Commtouch Appoints Sidra Berman as Vice President of Marketing

SUNNYVALE, California, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH), a leading provider of Cloud-based solutions for security companies and service providers, appointed Sidra Berman as vice president of international marketing. Ms. Berman brings over 15 years of experience in all aspects of software and IT services marketing.

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"Our transformation requires leadership with a strategic customer and market-based focus," said Shlomi Yanai, chief executive officer of Commtouch. "Sidra is the ideal marketing leader to bring industry-leading solutions to market, support and grow our partner community, and transform our go-to-market approach to include white-label security as a service solutions."  

Before joining Commtouch, Ms. Berman served as vice president of marketing and inside sales at Clarabridge and spent nearly five years at Deltek as director, product marketing and strategy. Prior to Deltek, Ms. Berman held various marketing and technology roles at GE Global eXchange Services.  She holds a BA in political science from Tufts University and an MBA in marketing and finance from the University of Maryland.

"Commtouch, with its cloud-based technology, is poised for tremendous growth in the security-as-a-service market," said Ms. Berman. "I am excited about Commtouch's strategic direction and look forward to leveraging my technology marketing experience to transform the Commtouch brand, introduce new solutions into the market, and strengthen connections with customers and partners."

About Commtouch

Commtouch^® (NASDAQ: CTCH) safeguards the world's leading security companies and service providers with cloud-based Internet security services. Real-time threat intelligence from Commtouch's GlobalView™ Cloud powers its Web filtering, email security and antivirus solutions, protecting thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Information about Commtouch can be found at http://www.commtouch.com or by writing to [email protected].

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