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Data Protection Report Recognizes Workshare as "Champion"

Preventing Data Loss Wins Workshare Leadership Position in Bloor Research Report

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON - June 11, 2008 - Workshare, a global leader in content protection and control, was recognized as a "Champion" in Bloor Research's 2008 Enterprise Data Protection Bullseye™ report, an independent, multi-dimensional model for comparative analysis of IT products. Workshare was recognized as a "Champion" for leading the way with data loss prevention and data leak technologies in one unified solution. The Workshare Unified Content Protection (UCP) Suite™ provides complete protection for intellectual property and prevents information loss while enabling organizations to comply with corporate policies and regulatory requirements.

"Champion" companies are large, stable organizations with a strong overall solution and vision. Bloor evaluated Workshare's data protection products based on stability and risk, performance, architecture, fit for purpose, ease of use, support and coverage, and value. The data loss prevention features provide encryption to protect sensitive data at endpoints and across the enterprise network, for example, on laptops or in email. Leak protection detects if confidential data is at risk of leaving an organization's control, for example via email or a USB drive. Workshare was singled out as a company that actively works with partners such as Utimaco, PGP and Voltage to provide a broader offering. The data protection report, authored by analyst Nigel Stanley, is available for download from Workshare.com.

"We are honored by Bloor's recognition as a "Champion" in Enterprise Data Protection. Being recognized by Bloor Research side-by-side with Microsoft confirms the unique value Workshare products deliver to our 4,000 plus customers every day," said Workshare general manager, Brian Spector. "We are Microsoft's global ISV/Solution Partner of the Year. This, coupled with being recognized as a 'Champion' by Bloor, demonstrates our commitment to lead the way in Enterprise Data Protection through a continued focus on standards compliance and customer-driven innovation."

The Unified Content Protection Suite components work individually, or as a whole, to help organizations of all sizes conform to information security policies and assure compliance with government and industry regulation. The integrated data leak protection and data loss prevention features ensures compliance with both regulatory and internal policies, educates and alerts users of policy violations, blocks content where necessary, empowers users to correct the problem when appropriate, and ensures data is encrypted when emailed or stored locally on a laptop or USB drive. With Unified Content Protection in place organizations will dramatically reduce private, financial and confidential information leaks while educating and coaching users.

About Bloor Research
Founded in 1989, Bloor Research is one of the world's leading IT research, analysis and consultancy organizations - distributing research and analysis to IT user and vendor organizations throughout the world via online subscriptions, tailored research services and consultancy projects. More information can be found by visiting the company's Web site at www.bloor-research.com

About Workshare
Workshare, an information security company, delivers Content Protection and Control solutions to over 8,500 organizations worldwide. Workshare solutions combine policy enforcement, management control and user entitlement to ensure safe information exchange without business disruption. Its products include the Workshare Protect Suite, Workshare Professional Suite, and TRACE! Workshare's customer base spans small to large organizations in every industry segment and includes more than 60 percent of the Fortune 1000 and 85 percent of the Global ProServices 250. Workshare is Microsoft's current global ISV/Solution Partner of the Year, has appeared at DEMO and won numerous industry awards. The company has offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Washington DC, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Paris and Sydney. Workshare is the sponsor of www.metadatarisk.org, the definitive source for content security. For more information, visit www.workshare.com.