The Portal includes specific information on all of the different Comodo partner programs available, as well as how they may be integrated into a diverse set of partner business models. Comodo introduced the Partner Portal to assist understanding on how to best leverage Comodo’s portfolio, for the best level of customer acquisition and retention. The portal resources include:

• Information on how to mine new customers opportunities based on Comodo’s depth of products
• Explanations of how to optimize the revenue potential of existing customers
• Descriptions on how to quickly integrate Comodo offers into a partner’s site

Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo noted, ”Comodo places great emphasis on its partner community and hopes to keep its partner community successful as we continue to build trust online. Our new Partner Portal gives our partners easy access to important assets that will help them become more successful.”

The portal also contains specific partner resources that show partners how to use their account, specific email templates that they can use to communicate with their customers and promote Comodo’s products, and promotional materials on the latest Comodo products, including EPKI, TrustLogo and EV SSL.

Those interested in becoming a Comodo Partner, either a reseller, web host reseller or an affiliate, can visit the website and sign up. The site contains information on how partners can set up their account and get started in the program.

Recently, Comodo entered into a partnership with Russian web hosting service provider, Rusonyx, whereby Comodo will provide Code Signing Certificates verifying publisher identity to assure downloadable code content integrity. With Code Signing Certificates, users are protected from maliciously modified code and from hackers that corrupt the code during the download process, as these tactics are often used to steal sensitive user information.

The Internet has become the main distribution channel for software vendors around the world. At the same time, the dangers involved in downloading a product from the Internet have increased. When a user downloads a product via the Internet, they often risk acquiring malicious code that includes spyware, viruses, and Trojans. These programs can damage valid programs, destroy data and allow hackers access to a user’s personal information.

Software developers can obtain from Rusonyx a Code Signing Certificate for their executable code after going through a stringent application and verification process designed by Comodo. Code Signing Certificates provide key features and include:

• Digitally signed – 32-bit or 64-bit Portable Executable (.exe, .ocx, .dll or other) or .cab files
• Ensures authenticity – assures users that they know where the code came from
• Ensures integrity – verifies that code has not been tampered with since publication
• Microsoft Authenticode – industry standard coupled with trusted Comodo infrastructure
• Vista compatible – Code Signing Certificates are supported by all versions of Vista

Customers who download digitally signed Active X controls, dynamic link libraries, .cab files, HTML content or other code from a verified publisher’s site can be confident that code comes from its author and hasn’t been altered or corrupted since it was created and signed.

Code Signing Certificates, through the use of digital signatures, enables software developers to include information about themselves and their code so end users can be confident that code really comes from the programmer and has not been altered or corrupted since it was created and signed. If the code has been tampered with, the digital signature will not be valid and will alert customers that the code has been altered and is not trustworthy.

Rusonyx is one of Russia’s leading Web Hosting Service providers for Small to Medium Enterprises (SME). The RUSONYX.RU world-class, fully automated infrastructure is built on the RTComm nation-wide broadband backbone (30 GBps, over 130 cities) and offers SMEs secure, reliable and comprehensive VPS, dedicated and shared web hosting solutions.

The Comodo companies provide the infrastructure that is essential in enabling e-merchants, other Internet-connected companies, software companies, and individual consumers to interact and conduct business via the Internet safely and securely. The Comodo companies offer PKI SSL, Code Signing, Content Verification and E-Mail Certificates; award winning PC security software; vulnerability scanning services for PCI Compliance; secure e-mail and fax services.

Continual innovation, a core competence in PKI, and a commitment to reversing the growth of Internet-crime distinguish the Comodo companies as vital players in the Internet’s ongoing development. Comodo secures and authenticates online transactions and communications for over 200,000 business customers and 3,000,000 users of our desktop security products.

For more information about the Comodo Partner Portal, please visit: www.comodopartners.com.

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Alex Gontcharov, Executive Director of Rusonyx noted, ”The Russian software development industry is rapidly growing and is a key constituent in software development worldwide. By partnering with Comodo, we will help Russian software developers get their Code Signing Certificates legally, quickly and conveniently by providing Russian-speaking operational support and validation.”

With Code Signing Certificates, users are protected from maliciously modified code and from hackers that corrupt the code during the download process, as these tactics are often used to steal sensitive user information.

The Internet has become the main distribution channel for software vendors around the world. At the same time, the dangers involved in downloading a product from the Internet have increased. When a user downloads a product via the Internet, they often risk acquiring malicious code that includes spyware, viruses, and Trojans. These programs can damage valid programs, destroy data and allow hackers access to a user’s personal information.

Software developers can obtain from Rusonyx a Code Signing Certificate for their executable code after going through a stringent application and verification process designed by Comodo. Code Signing Certificates provide key features and include:

• Digitally signed – 32-bit or 64-bit Portable Executable (.exe, .ocx, .dll or other) or .cab files
• Ensures authenticity – assures users that they know where the code came from
• Ensures integrity – verifies that code has not been tampered with since publication
• Microsoft Authenticode – industry standard coupled with trusted Comodo infrastructure
• Vista compatible – Code Signing Certificates are supported by all versions of Vista

Customers who download digitally signed Active X controls, dynamic link libraries, .cab files, HTML content or other code from a verified publisher’s site can be confident that code comes from its author and hasn’t been altered or corrupted since it was created and signed.

Code Signing Certificates, through the use of digital signatures, enables software developers to include information about themselves and their code so end users can be confident that code really comes from the programmer and has not been altered or corrupted since it was created and signed. If the code has been tampered with, the digital signature will not be valid and will alert customers that the code has been altered and is not trustworthy.

Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO and Chief Security Architect of Comodo remarked, ”Comodo’s partnership with Rusonyx is important as Russia is an ever-growing center of innovative programming development. With this increase, comes an increased need to ensure the validity and security of their code. This partnership will help programmers rapidly receive recognition for quality, valid code, and helps promote trusted, safe online communications.”

Comodo Code Signing Certificates are available immediately and are priced at 4100 Rubles per year. Comodo Code Signing Certificates can be used to sign 32 and 64 Bit files including .exe, .dll, .class, .msi, .ocx (ActiveX) and JAR files. These certificates are supported by all versions of Vista.

Rusonyx is one of Russia’s leading Web Hosting Service providers for Small to Medium Enterprises (SME). The RUSONYX.RU world-class, fully automated infrastructure is built on the RTComm nation-wide broadband backbone (30 GBps, over 130 cities) and offers SMEs secure, reliable and comprehensive VPS, dedicated and shared web hosting solutions.

Rusonyxis is Russia’s first web and email hosting provider to use revolutionary and fully automated web hosting platform powered by Parallel’s Business Automation solution and Virtuozzo technology to provide virtualized hosting services for customers. With over 16000 customers’ domains for over 3500 corporate clients, Rusonyx provides the highest level of technical expertise, strategic thinking and hands-on skills. Caring for the customers’ needs and requirements, the company offers high quality services and 24X7 technical support.

The Comodo companies provide the infrastructure that is essential in enabling e-merchants, other Internet-connected companies, software companies, and individual consumers to interact and conduct business via the Internet safely and securely. The Comodo companies offer PKI SSL, Code Signing, Content Verification and E-Mail Certificates; award winning PC security software; vulnerability scanning services for PCI Compliance; secure e-mail and fax services.

Continual innovation, a core competence in PKI, and a commitment to reversing the growth of Internet-crime distinguish the Comodo companies as vital players in the Internet’s ongoing development. Comodo secures and authenticates online transactions and communications for over 200,000 business customers and 3,000,000 users of our desktop security products.

For more information about Rusonyx, please visit: www.rusonyx.ru.

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i9Biz has installed FlowLine 500 network analysis and remediation appliances from GigaFin after an extensive competitive evaluation to determine the most reliable, stable and cost-effective solution.

Mathew Suh, President of i9Biz noted, ”I evaluated solutions from the leading vendors but all were geared towards perimeter deployments and offering general security features rather than stopping the types of attacks my customers are experiencing. Also, because they were general-purpose firewall and intrusion prevention or detection products, they were quite expensive for gigabit performance.”

i9Biz found that Korean sites hosted on its servers were suffering DDoS attacks on a daily basis. Existing network defenses were ineffective or unreliable, a situation worsened because many customers switched to higher-speed links in the hope of avoiding server and bandwidth overload caused by the attacks. Rather than buffering the sites against DDoS floods, however, these high-speed links encouraged attackers to increase the intensity of their attacks. To prevent negative impact on its customers’ operating costs, revenues and user satisfaction levels, i9Biz tested solutions from leading security vendors, and chose GigaFin.

i9Biz initially installed four Flowline 500 appliances for one of its larger customers. In less than an hour, the solution was up and running smoothly, and denied attacks were immediately reported. The appliances are deployed on all the access links to the customer’s servers, detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks and preserving server performance against attack.

Mr. Suh commented, ”The FlowLine 500 is the right tool for the job. It provides the anti-DoS features, scalability and performance to put in front of my customer’s servers and keeps operating costs down.”

GigaFin has enabled i9Biz’s customers to reduce expenses and increase revenues by preventing service disruptions. William Thomas, Chief Executive Officer at GigaFin Networks remarked, ”Recent attacks on CNN, the Church of Scientology and Korean securities companies demonstrate the increasing volume of DDoS traffic. This places extra pressure on hosting providers to ensure servers are online, applications are available and their customers are satisfied. Working with i9Biz and other service providers, we were able to identify the types of traffic causing the most disruptions and offer a solution to a growing problem.”

Designed for optimal performance in the LAN with 2Gbps throughput, GigaFin’s affordable, high-speed appliances allow network administrators to see through complex layers of traffic, identify and prioritize applications running over the network, and protect against undesirable network use from internal or external sources.

GigaFin Networks enables organizations of all sizes to keep their networks running at peak efficiency by providing instant insight and control over traffic within the LAN. GigaFin’s affordable, high-speed appliances enable users to maximize the value of their networks without performance degradation or infrastructure changes. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, GigaFin was founded in December 2002 and has received funding from leading VC firms Sevin Rosen Funds, Worldview Technology Partners and Incubic Venture Capital.

i9Biz provides hosting services for over 200 companies, many of which are headquartered in South Korea. DDoS has been a particularly serious problem for South Korea, which is one of the leading sources of online gaming and Internet services. Recent DDoS attacks on virtual game item trading companies in Korea have caused a total estimated damage of over US$1 billion.

To learn more about GigaFin, please visit: www.gigafin.com.

The ”anonymisers” or ”web-based proxies,” are rapidly becoming one of the most common Internet filtering and blocking work-arounds in the enterprise and pose a significant security risk to both corporate networks and the users who exploit them.

Unique in the security marketplace, 8e6 Technologies’ solutions filter unsuitable content using a database of IP addresses and URLs together with Intelligent Footprint pattern recognition technology (IFT). IFT uniquely allows 8e6 to detect encrypted proxy servers, anonymisers and tunnelling software, such as that recently loaded onto liverbeat.com, ultimately preventing use of public proxies to bypass web filters.

Eric Lundbohm, Vice President of Marketing, 8e6 Technologies noted, ”’8e6 Technologies’ filtering solution provide a level of protection previously unseen in the marketplace – zero-day protection against Web proxy use in the enterprise. Traditional Internet filters such as Websense and SurfControl can only block encrypted proxies by classifying the URL in a database. This means that they may not catch and block a proxy exploit like Liverbeat.com immediately, placing companies at considerable risk from employees accessing unsuitable or malware-riddled content. Some network administrators may not even be aware that their users are bypassing the existing Web filter because the latest proxy software is so effective at hiding the user’s activity.”

Public proxy scripts are widely publicised on the Internet and popular mailing lists. PHProxy is one of the most popular scripts used to create public web proxies, with thousands of sites using this and others such as Proxify, Circumventor and CGIProxy.

The proliferation of anonymous proxy packages has taken the creation of anonymous proxies, once the domain of extremely technical users, and packaged them up as a simple to install application that nearly any Internet user can install and use immediately. A user can create a live public proxy for free in under three minutes using free web space or even their own home PC to bypass existing Internet filters for accessing and downloading any material at the workplace.

8e6 Technologies has been a web filtering developer since 1995, with company headquarters in Orange, California. With a network of channel partners worldwide, the company is an independent provider of web filtering and insider threat management solutions for mid-size to large enterprises, protecting millions of users. The company’s appliance suite requires no additional infrastructure or software to install, resulting in the lowest total cost of ownership on the market. 8e6 is recognized for its real-time analysis, reporting capabilities and unmatched forensics that reduce security, legal and compliance risk. The company’s solutions are customizable to meet individual customer requirements, yet are powerful enough to meet the performance demands of the largest corporations in the world.

For more information about how to prevent web proxy use in the workplace, please visit: www.8e6.com/products/8e6-proxyblocker.html.

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According to Microsoft’s security advisory on the vulnerability, the bug affects Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

The problem exists in Windows’ handling of code within its Internet Information Services and SQL Server and if exploited, could enable malicious local users who have authentication to execute specially crafted code to raise their privileges to LocalSystem.

“Hosting providers may be at increased risk from this elevation of privilege vulnerability,” writes Microsoft in its advisory.

According to reports on VNUnet.com, Microsoft has yet to receive any reports of the vulnerability being targeted, but security experts have already warned of a possible attack.

“The vulnerability is limited to a local privilege escalation, but IIS’ susceptibility is concerning,” writes McAfee researcher Karthik Raman on his blog. “The Web server is widely used on the Internet, and is a top pick by Web hosting providers. We might see Web hosting providers targeted, and – this is scary – their clients’ Web sites breached.”

No patch is currently available, but it is believed that Microsoft has issued workaround instructions for IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0.

The software giant says it is still investigating the report and will make a decision on whether to issue a patch immediately or wait until its next scheduled security update on May 13.

Robert Miggins, Vice President of business development for PEER 1 noted, ”In keeping with the needs of our self-managed hosting customers, this product provides the highest security while being easy to install and manage. We know our customers, who come from a great variety of industries, and pride ourselves on offering the best and most affordable tools to support maximum business growth.”

The firewall product, mGuard Smart by Inominate, provides added security and is fully self-managed by customers via a web interface. This provides the kind of control and flexibility ServerBeach customers expect and can take full advantage of for their business or web presence. The mGuard Smart offers an extremely high degree of security and performance. It can be integrated anywhere both quickly and simply without modifications to the server, regardless of the processor technology or operating systems used. Because the firewall is independent it does not affect the performance of the server’s processor.

The mGuard Smart unites the advantages of hardware and software-based security concepts in a single component. All the security functions are integrated into the self-contained, fully independent mGuard platform. For this reason, it is not necessary to reconfigure the server being protected, nor do drivers or additional software need to be installed. The firewall performs much better and is more reliable than the typical shared or PCI based firewall. ServerBeach will offer the firewall at $99 per month with a $50 setup fee, and it is available on Category 3 and 5 servers within the San Antonio data center.

ServerBeach, a PEER 1 company, specializes in self-managed hosting for businesses of all sizes around North America and the world, and is based in San Antonio Texas. PEER 1 is an online IT infrastructure provider, for more than 9,000 customers. Serving a variety of industries, PEER 1 offers solutions that grow through every stage of web commerce, regardless of company size, and ensures customers’ online presence is always fast, always available. PEER 1 delivers highly scalable dedicated hosting and co-location solutions in addition to self-managed hosting by ServerBeach. Since 1999, PEER 1 has grown to include data centers and network points of presence in 17 major cities across North America and Europe. The company’s headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada and the stock is traded on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol PIX.

To learn more about the offering, please visit: http://serverbeach.com/servers/specialoffers_firewalls.php.

For more information about ServerBeach, please visit: www.serverbeach.com.

The offering was developed to defend against increasing threats to business applications. From the network to the end- user, Verizon Business will offer enterprise customers a better way to protect their software and web applications that underlie critical business processes. The new Application Log Monitoring and Management Service will augment Verizon Business’ Managed Security Services (MSS) portfolio, which helps deliver end-to-end protection of an organization’s entire IT ’stack’ — the computing structure that includes the network, data, application and user layers).

The new service enables customers to efficiently log, track and analyze user and system activity of software and Web applications, operating systems, and Web and database servers while avoiding the cost and complexity of building, maintaining and monitoring an in-house log management infrastructure. The Application Log Monitoring and Management Service will be available in the U.S. and many countries around the world, beginning next month. The new offering enables users to better mitigate risk, control IT costs, reduce complexity, and automate security compliance initiatives. As a result, customers can react more quickly to security threats, gain speedy access to critical information, and facilitate security compliance audits.

Counse Broders, Senior Research Director, Current Analysis noted, ”Verizon Business continues to deliver on managed security solutions for its clients with a nuanced log monitoring and management service extended to applications that will help clients better deal with compliance and regulatory requirements while gaining 24 x 7 expertise. Verizon Business’ new service moves security further up the IT stack to the application level, helping to drive the industry forward.”

With one of the world’s most expansive IP networks, Verizon Business has a unique view into the global security threat landscape. Customers can rely on Verizon Business’ expert security capabilities and advanced analysis to provide visibility into — and the ability to mitigate — new and emerging threats that may affect a business.

Kerry Bailey, Vice President of Verizon Business Security Solutions noted, ”Today’s approach to security is holistic. Gone are the days of relying solely on network-layer security to protect information assets. As the leading global provider of managed information security solutions and operator of one of the world’s most expansive IP networks, we are well- positioned to secure our customers’ infrastructure — from the network to the user level, and everywhere in between.”

According to industry analyst firm Forrester Research, Internet attacks are shifting from the network to software and web applications. The firm noted: ”Cyber attacks have moved up from the network layer to the application layer. Applications, especially web applications, have become prime targets for attackers because they create, present, modify, and store sensitive data, from credit card numbers to intellectual property.” (Forrester, ”Five Trends That Will Shape The IT Security Profession In 2008,” By Jonathan Penn with Tom Pohlmann, Paul Stamp and Allison Herald, Dec. 28, 2007.)

By outsourcing log management infrastructure to Verizon Business, it is believed that customers can better protect their global operations against security threats. The managed service includes automated collection, correlation, analysis of current and historical data, comprehensive reporting, secure archiving, and retrieval of application log data such as audit records and user activity logs.

Using advanced correlation and classification of logged security data, Verizon Business’ team of security experts can filter out real threats and, when necessary, react quickly to neutralize potential threats and attacks against customers. A key feature of the service is that it allows organizations to maintain the proper IT controls and reporting requirements needed to help them address industry standards and security regulations such as the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), COBIT 4.0, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and ISO 17799.

Best practice IT frameworks dictate that organizations collect, periodically review and securely archive their security log data for a defined period of time. Additionally, the ability to archive log data provides customers with secure, scalable storage and fast access to log data on the customer premises, which helps to facilitate quicker security audits.

Verizon Business’ comprehensive Managed Security Services portfolio is designed to provide security monitoring and management of premises-, cloud- and Software as a Service (SAAS)-based solutions to protect the extended enterprise. Verizon Business MSS uniquely complements an organization’s in-house capabilities with round-the-clock analysis and expertise. Enterprises and government agencies rely on Verizon Business to help them manage security risk and protect critical company assets.

Verizon Business Security Solutions offers a comprehensive portfolio of security services that include threat and vulnerability management; identity management; security and compliance programs; and security strategy and consultation. The more than 1,100 security professionals around the globe deliver these offerings through a range of managed services, professional services and products.

Verizon Business, one of the largest providers of communications services to the U.S. federal government, serves virtually every federal agency. Verizon Business is one of the largest global providers of advanced data, Internet and voice communications services. Verizon Business offers local-to-global-to-local network capabilities coupled with a broad range of telecommunications products and services, including managed network services and systems integration, to all levels of government. With this broad portfolio of services, Verizon Business will make an effort to provide federal agencies with one-stop shopping for their communications or connectivity needs. The company has built the next-generation services that are helping to transform the way government customers — and their constituents — do business.

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a provider of advanced communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large business and government customers worldwide. Combining global network reach with advanced technology and professional service capabilities, Verizon Business delivers a range of IT and Hosting solutions to fully outsource data centers, storage, application management and IT help desks.

To learn more about the security service, please visit: www.verizonbusiness.com/us/security.

For more information about Verizon Business, please visit: www.verizonbusiness.com.

Designed for network-wide anomaly detection and mitigation, the platform was developed to optimise critical business services for customers, in a cost-effective manner.

Derek Fage, Technical Director at Foreshore noted, ”By providing intelligent visibility into our network traffic, Peakflow SP gives us three major benefits. First, the system instantly alerts us to anomalous network activity so we can address security threats and maintain the highest quality of service. Second, it provides detailed information about suspect and attack traffic so we can conduct meaningful forensics. And third, by providing insight into where traffic is coming from, it enables more accurate traffic engineering, network planning and peering analysis – all of which helps reduce our costs and optimise our services.”

Since its inception in 2000, Foreshore’s non-stop network infrastructure is meeting the rigorous 24/7 operational requirements of international banks, major e-retailers and electronic payment providers. In an era of global network security threats that are ever-increasing in size and frequency, DDoS detection and mitigation are critical to Foreshore’s continued success – and that of its customers.

Peakflow SP is delivering the pervasive network visibility, deep application insight and comprehensive threat management Foreshore needs to surgically mitigate and report on DDoS and zero-day threats before they impact critical business services. Foreshore is also using Peakflow SP for traffic engineering to improve network performance and to deliver revenue generating managed DDoS detection and mitigation services to customers.

Rob Malan, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Arbor Networks remarked, ”Peakflow SP is a platform that delivers a number of benefits beyond network security. Foreshore is leveraging the broad functionality of Peakflow SP to improve network-wide visibility, security, traffic engineering and to potentially deliver managed DDoS protection services to their customers.”

For more detail on how Foreshore is leveraging Arbor Networkss’ Peakflow SP platform, please visit Arbor Networks’ website to read the Solution Brief Case Study or download the podcast discussion Derek Fage, technical director at Foreshore.

Arbor Networks Peakflow SP protects service provider networks from security threats such as DDoS attacks, botnets and worms as well as network issues such as traffic and routing instability. Peakflow SP is delivering a unique combination of security, visibility and policy enforcement.

Arbor Networks is a provider of secure service control solutions for global business networks, including more than 70 percent of the world’s Internet service providers and many of the largest enterprise networks in use today. Arbor is addressing the most strategic issues for service providers – security and service control; delivering best-in class network protection and the means for delivering revenue-generating, differentiated secure services and service plans. Arbor allows service providers to employ both flow-based and DPI- based technologies to enable measurement and protection of the entire network, from the core to the broadband edge. Arbor also maintains the world’s first globally scoped threat analysis network – ATLAS – which uses technology embedded in the world’s largest ISP networks to sense and report on comprehensive worldwide threat intelligence.

To learn more about Arbor Networks, please visit: www.arbornetworks.com.

Dan Sell, Vice President of Sales at Alert Logic noted, ”We are thrilled with our partnership with VISI,” said “They have a reputation for excellence in the Midwest. We look forward to helping VISI’s clients solve regulatory and security requirements.”

In order for a company to effectively and securely share critical information with remote users, it is generally agreed that it takes more than a firewall. VISI combines intrusion detection and vulnerability management into a single integrated solution offering both proactive and reactive protection from the latest threats to business networks, along with Alert Logic’s Threat Manager..

VISI customers will receive a powerful network surveillance system that is configured, managed and updated on a regular basis by security experts. Typical Intrusion Detection Service products use one or two factors to identify network threats. VISI goes beyond one or two factors with Alert Logic’s exclusive Seven-Factor Threat Scenario Modeling detection technology.

VISI and Alert Logic will be jointly presenting a webinar in March to demonstrate the advantages of the Managed Intrusion Detective Service: Title: VISI presents ”Unwanted Guests: Best Practices for Network Security.” Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT Reserve your Webinar Seat Now at: www2.gotomeeting.com/register/363478737.

Founded in 1994, VISI is Minnesota’s largest locally-owned managed hosting and connectivity provider, offering connectivity, colocation and managed hosting services. VISI serves more than 10,000 business and residential customers throughout Minnesota with products and services including world-class SAS 70 Type II data centers in St. Paul and Minneapolis. The company provides a full range of robust Web and application hosting services, first-rate Internet services and support, and personal, expert advice.

Alert Logic is a leading provider of on-demand compliance and security solutions for mid-sized organizations. By enabling its customers to detect threats, eliminate vulnerabilities, and manage log data, Alert Logic provides the easiest way to secure networks and comply with policies and regulations. Alert Logic’s on-demand platform utilizes software-as-a-service to deliver the benefits of rapid deployment, zero maintenance, and no upfront capital costs. Based in Houston, Texas and founded in 2002.

To learn more about Alert Logic, please visit: www.alertlogic.com.

For more information about VISI, please visit: www.visi.com.

Ian Hollow,Managing Director at Iron Mountain’s Australasia noted, ”Iron Mountain is the world’s leading provider of backup and archiving software and Storage-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. With the launch of the Australian data center, we can offer these services directly to businesses and through a network of regional channel partners. This data center not only improves performance and allows local shipment of large amounts of data, but also provides our customers peace of mind that their data is stored and protected within Australian borders.”

Iron Mountain’s comprehensive distributed data protection solutions help thousands of enterprises and tens of thousands of smaller companies are designed to automatically back up and recover server and PC data. The Connected Backup for PC solution virtually eliminates the risk of PC data loss by automatically backing up desktop and laptop computers as users perform their normal tasks. Additionally, Iron Mountain’s LiveVault server backup is a complete server data protection solution for small and medium businesses, as well as remote offices and sites. Combining proven disk and online technologies, LiveVault radically simplifies the protection of file, database, application and Microsoft Exchange servers, eliminating the burden of tape backup. Iron Mountain has commenced talks with Australian partners who will launch co-branded services directly to their customers utilizing Iron Mountain’s technology solutions and the local data center on the back end.

Dave Kubick, Vice President of Worldwide Alliances for Iron Mountain Digital added, ”We’ve had a growing demand from our customers worldwide for data protection solutions and services. So in addition to offering our data protection services directly, we will continue to rely on the strength of our channel partner program for extending the availability of our Storage-as-a-Service offerings in Australia as well.”

Iron Mountain Digital is a provider of data backup/recovery and archiving software and Storage-as-a-Service (SaaS). The technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated offers a comprehensive suite of data protection and e-records management software and services to thousands of companies around the world, directly and through a world-wide network of channel partners. Iron Mountain Digital is based in Framingham, Massachusetts with European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) helps organizations around the world reduce the risks and costs associated with information protection and storage. The Company offers comprehensive records management and data protection solutions, along with the expertise and experience to address complex information challenges such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain is a trusted partner to more than 100,000 corporate clients throughout North America, Europe, Latin American and Asia Pacific.

To learn more about Iron Mountain Digital, please visit: www.ironmountain.com/digital.

For more information about Iron Mountain, please visit: www.ironmountain.com.