MIAMI, July 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Comprehensive Content Security Solutions Now Available for
South American Enterprises and Security-as-a-Service Providers

Optenet, a leading global IT security company and a provider of
intelligent, integrated content security solutions, today announced the
launch of its Latin-American operations and the opening of its regional
headquarters in Miami. Led by Maurico Alanis, Sales Country Manager, Optenet
will sell its award-winning content security solutions to service providers
and enterprises throughout Latin America.

Optenet's product suite, which includes Web filtering, anti-spam and
anti-virus protection, is the industry's most comprehensive natively
integrated content security solution, and is currently protecting more than
75 million users worldwide. Among the company's customer base are 50 of the
world's largest service providers, including Telefonica Chile, Telefonica
Peru, Telefonica Brasil, Telmex Colombia, Emcali, EPM, ETB, MVS Ego,
Cablemas, Telecom Arnet and many large enterprise customers, including
Hilton, McDonalds, Daimler AG and more than half of the IBEX 35, Spain's
benchmark stock index.

The unmatched flexibility, performance and customization of Optenet's
Content Security Suite enables service providers to drive revenue by
broadening their portfolio of service offerings and radically reducing the
cost of delivering customized, hosted security services. In addition,
enterprises can now manage everything from Web filtering, to anti-spam,
anti-virus and more from a single console with Optenet's Secure Web Gateway
for Enterprises, eliminating the costs and complexity associated with relying
on multiple hardware-based security appliances and a variety of management
consoles. Optenet's technology offers Australians customers the ability to
centrally manage security policies, while still providing custom solutions
that meet the needs of each user.

Optenet was founded by Francisco Martin in 1997 as an Internet service
provider (ISP). Based on its unique understanding of the requirements and
challenges faced by companies in the Internet and telecommunications service
segments, the company built a carrier-class security solution that offers
unparalleled scalability for both service providers and enterprises. Martin
has been president and CEO since the company's founding, building on his
strong research background in artificial intelligence and message filtering.
Prior to founding Optenet, Martin worked for numerous international R&D
companies, including the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Center for
Industrial Technological Development. He has also participated in various
government research projects and has authored multiple articles.

"Given our heritage as a service provider, we recognized long ago that
carriers and enterprises alike require a high-performance content security
gateway that alleviates the cost and complexity of multiple loosely
integrated point solutions," said Martin. "Today, as a security vendor,
Optenet is proud to offer the industry's highest performing content security
solution - through a centrally managed architecture with customizable policy
control - to the North American market."

Optenet named Mauricio Alanis to its Latin American -based executive
team. Prior to joining Optenet, Alanis was Sales Manager for Innovacion
Aplicada, linked to IPADE and UP. Optenet plans to quickly scale Australian
operations during the next three months and implement an aggressive growth
strategy for 2009.

"There is a tremendous market opportunity in Latin America for truly
integrated, intelligent content security solutions for service providers and
enterprises," said Alanis. "These businesses are faced with demands to
protect users from malicious and inappropriate content, viruses, spam and
other malware. They are increasingly demanding security solutions that are
customizable, easy to use, massively scalable, and don't disrupt the
end-users' experience. Optenet has been highly successful in delivering
intelligent content security solutions to our customers in Europe and USA,
and we are confident that we can deliver the same value to Latin American
customers."

About Optenet

Optenet provides intelligent, integrated content security solutions to
service providers and large enterprises. For more information, visit
http://www.optenet.com.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
    Marta Gomez
    Optenet
    +34-902-154-604
    communication@optenet.com