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Pitney Bowes receives InfoWorld 100 award for use of Vontu
Fortune 500 organization recognized for industry leadership in data loss prevention
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — November 28, 2006 — Vontu, Inc., the leader in Data Loss Prevention solutions, today announced that its customer, Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) was recognized by IDG's InfoWorld 100 awards for successfully implementing Vontu 6.0 to prevent the loss of sensitive information and strengthen the company's regulatory compliance efforts. The annual InfoWorld 100 Awards honor IT projects that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals.
The Vontu 6.0 data loss prevention suite enables enterprises to discover and protect confidential information stored on servers, desktops, and laptops (data at rest), as well as monitor and prevent data breaches via network traffic (data in motion). Policies pertaining to customer data, employee information, intellectual property and government regulations can be easily configured and automatically enforced with Vontu's industry-specific policy templates.
"We chose Vontu because we needed an easy-to-use, automated solution that gave us accurate insight into our outbound datastream," said Trevor Odell, manager of security administration, Pitney Bowes. "Vontu's ability to prevent data policy violations helps us better protect both our information assets and our customers' privacy."
"InfoWorld's recognition of Pitney Bowes for its innovative use of Vontu solutions demonstrates the increasing awareness of data loss prevention technology," said Steve Roop, vice president of marketing and products, Vontu. "We congratulate Pitney Bowes on the successful execution of their data protection strategy."
Additional details on the InfoWorld 100 Awards can be found here or by visiting www.infoworld.com.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes provides the world's most comprehensive suite of mailstream software, hardware, services and solutions to help companies manage their flow of mail, documents and packages to improve communication. Pitney Bowes, with $5.6 billion in annual revenue, takes an all-inclusive view of its customers' operations, helping organizations of all sizes enjoy the competitive advantage that comes from an optimized mailstream. The company's 86 years of technological leadership have produced many major mailstream innovations, and it is consistently on the Intellectual Property Owners Association's list of top U.S. patent holders. With approximately 34,000 employees worldwide, Pitney Bowes serves more than 2 million businesses through direct and dealer operations. More information about the company can be found at http://www.pb.com/.
About Vontu
Vontu is the leading provider of Data Loss Prevention solutions for both data at rest and data in motion. Vontu allows organizations to discover and protect exposed confidential information, monitor all network traffic, block select email, FTP and Web communications, and automatically enforce data loss prevention policies. By reducing the frequency and severity of both inadvertent and malicious data loss incidents, Vontu helps organizations ensure public confidence, reduce compliance risk and protect competitive advantage. Vontu customers include Fortune 500 companies in financial services, insurance, high technology, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, media, and healthcare, as well as state and federal government agencies. Vontu has received numerous awards, including SC Magazine's 2006 U.S. Excellence Award for "Best Enterprise Security Solution" and Global Award for "Best New Security Solution," as well as IDG's InfoWorld 2006 Technology of the Year Award for "Best Insider Threat Defense." For more information, please visit www.vontu.com.