Catbird® Named to Everything Channel's CRN Virtualization 100 List

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Catbird, the pioneer in security and compliance for virtual, cloud and physical networks, today announced it has been recognized by Everything Channel in CRN's new Virtualization 100 list. Featuring the top 100 vendors in the virtualization space as identified by the editorial staff of CRN, the list serves as the de facto resource by which VARs can begin to evaluate the best virtualization products for their business. Catbird was named to the Virtualization 100 in recognition of its solution to help clients address security and compliance for virtual and cloud infrastructures.

According to the CRN Fast Growth Study, virtualization is the number one technology that VARs are investing in over the next year. The CRN Virtualization 100 list highlights the most compelling virtualization vendors and solutions to best meet the growing needs of the channel.  These featured vendors were selected based on their ability to help VARs transform themselves into true service providers and help organizations and enterprises take advantage of the ease, flexibility, scalability, elasticity and cost savings that leveraging virtualization has to offer.

Catbird's vSecurity™ weaves multi-function security directly into the fabric of virtual infrastructure, helping enterprises and government agencies leverage the full value of their virtualization deployments. Catbird's security orchestration correlates data and events from across the virtualized data center to immediately protect assets, while simultaneously generating real-time reports on the compliance status of these systems. Catbird partners and customers are assured of regulatory compliance against the leading commercial and federal standards, including NIST, PCI, HIPAA and DIACAP.

"From server to storage to desktop virtualization, this technology will become a mainstay for businesses large and small and one of the more profitable technologies for VARs to integrate and sell," said Kelley Damore, Vice President, Editorial Director, Everything Channel. "The Virtualization 100 list showcases the best virtualization technology solutions to help VARs navigate the virtualization landscape and determine which vendor is best suited to meet their unique needs."

"We are honored to be recognized on this new list as one of the truly innovative companies tackling the issues around virtualization security and compliance," said Tamar Newberger, Catbird VP of Marketing. "Security is the number one differentiator for VARs looking to help their clients realize the full ROI of their virtualized data centers. Catbird's partner-focused approach and multi-tenant portal is the easiest route to market for VARs looking to capitalize on the intersection of the two hottest trends in IT: security and virtualization."

A sample of the Virtualization 100 will be featured in the May 23rd issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.crn.com.

To learn more about Catbird's industry-leading, comprehensive security solutions for virtual and cloud environments, visit http://www.catbird.com or follow Catbird on Twitter at @CatbirdMktg.

About Catbird (www.catbird.com)

Catbird is the industry leader in comprehensive security and compliance for virtualized, cloud and physical environments, and a winner of four Best of Show Finalist Awards at VMworld 2010, 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 innovative technology protects tens of 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.

About Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.

About United Business Media Limited

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