether you need to encrypt a single link, or an entire network, our solutions offer the highest level of data protection and performance for the lowest total cost.