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Tumbleweed Press ReleasesTumbleweed Announces New Sales Direction With First Ever European Partner ProgrammeTumbleweed appoints Access Distribution and Ectacom to aid movement into the channel 28 September 2005 - Hurst, UK - Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), a leading provider of email security, file transfer security, and identity validation software and appliances , today announced its aggressive new channel strategy for Europe. As part of this strategy, the company will be actively recruiting channel partners, and has announced the appointment of two value added distributors to support this growth - Access Distribution for the UK, France and the Netherlands, and Ectacom for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Tumbleweed initiated its channel strategy in the US in 2004 and is rapidly growing the share of channel led business. The European Partner Programme aims to give resellers access to Tumbleweed’s secure Internet communications solutions . Value added offerings, including co-marketing, training, and both sales and technical support, allow partners to increase margins and better meet customer requirements in the mid and large customer segments . “IT security continues to be a major priority for all businesses and our new European Partner Programme reflects the growing importance of the channel in reaching customers across the continent,” said Soeren Bech, Business Director EMEA for Tumbleweed Communications. “We’re confident that the balance between direct and indirect sales will allow Tumbleweed to continue its growth within Europe. Working with partners such as Access Distribution and Ectacom affords us instant access to key markets through a range of resellers. Our partners will receive full access to value added services and a product set developed to suit the demands of the evolving business security landscape.” Tumbleweed offers solutions in three comprehensive product suites: MailGate, SecureTransport, and Validation Authority. MailGate provides protection against spam, viruses, and attacks, and enables policy-based message filtering, encryption, and routing. SecureTransport enables business to safely exchange large files and transactions without proprietary software. Validation Authority is the world-leading solution for determining the validity of digital certificates. Tumbleweed’s products are widely used across the US and Europe, with customers including eight out of the top 10 banks. The European Partner Programme aims to build on top of this success and grow the European market share. Access Distribution, a value-added distributor of enterprise computing equipment and solutions, will assist in creating a network of Tumbleweed reseller partners in the UK, France and the Netherlands. Ectacom will provide a similar function within Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Martin Vessey, UK country manager, Access Distribution said: “We are delighted to be in partnership with Tumbleweed as it enters the channel for the first time. The growing security market is a key focus for us within Europe, and with Tumbleweed’s market leadership we can help resellers maximise revenue opportunities in this area. By establishing relationships with key resellers across the region, we can ensure that Tumbleweed’s email security and file transfer products are accepted as best of breed within this market.” NOTES TO EDITORS: About Tumbleweed About Access Distribution Access Distribution has service, logistics and sales offices throughout the U.S. and Canada. European operations are based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and operate in 7 local sales offices across Europe, where sales expertise, technical integration, finance and marketing support are broadly offered. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to the functionality and performance of Tumbleweed products, as well as Tumbleweed’s relationships with distributors and resellers. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed’s Form 10-K filed March 16, 2005 and Form 10-Q filed August 9, 2005. Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release, which represents the Company’s expectations only as of the date of this release and should not be viewed as a statement about the Company’s expectations after such date. Although this release may remain available on the Company’s website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that the Company is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein. Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release, which represents the Company’s expectations only as of the date of this release and should not be viewed as a statement about the Company’s expectations after such date. Although this release may remain available on the Company’s website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that the Company is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein. ###
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