AppRiver Named Best Channel Vendor 2009

Voted by Resellers as the Top Vendor Pick for Service/Support, Product
Reliability and Channel Friendliness
GULF BREEZE, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
AppRiver LLC, a leading provider of secure e-mail messaging solutions, today
announced it has been recognized by Business Solutions magazine`s annual reader
survey as a "Best Channel Vendor 2009" in the Security category. Complete survey
findings appear in the publication`s January 2009 print issue and can also be
accessed online here.

"We received an overwhelming response from subscribers, collecting nearly 18,000
votes in what is one of the largest surveys of this kind," said Jim Roddy,
president of Business Solutions magazine. "In turn, the VAR community can
leverage this wealth of data as a guide to making informed partnership decisions
with leading channel vendors like AppRiver."

Based on the survey`s published findings, AppRiver was rated by resellers as the
top vendor in Service/Support, Product Reliability and Channel Friendliness. The
company averaged a near-perfect 4.84 rating (out of 5.0) from voters in these
categories. In addition, AppRiver achieved an impressive 4.74 overall score for
all categories surveyed, including: Service/Support, Product Reliability,
Channel Friendliness, Channel Program, Product Features, Product Innovation and
VAR Margins.

"It is a distinct honor to have the highest published scores in Business
Solutions magazine`s `Best Channel Vendor 2009` survey for categories that are
mission critical," said Michael Murdoch, CEO, AppRiver. "AppRiver is committed
to our resellers` success and we believe each customer should receive Phenomenal
Customer Care and consistently reliable products and services. We appreciate our
resellers for awarding us with this remarkable honor as it underlines our
commitment to arm the channel with a full range of e-mail protection and Web
security services."

Business Solutions partnered with Penn State University (PSU) in order to ensure
the utmost statistical accuracy while conducting this survey. PSU administered
the questions to the magazine`s VAR subscribers through a Web-based survey.
Scores were calculated by PSU and the magazine`s editorial staff.

More information on AppRiver Partner Programs can be found at
http://www.appriver.com/partners-spam-filter.asp.

About AppRiver

Founded in April 2002, AppRiver - based in Gulf Breeze, Florida - is a
software-as-a-service (SaaS) security provider offering secure messaging
solutions to businesses of all sizes. In addition to spam and virus protection,
the company provides a complete managed service for Microsoft Exchange. With
more than 35,000 customers around the world - and an impressive 97 percent
customer retention rate since its inception - AppRiver is one of the largest
e-mail security managed service providers worldwide. In 2008, Red Herring
magazine named AppRiver one of its top 100 companies to watch. The company was
also named to CRN Magazine`s 2007 Emerging Tech Dynamos list. For more
information, visit www.appriver.com.

AppRiver
Dana Holway, 850-932-5338
dholway@appriver.com
or
Schwartz Communications
Tiffany Archambault/Brian Kramer, 781-684-0770
appriver@schwartz-pr.com

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