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Westcon Group Closes Acquisition of NOXS, Distribution Arm of Unit 4 Agresso's Internet and Security Division



    Acquisition Gives Westcon Group a Leading Position in Network Security Market in Europe.

    Westcon Group, Inc. and Unit 4 Agresso announce today that a
    UK-based subsidiary of Westcon Group, Inc. has completed its
    previously announced acquisition of NOXS, the value-added distribution
    arm of Unit 4 Agresso's Internet and Security division.

    With this acquisition, Westcon Group executes another step in its
    global strategy of building strength in key areas of networking,
    convergence, security and mobility in which it has an existing $2
    billion business. The acquisition of NOXS positions Westcon to become
    a leading multinational distributor of network security products and
    solutions.

    Westcon's customers now have access to NOXS' expertise, solutions
    and services, enabling them to bring integrated security solutions to
    their networking, convergence and mobility customers. Similarly, NOXS'
    customers have access to a broader set of opportunities in which their
    knowledge of solutions such as unified threat management, mobility
    security, network access control and regulatory compliance have become
    mandatory requirements.

    "Now that the NOXS acquisition is complete, Westcon Group has
    substantially increased its ability to deliver powerful security
    solutions to our extended European customer base," commented Barry
    Shakespeare, executive vice president of Westcon Group Europe. "In
    addition to increasing our European vendor line card with companies
    like Juniper, RSA, Check Point and Blue Coat, we increase our services
    capability while bringing former NOXS customers a broad range of
    capabilities in the areas of convergence and mobility."

    NOXS will continue as a dedicated division managed by Harry de
    Smedt and the existing NOXS management team reporting to Barry
    Shakespeare, Executive Vice President, Westcon Europe.

    About Westcon Group

    Westcon Group, Inc. is a multi-national specialty distributor of
    networking, security and communications equipment for leading
    technology vendors, including Cisco Systems, Inc., Nortel Networks
    Corporation and Avaya, Inc. Through its Westcon and Comstor divisions,
    Westcon Group sells products and services to resellers, systems
    integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has particular
    expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and
    technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol, or VoIP,
    security for networking and communications systems, remote access,
    Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing
    and wireless connectivity. For more information, visit
    www.westcongroup.com.