Able Body Labor Grows With SonicWALL

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNWL) , a leading provider of network, Web, email security and backup and recovery solutions, announced that Able Body Labor, a day labor staffing firm, has implemented SonicWALL network security and management solutions in more than more than 130 office locations across 16 states. Able Body selected SonicWALL deep packet inspection technology for its reliability, cost- effectiveness, and ease of use.

Able Body Labor provides temporary workers to the construction, light industrial, event staffing, and hospitality industries. A few years ago the company realized the need for more proactive security measures and installed a SonicWALL PRO 3060 high-performance security gateway and Unified Threat Management (UTM) services to protect its systems from growing Internet-based threats. Soon after, Able Body started adding SonicWALL TZ Series firewall appliances in each branch office to safeguard daily finance and payroll transactions through secure VPN connections with corporate headquarters.

The staffing firm has doubled in size over the last several years and SonicWALL's expanding technology offerings have supported Able Body's evolving security and management needs. Due to its geographic spread, the firm's IT team found it was spending more time handling firewall security updates and Internet access settings for the growing number of remote offices. To save valuable IT resources, and to provide efficient security updates for all locations, Able Body relied on SonicWALL channel partner Vertical IT Solutions. Vertical IT installed SonicWALL's award-winning Global management System software (GMS) to centralize reporting, monitoring and management for all remote office firewall appliances. Now, Able Body's IT team can easily manage the growing network from its headquarters.

"Our remote office payroll transactions, employment checks and daily banking activities are more secure and much faster now," notes Paul Zimorski, CIO of Able Body Labor. "SonicWALL's products have been ideal, providing reliable, easy-to-use integrated security for all our offices. The recent addition of SonicWALL GMS, with the help of Vertical IT, has decreased the time required to get new sites up and running. Now we can handle ongoing management and maintenance with just a few clicks. Vertical IT also installed new SonicWALL content management and wireless solutions giving us additional security and Internet access at our headquarters."

In addition to installing SonicWALL GMS, Vertical IT has helped Able Body Labor extend its security protections with the addition of a SonicWALL Content Security Manager (CSM) for content filtering. SonicWALL CSM integrates advanced content management capabilities with real-time gateway anti-virus, anti-spyware and intrusion prevention to improve employee productivity and optimize network utilization. Vertical IT also added SonicWALL SonicPoint access points at Able Body Labor's headquarters to provide secure wireless network access. Both products are also easily managed using SonicWALL GMS.

"Able Body Labor has streamlined IT deployment time for new offices and significantly reduced IT management time using SonicWALL GMS," adds Joel Wonicker-Cook, director of sales for Vertical IT Solutions. "As a partner, we know the value of SonicWALL's secure networking products. We were happy to take the entire implementation to the next level with the addition of SonicWALL GMS, content management and wireless solutions. Able Body Labor has been pleased with the entire solution."

About Able Body Labor

Able Body Labor has been providing temporary workers to the construction, light industrial, event staffing, and hospitality industries for more than 20 years. The company is committed to matching community residents with local employment opportunities. Based in Florida, Able Body Labor has grown from its first location in Largo, Florida, to 130 locations in 16 states. For more information, please visit: http://www.ablebody.com/

About Vertical IT Solutions

Vertical IT Solutions is one of Florida's leading providers of outsourced information technology services and consulting expertise for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). For 16 years, Vertical IT has been providing Fortune 500 level services to SMBs at a fraction of the cost. More information is available at: http://www.verticalit.net/

About SonicWALL, Inc.

Founded in 1991, SonicWALL, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures comprehensive network security, email security, secure remote access, and continuous data protection solutions. SonicWALL is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol SNWL. For more information, contact SonicWALL at +1 (408) 745-9600 or visit the company web site at http://www.sonicwall.com/.

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Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding the ability of SonicWALL's products to manage a growing network from a central location. These forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the time the statements are made and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. In addition, please see the "Risk Factors" described in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, and our reports on Form 10-Q for interim periods thereafter, for a more detailed description of the risks facing our business. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to SonicWALL as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to SonicWALL as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement.

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