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Chicago, IL - May 27, 2008 - Nexum, Inc., the privately held security solutions provider headquartered in Chicago, today announced it has received the coveted 2007 Services J-Partner of the Year Award from Juniper Networks, Inc. Juniper presented Regional and Vertical Market awards and just six Overall J-Partner Performance awards to recognize achievements from its top partners. Nexum was honored as Juniper's top overall services partner, worldwide.

"We are honored to award Nexum as the Juniper Services J-Partner of the Year," said Frank Vitagliano, senior vice president of Worldwide Channels, Juniper Networks. "They have not only demonstrated their commitment to Juniper but have advanced the technical quality of their solutions to enable customers to deploy a high-performance network infrastructure."

"Nexum's commitment to its customers comes through in everything we do," said David Lesser, Nexum's President and CTO. "Since our inception in 2002, Nexum has focused on providing our customers with a total solutions from design through management -- a high-value, IT product support lifecycle for the corporate market."

"Supporting an Information Security Infrastructure has become a burden affecting ROI for many corporations," added Todd Gabel, Nexum co-founder and EVP for Sales/Marketing. "At Nexum, we help our clients regain their edge through top-tier design and implementation services and our first*defense(R) managed and monitored security services. We are honored to receive confirmation of our efforts from a great partner and industry leader like Juniper Networks."

Nexum's Commitment to Excellent Support
Nexum's first*defense(R) technical support is a premium service that allows clients to speak directly to a designated team of vendor-certified engineers who already know their networks. Nexum's first*defense(R) customized support is available 24x7x365 through a Web-based portal, via email, and by telephone. Nexum's vendor-certified support engineers become the customer's first line of defense, providing Level-1 and -2 support across a broad range of systems. first*defense(R) is a smarter approach to technical support, with rock-solid SLA-backed response times, experience-driven diagnostics and solutions, customer-focused issue and resolution tracking, and management of vendor support agreements.

About Nexum
Nexum, Inc. helps ensure IT security, availability and performance, worldwide. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Nexum has received numerous business accolades including a place on the 2007 Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies list. The Nexum name has grown synonymous with excellence in IT security. At Nexum, We Mean Security(TM). For more information about Nexum's products and service offerings, please visit www.nexuminc.com.
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Press Contact
Amanda Parsley
Nexum, Inc.
(312) 726-6900
marketing@nexuminc.com

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