Altor Networks Named "Most Innovative Company at RSA® Conference 2010"

Virtualization and Cloud Security Company Chosen for its Broad Market
Applicability and Strong Security Pedigree
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
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* RSA® Conference (www.rsaconference.com), the world`s leading information
security conferences and expositions, today announced Altor Networks
(http://altornetworks.com), a provider of best-in-class virtualization and cloud
security solutions, as the winner of its Innovation Sandbox "Most Innovative
Company at RSA Conference 2010" contest. Innovation Sandbox is a half-day
interactive program devoted to highlighting technological breakthroughs and
solutions that are designed to help security practitioners tackle emerging
security issues facing the industry.
* Altor`s product, Altor VF v3.0, won the award based on its broad market
applicability and the fact that it addresses major trends in virtualization
security, a top of mind issue for CISOs today.
* Innovation Sandbox provides emerging companies with a unique platform to
showcase new products and/or services that address the current and emerging
threats plaguing information security professionals.
* Close to 30 companies provided submissions for consideration in the contest,
with the final 10 being selected after review by the judging panel.
* This year, Altor Networks competed against nine other finalists that were
invited to pitch their product and business plan to a judging panel made up of
venture capitalists, chief security officers, chief technology officers and
industry experts.
* Judges included Michael Barrett of PayPal; Asheem Chandna of Greylock
Partners; Gerhard Eschelbeck of Webroot Software; Renee Guttmann of Time Warner
Inc.; Ray Rothrock of Venrock and Hugh Thompson, Program Committee Chair for RSA
Conference.
* Innovation Sandbox was sponsored by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Quote attributable to Sandra Toms LaPedis, Area Vice President and General
Manager of RSA Conference:

"This year`s Innovation Sandbox participants offered game-changing solutions
that have demonstrated the potential to succeed in today`s market. Altor
Networks stood out from the crowd by demonstrating it has an approach that`s
fundamentally superior to other organizations addressing similar virtualization
and cloud security challenges. There is no doubt that this will be the first of
many accolades for Altor."

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