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Press Release: PGP Corporation and Wick Hill Announce New Distribution Partnership in Germany
Value Added Distributor Expands PGP Corporation’s Data Protection Reach in the German Market
Menlo Park, CA and Hamburg, Germany /16 June 2009 – PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced it has signed a new distribution partnership with Wick Hill, a leading international distributor and security specialist. Under the terms of the agreement, Wick Hill will distribute the PGP® Encryption Platform and its award-winning portfolio of data protection solutions to value-added resellers (VARs) in the German market.
“Data theft is ubiquitous, and is a serious problem. Many companies are worried about being victims of industrial espionage, especially during the current economic situation. Thus companies want better control by encrypting their data streams,” said Helge Scherff, director of sales at Wick Hill in Hamburg. “We are delighted to be working with PGP Corporation — a partner that not only has enormous technical expertise, but also has the best encryption technologies on the market and can offer companies complete data integrity.”
In response to market and customer demand to protect core data assets and safeguard intellectual property via encryption, Wick Hill will integrate PGP Corporation’s entire product line of data protection and encryption solutions into its offerings portfolio. PGP Corporation is the only data protection vendor in the market that provides an end-to-end encryption platform that secures data from the endpoint all the way to the mainframe. The PGP® Encryption Platform provides the ability to centrally manage and automate data security policies by application, as well as location — no matter where the data resides. PGP® solutions enable companies of all sizes to safeguard their business and personal data, as well as comply with industry and regulatory compliance mandates.
“Together with Wick Hill, we will be furthering our channel reach and fulfilling the needs for increased data protection and encryption in the German market,” said Lee Finck, senior director of worldwide channels at PGP Corporation. “In this respect, Wick Hill not only offers the necessary experience and infrastructure in the field of training, but also has a highly motivated team to drive the uptake of data security solutions.”
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.
About Wick Hill
Wick Hill is specialized in the sales of secure infrastructure solutions for e-business appli-cations. As a Value Added Distributor (VAD), the company offers solutions for Internet security, web management and Internet access. By cooperating with international part-ners, Wick Hill can offer products that are simple to use from leading manufacturers. Pro-fessional customer service, support in implementing the products and technically quali-fied training and technical support complete the range of products offered. When select-ing the manufacturers and products, Wick Hill places great importance on these solutions providing true business advantages and a good return on investment for the engineering trade partners. You can find more information at www.wickhill.de.
Media & Analyst Contacts for PGP Corporation:
North America
Lauren Ames
PGP Corporation
+1 650 543 3678
lames@pgp.com
Tom Rice
Merritt Group
+1 703 856 2218
rice@merrittgrp.com
Germany
Ingrid Daschner
Johnson King
Tel.: +49 (0)89/89 40 85-11
ingridd@johnsonking.de
Media & Analyst Contacts for Wick Hill:
Sascha Nuszkowski
Wick Hill Kommunikationstechnik GmbH
Tel.: +49 (0)40/23 73 01-48
sn@wickhill.de
Stephan Wild
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
Tel.: +49 (0)89/62 81 75-33
swild@waggeneredstrom.com
Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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
lames@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