CANTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2006--Network Engines, Inc. (NASDAQ: NENG), a leading appliance partner for Microsoft(R) security solutions, today announced that an independent panel of judges nominated its NS Series product line as the Security Product of the Year in the prestigious Techworld Awards 2006.

The judges narrowed the finalists to NS Series Security Appliances and six other products based on a demanding criteria of features, functionality, innovation, performance, configuration, resilience, ease of use, fitness for purpose, price, and market position.

"Competing for the Security Product of the Year at such at an important award ceremony is an honor for Network Engines," said Gareth Green, General Manager, EMEA & APAC, Network Engines. "The nomination confirms the strengths of our NS Series appliances and acknowledges the advances we have made to leverage the power of Microsoft security technology, integrating it with additional capabilities and management features to deliver comprehensive security for Microsoft-based web and messaging infrastructures."

IDG's esteemed Techworld Awards recognise the best in every field of the network industry, rewarding the leading individuals, teams, and companies for innovative and effective use of networking and telecommunications technology. All category winners will be announced at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on June 28, 2006.

NS Series Security Appliances are a family of multi-layer security platforms providing advanced application-layer firewall, VPN, and web cache functionality to maximize protection for core Microsoft applications including Exchange Server, SharePoint(R) Portal Server, and Internet Information Services (IIS). Integrated with the full Websense(R) Web Security Suite(TM), the appliances are exceptional web proxies, accelerating access to frequently requested web content while blocking spyware, viruses, worms, and Trojan horses from infected websites.

About Techworld

Techworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and event company. Privately-held IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World, and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific websites with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), DEMO(R), and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com. See www.techworld.com/awards2006 for more information about these awards.

Network Engines - THE Appliance Company

Network Engines appliances are designed to ease the deployment, enhance manageability, and increase security of mission-critical software applications. Our heritage of providing technology products and services tailored to the entire lifecycle of our customers' appliances has made us the appliance partner of choice for software market leaders.

Founded in 1997, Network Engines is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts and trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol NENG. For more information about the company's products and services, visit www.networkengines.com.

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Statements in this press release regarding Network Engines (the "Company") future financial performance and any other statements about Network Engines management's future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans or prospects constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those factors contained in the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2005 and the most recent Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 under the section "Risk Factors" as well as other documents that may be filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. The Company assumes no obligations to update the information included in this press release.

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CONTACT: Network Engines, Inc.
Joni Moore, 508-308-7900
Joni.moore@networkengines.com
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