SonicWALL Solution Lets Snow-Bound PCC Natural Market Workers Stay Productive From Home

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNWL), a leading secure network infrastructure company, today announced that PCC Natural Markets (PCC) has successfully deployed a SonicWALL® Aventail® E-Class SSL-VPN to provide remote access to its mobile employees.

"Shortly after we installed it, we had a big snowstorm here in Seattle," said Mary Beutjer, Systems Administrator at PCC, "Most people couldn't make it into the office. SonicWALL allowed people to work from home when the storm kept them away from the office. Usage of the SSL VPN tripled. People were grateful to be able to work from home at those times and still be productive."

Beutjer has seen a continual increase in remote access at PCC. Employees use remote access to catch up on work in the evenings or check email first thing in the morning before coming in. Some work from home regularly, others only when they are unable to come to the office due to weather or injury. Moreover, PCC was outgrowing its office space, so it began having employees share offices and take turns working from home.

"The SonicWALL Aventail SSL VPN is very stable," said Beutjer. "People are thrilled with it and it gets a lot of use. We are very happy here in the IT department, too, because it takes a load off us in terms of having to worry about people successfully connecting through remote access."

SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SSL VPN appliances are engineered to detect the identity and integrity of the endpoint device, protect enterprise resources with granular policy control and connect authorized users easily to mission-critical applications over all leading platforms from all leading devices. Easy to use and easy to control, SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SSL VPN provides a single enterprise-class solution for remote access, extranets, mobility, wireless, disaster recovery, policy control and Network Access Control (NAC).

About SonicWALL, Inc.

SonicWALL, Inc. the leader in network security, focuses on developing solutions that remove the cost and complexity out of managing a secure network environment. With over one million award-winning appliances shipped through its global network of ten thousand channel partners, SonicWALL provides end-to-end solutions including Firewalls, SSL VPNs, Email Security and Continuous Data Protection that collectively ensure robust, secure network protection. For more information, visit the company web site at http://www.sonicwall.com/.

Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

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 benefits associated with deployment of the SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SSL-VPN solution. 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, 2008, 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.

NOTE: SonicWALL is a registered trademark of SonicWALL, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

SOURCE SonicWALL, Inc.

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