Catbird Named Best of VMworld 2008 Finalist for Security and Virtualization

Business Wire, Sept 25, 2008

Independent Judges Honor Catbird V-Security[TM] For Innovation, Value, Performance, Reliability and Ease of Use

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Catbird[R], the pioneer in comprehensive security and compliance for virtual and physical networks, today announced that an independent panel of experts and editors selected Catbird V-Security[TM] as a Security and Virtualization Finalist for the Best of VMworld 2008 awards. This honor recognizes Catbird's unique value proposition as "one-stop-shopping" for virtual infrastructure protection.

Catbird's flagship V-Security solution is a non-invasive and comprehensive Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for virtual and physical networks. V-Security's cross-platform coverage includes Rogue VM Quarantine; Network Access Control (NAC); Sprawl Management and Control; Intrusion Prevention (IPS) and Intrusion Detection (IDS); Policy Compliance and Enforcement; Vulnerability Monitoring; Auditing Compliance and Virtual Network Segmentation.

Finalists were reviewed and evaluated according to innovation, value, performance, reliability, and ease of use.

"This is the fourth award this year for Catbird V-Security," noted Tamar Newberger, VP of Marketing at Catbird. "As the trusted veterans in this space, we have been able to continually build product that directly meets the security and compliance requirements gathered from our extensive experience with virtualization users. These customers want broad-based protection for their entire virtual infrastructure, as well as assurances that their auditors will be satisfied. We are especially thrilled to have such recognition from TechTarget who are to be lauded for their early vision in educating their own reader base about the need for security in virtualized data centers."

Customers rely on Catbird for visibility, management and control of their virtual and physical networks. Unlike conventional host-based solutions, stateful appliances and proprietary hardware solutions, Catbird's unique, stateless architecture is fully SOA and cloud-based; 100% plug-and-play; web-enabled; and architected to have minimal impact on the virtual environment itself.

About Catbird

Catbird is the industry leader in comprehensive security for virtualized and physical environments, Via the multi-award winning Catbird V-Security and the Catbird V-Agent virtual appliance, Catbird is the only company delivering best-practice security for Hypervisor, Guest VMs and Policy/Regulatory Security Compliance. As companies migrate mainstream servers and desktops to virtual environments, uncertainty over security and compliance can impact deployment plans. Catbird's protection eliminates these worries and keeps virtualization plans on track. Founded in 2000 by Internet pioneer Ron Lachman, the company's in-the-cloud architecture protects thousands of customer systems and networks who rely on Catbird and its partners to protect their valuable IT assets from external and internal threats. The private company is based in Silicon Valley, and is currently recruiting new partners and resellers.

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