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For Immediate Release
WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES MASTER DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH NETBOTZ, INC.
St. Louis, Missouri – February 18, 2003 – World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT), a leader in electronic procurement and logistics for the information technology industry, announced today that it has signed a master agreement to distribute the full line of NetBotz Inc. network security and monitoring equipment.
After evaluating the capabilities of several distributors, NetBotz selected WWT based on the company's established track record of product distribution supported by leading-edge e-business enabled information systems. As a leading electronic Procurement and Logistics (e-PL) company in the information technology industry, WWT is a supply chain partner to such companies as Dell, IBM, Oracle, Cisco, Unisys, Alcatel and others.
"Our customer base is growing rapidly, quarter over quarter, to include an ever-expanding circle of brand name selling partners as well as Fortune 2000 end users and government agencies," said Tom Goldman, NetBotz president and CEO. "Teaming with WWT gives us the ability to match our market growth with the ability to fulfill on the demand. WWT's strength and flexibility coupled with their supply chain efficiencies mean NetBotz can remain focused on developing our products while WWT focuses on serving the distribution needs of our partner channel and end users."
"We're delighted that such a rapidly growing company as NetBotz has chosen WWT to provide an efficient and comprehensive means of supporting its rapid sales growth," said Jim Kavanaugh, WWT CEO. "Our goal is to help such fast-moving companies scale their businesses effectively with innovative distribution, logistics and e-business infrastructure support."
In addition to providing supply chain expertise to NetBotz, WWT will offer a line-up of value-added services and solutions. These include providing innovative, web-based services for product configuration support, order management and tracking and sales reporting tailored to meet the specific needs of NetBotz Solution Partners and NetBotz Accredited Resellers.
About World Wide Technology
Founded in 1990, WWT Holding is a leading electronic procurement and logistics company in the information technology industry. WWT Holding, with its industry-specific operating companies - WWT, Telcobuy.com and SDE Business Partnering-specializes in helping customers rapidly build and deploy technology infrastructure in a timely, cost-effective manner.
WWT's electronic procurement and logistics capabilities combine procurement services and logistics functions with state-of-the-art information systems technology, building upon WWT's success as a premier value-added reseller in the information technology industry. This allows partners to focus on core competencies while maximizing supply chain efficiencies. Both customers and partners benefit from having WWT, a proven distribution and logistics company, manage their inventory while at the same time gaining access to WWT's web-based procurement, inventory management and deployment management applications.
WWT has headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, with remote sales and distribution facilities in Plano, Texas; Austin, Texas; Livermore, California; Aberdeen, Maryland; Nashville, Tennessee; Detroit, Michigan; Reno, Nevada; and McLean, Virginia. For more information, please visit us at http://www.wwt.com.
About NetBotz
NetBotz, Inc. is the leading global provider of IP-based intelligent physical security solutions that secure against physical threats. 1,700 organizations use the NetBotz solution, which prevents business and financial losses attributed to network downtime by providing early warning of conditions that threaten the integrity of a company's data, technical and equipment assets. Based in Austin, Texas, NetBotz is a privately held company with funding from QuestMark Partners, SSM Venture Partners, CenterPoint Ventures, Osprey Ventures, and Hill Partners. NetBotz has received the Best in Show Award in the Network Management Category at NetWorld+Interop and is a recipient of KPMG's Start-up Standout Award. For more information, please visit NetBotz at http://www.netbotz.com.
WWT and the WWT Logo are registered marks of World Wide Technology, Inc. NetBotz, RackBotz and BotzWare are registered trademarks of NetBotz Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. WallBotz is a trademark of NetBotz Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other company and product names mentioned are used only for identification and may be trademarks of their respective companies.