MINNEAPOLIS and CONCORD, ONTARIO, September 11, 2007 - New Boundary Technologies®, an award-winning provider of automated configuration and security management solutions, and Simple Technology Inc., a value added distributor for over 20 years of computer peripherals and high-technology IT security products, today announced they have signed an international distribution agreement. Under terms of the agreement, Simple Technology will distribute New Boundary Technologies’ Prism Suite™ and Policy Commander® software solutions in Canada. New Boundary Technologies’ international distribution partners serve IT markets in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and North America.

“We are pleased to welcome Simple Technology as our newest international distribution partner,” said Kim Pearson, president and chief executive officer of New Boundary Technologies. “Simple Technology has built its business and sterling reputation by delivering high quality hardware and software solutions to its customers. It is the kind of company that makes our international distributor program so successful and is so important to the continued growth of our desktop configuration and security management solutions.”

Based in Concord, Ontario, Simple Technology Inc. is a leading Canadian Value Added Distributor (VAD) of superior computer peripherals, biometric security solutions, secure portable storage devices, and data encryption products. Established in 1986, Simple Technology has grown to be Canada’s largest stocking keyboard distributor supplying leading VAR’s and OEM’s with standard, bilingual, French and specialty government keyboard layouts. The company has a successful history in the custom development of input devices and can offer a solution to any specialized requirement.  

“We are very excited to announce our new partnership with New Boundary,” said Brian Muir, vice president of business development for Simple Technology. “With its easy deployment and activation New Boundary solutions will appeal to a large market segment that wishes to have complete control of their IT enterprise and remote equipment. This new product offering is a great addition to our line card, and we look forward to great success in the near future.”

Powered by scalable technologies that deliver desktop management functionality, Prism Suite automates asset management, software packaging, deployment, and patching to drive new IT efficiencies. Prism Suite is an exceptionally easy-to-learn and easy-to-use solution that fits the budgetary limits of any size organization, and virtually eliminates the need for training and consulting. Prism Suite dramatically improves administrative control of the desktop by delivering real-time insight into the configuration states of computer systems on the network. And Prism Suite’s open architecture and modular design provides administrators with a high degree of flexibility to customize the solution to suit their needs and work processes.

Policy Commander automates and simplifies the implementation and enforcement of computer security policies. It notifies administrators of all instances of non-compliance, and can automatically remediate non-compliant computers to ensure continuous security policy enforcement. Policy Commander continuously monitors computer configurations to deliver real-time insight into the security state of the network. Compliance information is both summarized and presented in granular detail to meet the reporting needs of system administrators responsible for ongoing security policy management.

About Simple Technology Inc.
With offices in Concord and Montreal, Simple Technology is a value-added computer product distributor focused on OEM keyboard and peripherals and specializing in biometric security solutions, secure portable storage devices and data encryption products. In business since 1986, Simple Technology Inc. is the preferred distributor of choice for many of Canada’s top computer resellers; due to its ability to react quickly and change to meet the dynamic needs of its customers. For more information on Simple Technology Inc., please contact them toll free at 800-565-7157, via email at sales@simpletechnology.com, or visit them online at www.simpletechnology.com.

Jolina Pettice
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