Aladdin and Jungo Add Enterprise-Grade Content Security Services to Home, SOHO and SMB Gateways

The Solution is a Platform for Service Providers to Efficiently Deliver Subscription-based Services

CHICAGO, November 17, 2004

Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALDN) and Jungo Software Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of home/SOHO and SMB gateway software, today announced a partnership that offers a turnkey gateway-level email filtering solution that service providers can easily offer to home and small business customers. The partnership combines the Aladdin eSafe proactive content security solution with the Jungo OpenRG software platform for Home, SOHO and SMB broadband access devices.

Low-cost, Powerful Protection Service for End Users

Home and small business users gain a secure, enterprise-quality email experience featuring a leading email filter otherwise available only to large organizations. Through a simple registration process, customers can activate this unmatched protection at the click of a button, immediately receiving anti-virus and email filtering protection, as well as automatic updates, with no performance loss.

Additional Opportunities for Service Providers and CPE Vendors

The Jungo-Aladdin offering provides monthly revenue opportunities for OEMs, service providers and CPE vendors. This subscription-based service requires no up-front investment and can be immediately deployed and marketed to the customer base. For CPE vendors, the solution is integrated within Jungo OpenRG, requiring only simple upgrades for existing OpenRG-based devices.

“Organizations and individuals are exposed to high risk every time they send or receive an e-mail. Those risks include viruses, worms, spam and non-productive content”, said Shimon Gruper, Vice President of Technologies, Aladdin eSafe Business Unit. “We are happy to partner with Jungo and together provide a platform to deliver effective e-mail filtering services for home users and the small business that eliminates the need for IT specialists and costly investment in equipment and software licensing.”

The unique solution requires no software installation, does not affect throughput and has minimal memory and CPU requirements. eSafe blocks unsolicited spam, and employs state-of- the-art virus detection schemes that are updated on an hourly basis. Protection measures are also enforced using eSafe’s Content Inspection Engine using proactive technologies that provide preemptive protection against new and unknown viruses.

“Jungo is continuing to provide leading edge bundled services that create new revenue opportunities for our customers”, said Derry Shribman, Chief Technology Officer, Jungo’s Software Technologies. “The Aladdin Jungo solution provides OEMs and ODMs fully integrated service that can be added to existing or to new devices powered by OpenRG with out effecting performance or bill of materials.”

 About Aladdin eSafe

The Aladdin eSafe solution features high-performance, proactive content inspection that stops threats and increases employee productivity while reducing the load on corporate bandwidth. eSafe received Software Development Magazine’s 2004 Productivity Award and was picked as PC Magazine’s Editors’ Choice in 2002 and as “Best Product of 2002 (Networking Category).” The eSafe product suite includes eSafe Gateway, eSafe Mail, as well as an Advanced Anti-Spam Module and new application filtering technology known as AppliFilter™. For more information on eSafe, visit http://www.eAladdin.com/eSafe.

About Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Aladdin (NASDAQ: ALDN) is a leader in digital security, providing solutions for software digital rights management and Internet security since 1985. Serving more than 30,000 customers worldwide, Aladdin products include: the USB-based eToken™ device for strong user authentication and e-commerce security; the eSafe® line of integrated content security solutions that protect networks against malicious, inappropriate and nonproductive Internet-borne content; and the HASP® family of hardware- and software-based products that flexibly protect, license and distribute software and intellectual property. Visit the Aladdin Web site at www.eAladdin.com.

About OpenRG

Jungo’s OpenRG™ software for residential gateways enables delivery of innovative, usable and manageable value-added services to the evolving digital home, while minimizing the telco’s support costs and VAS time-to-market. OpenRG supports all popular home networks and access networks, and includes high-performance feature-rich VAS enablers, such as QoS, VoIP, Firewall and Remote management, as well as a growing set of value-added services. Millions of Jungo-based gateways are deployed

About Jungo

Jungo is a leading provider of software products and solutions that power residential broadband service offerings and connectivity solutions. Our residential broadband products enable 40 million of the world’s residential gateways. Our connected home, application framework and remote management solutions let service providers easily launch value-added broadband services and manage and monitor their delivery. Jungo’s unique home broadband offerings enable service providers to accelerate the introduction of a variety of innovative, revenue generating digital home services, while enhancing their competitive edge and reducing operational costs.

Jungo’s connectivity solutions division offers extensive connectivity software solutions for USB and PCI, including WinDriver™, a driver development toolkit that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and USBware™, a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.

Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. To learn more, visit www.jungo.com.

By barak in Uncategorized on November 17, 2004