April 1, 2003

AC Technology signs on as a strategic Deepnines reseller partner

DALLAS, TEXAS - AC Technology, Inc. and DeepNines Technologies today signed a strategic reseller agreement. Under the agreement, AC Technology will market and sell The Sleuth9 Security System as part of its integrated security solutions and services. As a Veteran Owned Small Business and an Enterprise Solutions Integrator, AC Technology has earned a solid reputation for technical excellence and dedication to quality, as well as a proven track record for reliability in the information technology marketplace. The DeepNines product line will be available on AC Technologys GSA Schedule in early May 2003. AC Technology has extensive experience in the areas of IT Professional Services, Biometrics, Access Authentication, Face Recognition, Web-Based Information Sharing, as well as Military and Field Operations. As a result of its strategic relationship with DeepNines, AC Technology adds Perimeter Security Solutions to its core IT offering.

"We are excited about extending our security offerings to include The Sleuth9 Security System," said Art Sands, COO at AC Technology. "The fact that Sleuth9 sits in front of the router and inspects every packet, means we can truly provide companies with a hardened perimeter of defense against cyber attacks."

By deploying Sleuth9, AC Technology can arm its customers with an intrusion prevention solution that stops DoS, DDoS, Port Scans, Trojan horses, propagating worms and viruses from negatively impacting a network. Unlike other security solutions, Sleuth9 sits in front of the router and evaluates all network traffic at the packet level, both ingress and egress, to determine what is valid and what is malicious. Sleuth9 combines signature, protocol and traffic anomaly detection, along with heuristics and proprietary behavior monitoring to block malicious traffic, and allow good traffic to pass.

As a leading iForce Elite Partner, SunOne Partner and Strategic Developer of SUN Microsystems, AC Technology has a proven track record of success delivering quality IT solutions and services on the SUN platform, said Dan Jackson, president and COO at DeepNines Technologies. With over 11 years of experience as a leading IT solutions provider, we can be extremely confident sending Sleuth9 customers to AC Technology for their consulting and implementation needs.

New Product Launch at RSA DeepNines will launch a new version of The Sleuth9 Security System at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA on March 13th, 2003. Media or analysts interested in scheduling a briefing with DeepNines executives should contact Jim OGara at jogara@itsonmessage.com or 214-616-6226. For more information go to www.deepnines.com

About Deep Nines Inc. DeepNines offers a scalable security platform for Global 2000 companies with a vertical market focus in education, government, telecommunications, energy and financial services. The DeepNines Security Edge PlatformT integrates intelligent firewall, intrusion prevention, best-of-breed secure content management, forensics and reporting. It operates outside the network infrastructure, improving organizations' security "deep into the nines." DeepNines' Security Edge Platform, the company's patent-pending security system, is a fully automated signature and behavior-based, intrusion prevention and traffic management system preventing known and unknown attacks from entering an organization's network. The Security Edge Platform runs on Solaris and Linux platforms from Sun Microsystems. To learn more about Deep Nines visit www.deepnines.com.