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Press Release: PGP Corporation Commissions “Customer Satisfaction Index” Study from J.D. Power and Associates
Menlo Park, CA / 10 December 2009 – PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced that J.D. Power and Associates has completed the first-ever CSI (Customer Satisfaction Index) Report for PGP Corporation. The J.D. Power and Associates index methodology identifies those elements that drive customer satisfaction. Surveying over 1,600 customers globally, the CSI Report measured the components of customer satisfaction across the entire PGP Corporation user experience and focused on four main areas, each with unique importance weights: sales satisfaction, price satisfaction, product satisfaction and technical support satisfaction.
“On behalf of PGP Corporation, I would like to sincerely thank our customers for participating in this J.D. Power and Associates Customer Satisfaction Study as it provided invaluable insight into how you view us and the buyer/user experience,” said Phillip Dunkelberger, president and CEO of PGP Corporation. “The senior management team has reviewed the results and we have already embarked on a number of new programs that will be rolled out this quarter.”
PGP Corporation commissioned the CSI Report from J.D. Power and Associates to identify the main reasons why customers chose PGP® solutions. In addition to the four main focus areas mentioned above, customers were also surveyed on the shopping experience, evaluation software satisfaction, customer service satisfaction, professional services satisfaction and training satisfaction.
With over forty years of measuring customer satisfaction for some of the most prestigious and quality-oriented companies in the world, J.D. Power and Associates has gained a thorough understanding of quality and satisfaction in the industry, thus making them the provider of choice to conduct the PGP Corporation Customer Satisfaction Index.
About J.D. Power and Associates
Headquartered in Westlake Village, California, J.D. Power and Associates is a global marketing information services company operating in key business sectors including market research, forecasting, performance improvement, training and customer satisfaction. The firm’s quality and satisfaction measurements are based responses from millions of consumers annually. For more information on cell phone ratings, car reviews and ratings, car insurance, health insurance and more, please visit JDPower.com. J.D. Power and Associates is a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
About PGP Corporation
PGP Corporation is a global leader in email and data encryption software for enterprise data protection. Based on a unified key management and policy infrastructure, the PGP® Encryption Platform offers the broadest set of integrated applications for enterprise data security. PGP® platform-enabled applications allow organizations to meet current needs and expand as security requirements evolve for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging, smartphones, network storage, file transfers, automated processes, and backups.
PGP® solutions are used by more than 100,000 enterprises, businesses, and governments worldwide, including 95 percent of the Fortune® 100, 75 percent of the Fortune® Global 100, 87 percent of the German DAX Index, and 51 percent of the U.K. FTSE 100 Index. As a result, PGP Corporation has earned a global reputation for innovative, standards-based, and trusted solutions. PGP solutions help protect confidential information, secure customer data, achieve regulatory and audit compliance, and safeguard companies’ brands and reputations. Contact PGP Corporation at www.pgp.com.
Media & Analyst Contacts for PGP Corporation:
North America
Tom Rice
Merritt Group
+1 703 856 2218
rice@merrittgrp.com
United Kingdom
Jacqui Depares / Richard Scarlett
Johnson King
+44 (0) 20 7401 7968
pgpteam@johnsonking.co.uk
Germany
Ingrid Daschner
Johnson King
+49 (0) 89 8940 8511
ingridd@johnsonking.de
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Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking, including statements regarding the availability, plans, delivery, goals, development, expected features, expected benefits and competitive position of PGP products implementing or leveraging the PGP technologies. All references made to product feature enhancements, improvements in Platform support or additional functionality are subject to change at PGP Corporation’s sole discretion. All future descriptions of PGP technology and products are subject to availability only if PGP Corporation decides to build them and when PGP Corporation decides to make them commercially available. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that PGP Corporation faces that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with any unforeseen technical difficulties or software errors related to the final development and launch of any of PGP Corporation’s products; any technological, regulatory, or standards changes in the security, encryption and authentications market which could make PGP Corporation’s products less competitive or require feature changes in these products; any slowdown in the adoption by businesses of encryption suites, secure email, Internet technologies or related standard. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of the date hereof, and PGP Corporation does not assume any obligation to update such statements nor the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in such statements.
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North America
Lauren Ames
PGP Corporation
+1 650 543 3678
pr@pgp.com
Tom Rice
Merritt Group
+1 703 856 2218
rice@merrittgrp.com
Germany
Ingrid Daschner
Johnson King
+49 (0) 89 8940 8511
ingridd@johnsonking.de
Japan
Miho Mochizuki
gram3 Inc.
+81 3 6402 0303
pgp@gram3.co.jp
United Kingdom
Jacqui Depares
Johnson King
+44 (0)20 7401 7968
jacquid@johnsonking.co.uk