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Vontu Extends Lead in Data Loss Prevention in 2006

Leader in Protecting Data Achieves Significant Milestones in Customer Acquisition, Product Innovation and Company Growth

SAN FRANCISCO — January 29, 2007 — Vontu, Inc. today announced that it extended its leadership position in the growing market for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions in 2006, as measured by customer acquisition, award-winning products, strategic partnerships, company growth and industry recognition. Vontu continued to demonstrate strong sales execution, more than doubling year-over-year sales and outperforming all of its closest competitors. The company's financial performance and rapid customer adoption was based on its innovative products, which enable business and government to safeguard intellectual property, customer data, and sensitive or classified information.

"2006 was a landmark year for Vontu. We achieved record growth in sales, revenue and market share," said Joseph Ansanelli, chairman and CEO of Vontu. "Today, our clients include many of the world's largest and most data-driven enterprises. We are seeing demand not only from financial, retail and healthcare companies looking to safeguard customer and patient data, but increasingly from manufacturing, technology and other IP-based companies who need to protect their intellectual property. These organizations have clearly recognized the substantial business value of data loss prevention, and we are poised for an even better year in 2007."

Customer Adoption

Vontu clients include many of the world's largest and most data-driven enterprises. Vontu technology has also been implemented at 77 organizations across industries including financial services, insurance, high technology, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, media, and healthcare, as well as government agencies. The company also reported a 100 percent customer renewal rate.

Vontu's client roster now includes:

  • 6 of the top 7 commercial and investment banks
  • 6 of the top 10 insurance companies
  • 5 of the top 8 credit card and reporting companies
  • 6 top manufacturing companies
  • 9 top technology companies
  • 9 top retail brands
  • 20 of the Fortune 100.

In further evidence of Vontu enterprise leadership, two-thirds of Vontu customers are Fortune 1000 companies. All Vontu customers represent enterprise-wide deployments, and Vontu deployments now cover more than three million users, for an average of more than 38,000 users per deployment.

Product Leadership

The release Vontu 6.0 in February 2006 proved to be game-changing for Vontu by setting a new standard for data loss prevention. The Vontu 6.0 data-at-rest product line, including Vontu Discover and Vontu Protect, exceeded all expectations, gaining acceptance by more than 45 percent of Vontu customers.

Significant to the release of Vontu 6.0 are a number of industry firsts, including:

  • The first DLP product to offer HTTPS monitoring and prevention
  • The first DLP product to offer FTP monitoring and prevention
  • The first DLP product to automatically quarantine exposed data at rest.

In a separate announcement today, Vontu announced the next release of its data loss prevention solution, Vontu 7.

Market Growth

In August 2006, Vontu tied with Cisco by being named the number one most exciting information security product in use today, according to TheInfoPro's Wave 7 Information Security Study. The study revealed the emergence of Outbound Content Compliance (OCC) as one of the "hottest" information security categories and showed that Vontu leads the market. As further evidence of the growth of the market, data loss prevention is rated as the most promising category of new security technology according to the December 20, 2006, CISO Survey Results by Merrill Lynch.

Industry Recognition

Vontu received honors for company strategy and product excellence in 2006 from the following industry experts:

  • Vontu was positioned in the "leaders" quadrant in the Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Content Monitoring and Filtering," published in February 2006.
  • Vontu received IDG's InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award for Best Insider Threat Defense in January 2006. Vontu won the award again in January 2007.
  • Vontu 5.0 won SC Magazine's 2006 U.S. Excellence Award for Best Enterprise Security Solution in February 2006.
  • Vontu 5.0 won SC Magazine's 2006 Global Award for Best New Security Solution in May 2006.
  • Vontu was chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100 Private Companies award winners in May 2006.
  • Vontu customer Pitney Bowes won the InfoWorld 100 award for its implementation of Vontu 6.0 in November 2006.
  • Vontu has been named as a finalist in the Best Enterprise Security and Regulatory Compliance categories of the SC Magazine Awards, to be announced in February 2007.

Company Growth

Vontu increased its workforce by nearly double in 2006, and raised an additional $10 million in venture capital from existing investors Venrock Associates, Benchmark Capital, U.S. Venture Partners and Performance Equity Management, LLC.

About Vontu

Vontu is the leading provider of Data Loss Prevention solutions that protect data anywhere-at rest, in motion or at the endpoint. By reducing the risk of data loss, Vontu helps organizations ensure public confidence, demonstrate compliance and maintain competitive advantage. Vontu customers include many of the world's largest and most data-driven enterprises and government agencies. Vontu has received numerous awards, including IDG's InfoWorld 2007 Technology of the Year Award for "Best Data Leak Prevention," as well as SC Magazine's 2006 U.S. Excellence Award for "Best Enterprise Security Solution" and Global Award for "Best New Security Solution." For more information, please visit www.vontu.com.

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