Atreus Systems and Quarry Technologies Partner to Offer Self-Serve Network Security Services to Service Providers and Enterprises

Joint Solution Pairs Quarry's iQ family of Intelligent Network Security Systems with Atreus' xAuthority Service Fulfillment Software

Cupertino, California, October 9, 2002 - Atreus Systems", a service fulfillment leader for IP-based network, application and content services, and Quarry Technologies, an innovative supplier of network-based security products, today announced a joint solution for service providers and enterprises. The partnership pairs Quarry Technologies' acclaimed iQ product family of intelligent network-security edge systems with the Atreus xAuthority" Service Fulfillment OSS Solution, enabling service providers and enterprises to more cost-effectively deliver security applications and other advanced IP services to end users through self-serve Web portals.

"Earlier this year, editors from Communication Systems Design, EE Times and CommDesign.com honored Quarry with a Comet Award for the company's vision, technology and business skills, and it's easy to see why," said Ken Workun, Director of Business Development at Atreus Systems. "The iQ family of products delivers high performance, complete manageability and lasting affordability without compromising on network security. Marrying Quarry's innovative service-edge gear with our xAuthority service fulfillment OSS enables both service providers and enterprises to meet current end-user needs more cost-effectively than ever before and create a sustainable model for new service introduction and delivery."

Quarry Technologies', Vice President of Product Management, Robert Koch explained, "Partnering with Atreus allows us to optimize the management of the high-performance network security services our products enable. Today's progressive service providers and enterprises are challenging vendors to supply a self-provisioning capability with a straightforward method to automate on-demand service delivery. With Atreus xAuthority, we can now offer our users enhanced 'Virtual CPE' functionality that provides them all the flexibility and control of customer premises equipment, without any of the associated support hassles."

Atreus xAuthority offers a number of compelling benefits for enterprise and service provider customers. The software's self-care/self-management functionality enables customers to reduce workload on their network administrators by empowering them with greater control over their own services. Atreus xAuthority makes it easy and affordable to introduce new services based on Quarry Technologies' equipment. As a direct result of this relationship, customers will enjoy greater flexibility in addressing new market opportunities.

Atreus xAuthority intimately links customer-facing, self-service portals with Quarry Technologies' iQMS" Service Management Suite and other task-specific OSS that execute authentication, activation and billing across the network. At the front end, end users pick and choose IP-based applications and network services. At the back end, service delivery is automated across multiple systems, equipment and computing technologies. With Atreus xAuthority, service providers and enterprises can extend their end users self-subscription and -management capabilities without losing control over their networks. End users are empowered to fluidly manage entitlements and consume applications, services and personalized content on demand, via one-time sign-on authentication.

About Quarry Technologies
Quarry Technologies, Inc. is an innovative privately held developer of service-enabling security platforms for the internetworking market. The company designs, manufactures, and sells a robust edge-routing system that enables confidential communications over public and private networks with complete protection, tailored service quality, detailed accounting visibility, and ready management control. Comprised of the iQ-series Service Edge Switches and the iQSMS" Service Management Suite, the iQ product family is the highest-performing, most-manageable, lowest-cost service-edge solution in the industry. The solution is ideal for enabling advanced IP services, including encrypted Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP VPNs) with application-level Quality of Service (QoS), and stateful firewalls with Denial of Service (DOS) attack prevention, for large, high-speed networks.

Quarry Technologies was founded in November 1998 and has received three rounds of venture funding. The company is backed by some of the world's most successful venture capitalists, including 3i, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Walden International Investment Group, Arch Venture Partners, Alta Partners, Tredegar Investments, Sofinnova Ventures, MGN Opportunity Group LLC, and Boston University Community Technology Fund, and most respected strategic partners, including Verizon, Corvis, Dow Chemical, and AMCC.

The company is located at 8 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803 and on the World Wide Web at .

About Atreus Systems
Atreus Systems" is a service fulfillment leader for IP-based network, application and content services. Atreus' flagship product, the xAuthority" Service Fulfillment Solution, is a service creation and activation software platform that helps carriers, service providers, enterprise customers, and wireless and cable operators to provision and deliver advanced IP services while reducing operational expenses and leveraging existing network CAPEX investments. Atreus Systems, headquartered in Cupertino, California, is a privately held company financed by leading telecom venture capital firms Mobius Venture Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Skypoint Capital Corporation, BDC Venture Capital and Aliant, Inc. For more information, visit the company's web site at atreus-systems.com or call (North America).