ACE HARDWARE SELECTS SONICWALL TO SECURE NETWORK OF STORES.

SonicWALL, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNWL), Sunnyvale, Calif., a provider of comprehensive Internet security solutions, has announced that Ace Hardware Corporation has chosen its integrated and managed security solutions to secure customer transactions and inventory data for its national network of hardware stores.

A key component of the Ace Hardware Centralized Inventory Management (CIM) initiative, the SonicWALL solution creates a Virtual Private Network (VPN) over a high-speed Internet connection between Ace retail locations across the nation and the Ace Hardware corporate headq