Innovative IT Goes Hand in Hand With Advanced Patient Care and Rapid Growth for PT Solutions

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNWL), a leading provider of Network, Web, email security and backup and recovery solutions, announced today that PT Solutions, a fast-growing physical therapy provider, has selected SonicWALL to create a secure network for its 13 clinics and a remote billing center in Alabama and Georgia. The easy-to-use network infrastructure offers the physical therapy practice mobility and secures systems at every point to support compliance with HIPAA regulations.

From the beginning, the founders of PT Solutions planned to build an innovative IT infrastructure for their physical therapy practice. Since they were growing so quickly but did not want to incur the cost of full time IT staff, the practice selected SonicWALL partner Rocket IT to build and manage their entire IT infrastructure. Rocket IT recommended standardizing on SonicWALL products to provide comprehensive network security and facilitate HIPAA compliance, and enable remote management and monitoring of PT Solutions' network.

"We know the right technology and outsourced providers can offer a growing business like ours significant competitive advantages, including a nimble infrastructure," notes Quinn Millington, Chief Operating Officer of PT Solutions. "We plan to start three more clinics over the next 12 months. Using SonicWALL's products has empowered our company to be more productive and efficient with patient scheduling, billing and accounting, and has also improved communications between our locations. With Rocket IT functioning as our virtual IT department, we just pick up the phone and Rocket IT handles everything so we can focus on our core business-patient wellness."

PT Solutions' back-office systems are hosted by Rocket IT at their premises. The servers sit behind a SonicWALL PRO Series dynamic threat management firewall, and the practice's clinics and remote billing center are each equipped with a SonicWALL TZ 170 Wireless firewall appliance, enabling each location to use secure wireless connections to enhance productivity. All appliances are managed by Rocket IT using SonicWALL's easy-to-manage Global Management System (GMS). About one-third of PT Solutions' workforce is mobile to better support patient loads, and users are now able to establish secure communications from any location with a wired or wireless Internet connection using with the SonicWALL Global VPN Client.

"Standardizing on SonicWALL for network security was an easy decision," adds Matt Hyatt, President of Rocket IT. "With SonicWALL's integrated portfolio of network security products, we knew PT Solutions would be protected -- and the network supports the mobile access PT's employees need. SonicWALL GMS allows us to manage and update everything remotely, giving PT Solutions a cost-effective solution for IT. Its ease-of-use has even allowed us to ensure high-levels of security while the practice was testing their new billing software with a separate VPN."

About PT Solutions

PT Solutions focuses on providing quality physical therapy and wellness solutions at each of our clinics and service points. PT Solutions is a private physical therapist owned practice. Our talented staff and clinical expertise enable us to create positive results that help get you back to health, and back to life. Visit us online at: http://www.pt-solutions.us/

About Rocket IT

Founded in 1995, Rocket IT provides cost-effective, customized IT outsourcing solutions to small and mid-sized organizations in metro Atlanta and beyond. Drawing on broad industry expertise and its portfolio of interrelated managed services, eBusiness, communications, and computer solutions, Rocket IT has a long history of building sustainable technology solutions that help companies thrive. Rocket IT maintains strategic partnerships with Microsoft, SonicWALL, Cisco, Trend Micro, and other leading technology companies. For more information about Rocket IT, please visit http://www.rocketit.com/ .

About SonicWALL, Inc.

Founded in 1991, SonicWALL, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures comprehensive network security, email security, secure remote access, and data backup and recovery 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/ .

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 SonicWALL's ability to provide a secure network, facilitate HIPAA compliance, or deliver remote management, dynamic threat management or secure wireless capabilities. 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, 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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SOURCE: SonicWALL, Inc.

CONTACT:
media, Mary McEvoy of SonicWALL, Inc., +1-408-962-7110, or
mmcevoy@sonicwall.com;
or media, Erin Collopy of The Hoffman Agency, +1-408-975-3041, or ecollopy@hoffman.com, for SonicWALL, Inc.

Web site:
http://www.rocketit.com/
http://www.pt-solutions.us/
http://www.sonicwall.com/

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