Espoo, Finland, June 10, 1998 -- Data Fellows, one of the world’s leading data security development companies, is delighted by Network Associates' acquisition of Dr. Solomon's. This leaves Data Fellows the only independent European data security software vendor with a broad product line covering everything from anti-virus to file and network encryption.

"We believe this will definitely strengthen our position as the European leader in security software and, consequently, paves the way for a wider penetration into the US market, as well. The market requires alternatives and currently Data Fellows is the only company in the world that can match Network Associates' product offering in the core component areas of global corporate malicious code detection, file encryption and network encryption product markets", says Risto Siilasmaa, President & CEO of Data Fellows.

The Network Associates management faces the challenging task of integrating one more company into the network of companies created by the number of acquisitions carried out during the last 12 months.

"The major difference between our approach and Network Associates' approach is that we, in close cooperation with our customers, have developed an organic and a closely integrated family of security solutions. Network Associates has acquired companies to get its hands on the technology. The task of integrating these technologies into a manageable solution will take many months if not a few years. Providing full solutions to our customers is first and foremost on our minds and that can not be done without fully comprehending every bit of the delivered technology, in essence fully controlling it. Service has always been very important to us and the concept of providing a fully manageable integrated solution is now closer than ever", continues Mr. Ari Hypponen, Director of Development.

Data Fellows feels that the growth of Network Associates and the decreasing number of competitors clears the market and opens up new major opportunities for growth. As a nimble company with in-house developed product architecture and core technologies Data Fellows is quite confident that it can continue to provide very high quality solutions to its customers with an integrated suite of technologies, not a patchwork of separate architectures and objectives.