Beijing, China, and Bucharest, Romania, October 28, 2008 – AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, and PC Stars (http://www.pcstars.cn), one of the leading online software distributors and Saas (Software as a Service) providers in China, announce today the signing of a partnership aimed at distributing the AXIGEN Mail Server product range on the Chinese market.

PC Stars operates throughout China and addresses both business customers and home users through its powerful network of resellers, System Integrators (SIs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs). Currently, the company’s online distribution platform has over 1 million registered customers and collaborates with more than 1,000 SIs and VARs and with 2,400 retailers and 200 popular websites such as Baidu.com

"The AXIGEN and PC Stars formal partnership comes as great news to Chinese consumers as it gives local users direct access to the excellent functions of a high end messaging solution. PC Stars is committed to work with its resellers and promote the Axigen product range to all potential customers in the Chinese market. We believe this business agreement will turn into a long term mutually beneficial relationship between our two companies," said Steve Chen, Senior Product Manager, PC Stars.

"Through this new and valuable business partnership, AXIGEN aims to further expand its presence on the Chinese market. We strongly believe PC Stars will support us in our ongoing effort to adapt our cutting edge messaging solutions to the specific requirements of companies operating in this country," concluded Cristian Suliman, Senior Channel Manager, AXIGEN.

Winner of the ServerWatch 2007 Product Excellence Award for the Communications Server category, the AXIGEN Mail Server features a carrier class technology and outstanding support. Now at version 6.2, AXIGEN runs on several Linux and BSD distributions, on Solaris, on Windows operating systems, on PowerPC and SPARC architectures and is becoming the messaging solution of choice for a growing number of service providers and enterprises worldwide.

About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies
Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 160 partners from 80 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users.

Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure™, AXIGEN SmartProcessing™ and AXIGEN UltraStorage™. For further details, please visit: www.axigen.com

About PC Stars
Founded in March 2006, PC Stars commits to be the largest online software distributor and leading SaaS (software as a service) provider in China through continuous innovation and re-construction of value chain of software distribution and online application. PC Stars sets up an integrated software distribution system, including online downloadable software distribution platform and offline channel distribution network.

Additionally to providing technical solutions to its customers, PC Stars offers high-quality and effective technical support for all its users via call-centers, online-consulting, and so on. For further details, please visit: www.pcstars.cn

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