in Both Security and Virtualization, and Cloud Computing Technologies Categories

Catbird vCompliance™, Catbird vSecurity Cloud Edition™ are Cited for Excellence

SCOTTS VALLEY, CA – (September 14th, 2009) –Catbird, the pioneer in comprehensive security and compliance for virtual, cloud and physical networks, today announced that the company has won finalist awards in two categories of the Best of VMworld 2009 Awards. Catbird vCompliance was named in the Security and Virtualization category, and the vSecurity Cloud Edition was honored in the Cloud Computing Technologies category. Catbird is the first company to win two awards in a single year and the first security company to win in the Cloud Computing category.

“We at Catbird are delighted to again be recognized by the Best of VMworld Awards,” said Tamar Newberger, VP of Marketing at Catbird. “This is our third finalist award, underscoring both Catbird’s ongoing innovation and execution, and confirming that Catbird is the preeminent solution for securing the cloud. Catbird provides the best in protection and compliance for virtualized data centers, allowing the secure deployment of mission-critical applications for our customers.”
Catbird was the only company to win two awards this year. The winning solutions, which were announced by the editors of TechTarget Inc. (NASDAQ: TTGT), were selected from more than 175 product entrants at the VM World 2009 conference held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco and sponsored by VMware Inc. For the third straight year, TechTarget was the official media partner for the VMworld Awards. Their independent team of judges consisting of experts and editors from SearchServerVirtualization.com and its sister sites, SearchVMware.com™ and SearchVirtualDesktop.com™, reviewed and evaluated the products according to innovation, value, performance, reliability and ease of use.

About Catbird
Catbird is the industry leader in comprehensive security and compliance for virtualized, cloud and physical environments, and a winner of three Best of Show Finalist Awards at VMworld 2009 and 2008; the Windows IT Pro Best of Tech·Ed 2008 IT Pro Editors Choice Award for Security; and winner of the 2007 VARBusiness Technology Innovator Award for Virtualization. Via Catbird vSecurity and the “Catbird” 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.