-- Premier Partner Program offers 40% discount and Priority Support and qualified lead forwarding. -- Preferred Partner Program offers 30% discount and enhanced Support and qualified lead forwarding; -- Authorized Partner Program offers 20% discount;Special programs are available for partners servicing the education and non-profit sector. Conditions The Astaro offer applies to new partners only and expires April 30, 2007. Astaro maintains ownership of the ASG unit until partnership certification is completed. Astaro offers a family of Security Gateway appliances that protect computer networks from a variety of attacks including viruses, hackers, spam, spyware, phishing, and unauthorized content. In January, Astaro announced version 7 of its Astaro Security Gateway, which contains a number of advanced features and enhancements including transparent e-mail encryption, SSL VPN, active/active clustering and safeguards for the uncontrolled flood of unsecured instant messaging traffic and peer-to-peer file sharing traffic. Astaro has received numerous awards for its Security Gateways including "Best Business Security Solution of the Year" and "Editor's Choice" from PC Magazine; "Best Firewall," from Linux Enterprise Readers' Choice; "Best Security Solution," from LinuxWorld's Product Excellence Award; a "Best of 2006" award from SC Magazine, and in December 2006, CRN magazine awarded Astaro with a "2006 Product of the Year." Astaro Security Gateway version 7 can be downloaded directly from www.astaro.com. About Astaro Astaro Corporation is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and Karlsruhe, Germany. The Astaro Security Gateway, simplifying Email, Web & Network Security, has won numerous industry awards and is protecting over 30,000 networks in 60 countries. Astaro products are distributed by a worldwide network of more than 1,000 solution partners who offer local support and services. For more information, please visit www.astaro.com. All company names and product names are trademarks of their respective companies.
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