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GuardTime to Provide Partner Integration with Authentify with Tamper-evident File SigningTechnology to add High Assurance to Audit and Log Files

Extending e-signatures to strengthen the validity of audit trail data and log files contributes to thwarting insider threat and cybercrimes.

Singapore | Chicago, IL, Tuesday – August 09, 2011 — GuardTime ( http://www.guardtime.com ), creator of the patented Keyless Signature technologyprovidingindisputable proof of time, origin, and dataintegrity for electronic information, today announced that its Keyless Signatures will be adopted by Authentify, the leader in telephone-based, multi-factor authentication services. Authentify will use GuardTime’s Keyless Signaturesto electronically sign the data logs thereby developing a provable audit trail derived from their customer’s authentication transactions.

Using GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures to sign all of the archived log files generated by Authentify’s authentication process provides Authentify customers with undeniable proof of authenticity and integrity of the process and its data. Having audit-ready, independently-verifiable log files solves a variety of compliance issues and a host of potentially business-damaging disputes.

To-date, affixing digital signatures to log files had not been a widely-adopted practice, but GuardTime’s Keyless Signature technology ( http://www.guardtime.com ) proves three things that make it attractive:1) the exact time that the data was signed; 2) proof that the data has not been changed or tampered with since the time it was signed; and 3) who or what entity originally signed the data.

“Now a businesscan provide a mathematically-provable audit trail for all of its electronic files, documents or data,” said Mike Gault, GuardTime CEO. “Fraud by manipulating data or a person’s signature becomes harder to conduct and insider attacks become nearly impossible to hide. An organization’s most valuable digital assets are assured with provable integrity and compliance with Sarbannes Oxley and other regulations becomes automatic.”

The announcement follows a string of similar partner integration deals that include such companies as Japan’s Brother Industries, web-hosting provider Joyent, whose customers include Twitter and LinkedIn, and cloud-based data collaboration and storage service Ftopia.

About Authentify:
Authentify, Inc. is the leading provider of global telephone-based, out-of-band authentication services. These multi-factor authentication (MFA) services enable organizations that need strong security to quickly and cost-effectively add 2-factor (2FA) or 3-factor authentication layers to user logon, transaction verifications or critical changes such as adding a payee to an e-pay or wire account. The company’s patented technology employs a service oriented message architecture and XML API to seamlessly integrate into existing security processes.
Many of the most familiar names on the Internet, including five of the world’s top 10 banks, the Internet’s largest e-commerce site, the largest online auction and commerce site, the leading p2P e-payment firm and many others use Authentify. For more information, visit Authentify at: http://www.authentify.com

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring Global 100 Winner and Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award Winner, GuardTime was founded with the goal of solving one of the biggest problems in computing: trust. GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures provide proof of data integrity, signing authority, and time. The verification of the signature can be done offline without the reliance on keys, secrets, or the existence of a trusted third party. GuardTime’s mission is to change the world to one where keyless signatures are ubiquitous and a natural part of the everyday data lifecycle, whether on disk, in transit, or in the cloud.Visit http://www.guardtime.com for more information about using Keyless Signatures for signing your data.

GuardTime PR Contact
Victor Cruz, MediaPR
+1 978.594.4134
vcruz@mediapr.net

Authentify PR Contact:
John Zurawski, Vice President
+1 773.243.0328
john.zurawski@authentify.com

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
Singapore
+1 978-594-4134
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

David Piesse to Join GuardTime Advisory Board

GuardTime, today announced the appointment of David Piesse, Asia Pacific Ambassador of the International Insurance Society, to its advisory board.

Singapore, March 23, 2011 — GuardTime ( http://www.guardtime.com ), creator of the patented Keyless Signatures™ technology used to validate the world’s data for applications such as secure cloud archiving, today announced the appointment of David Piesse, Asia Pacific Ambassador of the International Insurance Society, to its advisory board.

“Insurance is a key sector for us and we are delighted to have someone as experienced as David Piesse to advise us on this sector,” said Mike Gault, GuardTime CEO. “As the insurance industry moves to online trading the amount of electronic data will increase exponentially and GuardTime’s keyless signatures represent a cost-effective and scalable mechanism to prove the integrity and authenticity of that data.”

“Global regulation of the financial industry has changed dramatically around capital adequacy and minimum solvency requirements which affect the ratings of insurance and reinsurance companies,” said Piesse. “Part of this regulation centres around operational risk and the retention of stored policy and claims documents. GuardTime provides an innovative, unique solution to this part of the regulation and companies who incorporate the Keyless Signature approach to their business will have a competitive advantage and benefit from increased transparency. I am very pleased to be part of such an innovation which will prove to provide tremendous value to its members.”

David Piesse is the Asia Pacific ambassador for the International Insurance Society and has a 30 year global career combining risk management, information technology and financial services. As a specialist in micro-insurance he co-founded the Asia Insurance Review micro-insurance conference and has led many initiatives to establish insurance distribution channels to rural areas, notably in China and India.

He was previously the Global Head of Financial Services for SUN Microsystems where he helped establish SUN’s cloud computing initiatives in the insurance sector. Before that, he was with the United Nations on a team that led the mission for disaster risk management under three UN Secretary Generals.

GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures provide proof of signing authority, time of the signature, and integrity of all data located in the cloud, on disk, and in transit. The signature never expires and its verification is based solely on mathematics, eliminating the need for any secrets or keys.GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures enable data including insurance records, highly confidential documents, and reports for regulatory compliance audits to be securely stored online, in the cloud or in data archives, each with complete and undeniable proof of integrity.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring Global 100 Winner and Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award Winner, GuardTime was founded in 2006 by cryptography experts Dr. Märt Saarepera and Dr. Ahto Buldas along with Internet visionary Joi Ito. GuardTime provides a completely-available service and infinitely-scalable Keyless Signatures™ engine designed to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: as it sits on disk, moves across the network, and is used in the cloud. Visit http://www.guardtime.com for more information about using Keyless Signatures for signing data.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
Singapore
+1 401.349.3369
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

GuardTime Establishes Product Development Center in Beijing, Appoints Jian Tan as General Manager

Former AvePoint Executive and BT Data Management/Telecommunications Specialist to Manage Operations and Customers/Partners in China.

Singapore / Beijing, China, February 25, 2011 — GuardTime, creator of the patented Keyless Signature™ technology used to validate the world’s data, today announced its appointment of Jian Tan to operate from the company’s office in Beijing. As the General Manager of GuardTime China, Jian will be responsible for Product Development as well as managing Business Development in China.

Jian brings to GuardTime over 15 years of diverse experience in Intellectual Property Management, Telecommunications and Data Management in both China and USA. Previously he helped found AvePoint and served as the Vice President of Development at the fast growing data management solution provider. Prior to joining GuardTime, ( http://www.guardtime.com ) Jian provided business and technology consulting at British Telecom and operated in both US and China for 4 years.

“The knowledge, experience, and respect that Jian has gained throughout his career make him well-suited to establish strategic relationships in China,” said Mike Gault, CEO of GuardTime. “China is an extremely important market for us and we look forward to seeing him in action in leading GuardTime product development activities within China as both customers and partners alike begin to benefit from the use of our unique Keyless Signature offerings to sign their data.”

GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures ( http://www.guardtime.com ) provide proof of signing authority, time of the signature, and integrity of all data located in the cloud, on disk, and in transit. The signature never expires and its verification is based solely on mathematics, eliminating the need for any secrets or keys.

A native of China, Jian has an EMBA from Kellogg-HKUST in Hong Kong, a PhD in Chemistry from New York University and a bachelor degrees in both Chemistry and Intellectual Property from Peking University in Beijing.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring Global 100 Winner and Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award Winner, GuardTime was founded in 2006 by cryptography experts Dr. MärtSaarepera and Dr. Ahto Buldas along with Internet visionary Joi Ito. GuardTime provides a completely-available service and infinitely-scalable Keyless Signatures™ engine designed to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: as it sits on disk, moves across the network, and is used in the cloud. Visit http://www.guardtime.com for more information about using Keyless Signatures for signing data.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
Singapore
+1 401.349.3369
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

GuardTime Awarded for New Product Innovation by Frost & Sullivan

GuardTime, today announced it has received the 2010 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award for Data Integrity Solutions.

Singapore, February 17, 2011 — GuardTime, creator of the patented Keyless Signature™ technology used to validate the world’s data for applications such as secure cloud storage, today announced it has received the 2010 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award for Data Integrity Solutions.

“By eliminating the need to utilize secret keys or proprietary algorithms which is widely practiced in competing solutions, GuardTime’s solution ensures data integrity persistently remains intact. Another noteworthy feature of the solution is that it highly leverages of the prowess of Cloud Computing and thus is made available on a global scale. With its strong emphasis on authenticity and availability, GuardTime’s solution could act as an impetus to further impel the steady growth of Cloud Computing in the Asia Pacific region,” explains Ahmad Zeffirelli Ibrahim, Research Analyst with Frost & Sullivan’s Technical Insights Practice. “As we approached the end of 2010, we witnessed the numbers of objects being stored in the cloud double from 2009. It is going to be an exciting year to further witness the healthy growth of Cloud Computing as we move through 2011,” added Zeffirelli.

“Cloud computing is a subject top-of-mind for most organizations and institutions around the world,” said Mike Gault, GuardTime CEO. “Our Keyless Signature technology continues to garner quite a bit of attention from industry analysts, technology and service providers, and security-minded businesses as we have been able to answer the most critical question they have faced to date: how can an organization prove that their data has not been compromised in the cloud.”

GuardTime’s Keyless Signature technology provides proof of signing authority, time of the signature, and lifelong integrity for data stored on disk, residing in the cloud, or in transit across networks. The signature never expires and its verification is based solely on mathematics, eliminating the need for secrets or keys and the unwieldy management associated with traditional PKI technologies.

The Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation of the Year is presented each year to the company that has demonstrated measured excellence in new, innovative product or product line within its industry. The recipient company has shown innovation by launching a broad line of emerging products. The recipient of this Award has excelled based on one or more of the following criteria:

* Innovative Element of the Product
* Leverage Leading Edge Technologies in Product
* Value Added Features/Benefits
* Increased Customer ROI
* Customer Acquisition/Penetration Potential

Just last month, GuardTime received the prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Global award, being honored as one of the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring Global 100 Winner, GuardTime was founded in 2006 by cryptography experts Dr. Märt Saarepera and Dr. Ahto Buldas along with Internet visionary Joi Ito. GuardTime provides a completely-available service and infinitely-scalable Keyless Signatures™ engine designed to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: as it sits on disk, moves across the network, and is used in the cloud. Visit http://www.guardtime.com for more information about using Keyless Signatures for cloud computing.

About Frost & Sullivan:
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company’s Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO’s Growth Team with disciplined research and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages 50 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 40 offices on six continents. To join the Growth Partnership, please visit http://www.frost.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
Singapore
+1 401.349.3369
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

GuardTime and ftopia Deliver First Provably Secure Cloud Collaboration Service

Business teams can securely store and share files with proof that their data remains intact.

Singapore, February 15, 2011 — GuardTime, creator of the patented Keyless Signature™ technology used to validate the world’s data, and ftopia, a global provider of cloud-based data collaboration and storage services, today announced apartnership that enables businesses to securely share their files without relying on trust as a means to validate the integrity of their data.

GuardTime’s Keyless Signature technology provides proof of signing authority, time of the signature, and lifelong integrity for data stored in the cloud or in transit between business collaborators. The signature never expires and its verification is based solely on mathematics, eliminating the need for secrets or keys and the unwieldy management associated with traditional PKI technologies that fail in the cloud.

With GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures technology integrated within ftopia’s secure rooms, businesses will be able to:
* Securely store their data online with undeniable proof of integrity, eliminating the need to rely on trust
* Safely share and synchronize their content with other people, providing evidence that the content has not been changed since it was lastshared
* Convert their data stored in the cloud into safe, tamper-evident data archives

“Organizations are often leery of storing their data in the cloud or sharing their data with other people. However, with the GuardTime-enabled ftopia secure rooms, we eliminate the need for businesses to blindly trust the integrity of their content by delivering proof that no content changes have been made since the files were uploaded,”said Philippe Honigman, Founder and CEO of ftopia. “Integrating GuardTime’s Keyless Signature technology into the ftopia service fulfills the otherwise unanswered need of provable security for businesses interested in using cloud-based services for storage and collaboration.”

“The integration of our unique Keyless Signature technology withinthe ftopiacollaboration and storage service answers the most pressing question facing the cloud computing industry-how can businesses trust their data in the cloud,” said Mike Gault, CEO of GuardTime. “The answer is they don’t have to, as cloud service providers such as ftopiacan now provide proof of data integrity for the content stored within any GuardTime-enabled secure storage location. Furthermore, with the GuardTimeKeyless Signature by its side, the proof of integrity follows the data wherever it goes, even when shared outside anftopiasecure room.”

The GuardTime-enabled secure storage and collaboration service is available immediately as an add-on to any of the paid Standard or Enterprise plans offered by ftopia. Contact ftopia at http://www.ftopia.com/about-us/contact-us/ for more information about using their secure rooms for storage and collaboration.

About ftopia:
ftopia is a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering that harnesses cloud computing to deliver innovative, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient collaborative solutions to businesses and professionals around the world. Operating along the philosophy that managing content should not be a complicated or time-consuming chore, ftopia provides a simple means for even the least computer-savvy users to instantly and securely share information with their teammates, customers, and partners – no matter where they are or what network endpoint they use.For more information, visit:http://www.ftopia.com.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring Global 100 Winner, GuardTime was founded in 2006 by cryptography experts Dr. MärtSaarepera and Dr. AhtoBuldas along with Internet visionary Joi Ito.GuardTime provides a completely-available service and infinitely-scalable Keyless Signatures™ engine designed to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: as it sits on disk, moves across the network, and is used in the cloud. Visit http://www.guardtime.com/ftopia for more information about using Keyless Signatures for data.

ftopiaPR Contact:
EMEA
Lola Sliwinski, ftopia
Email: lola@ftopia.com
Phone: +33 805 620 122

USA
Alli Dover, ftopia
Email: alli@ftopia.com
Phone: +1 888 414 8768

GuardTime PR Contact
Victor Cruz, MediaPR
Email: vcruz@mediapr.net
Phone: +1 401 349 3369

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
Singapore
+1 401.349.3369
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

GuardTime Awarded Red Herring Global 100 for Innovation

GuardTime, today announced it was honored with a Red Herring Global 100 innovation award selected from a field of 1,200 contestants.

Singapore/ Santa Monica, CA, February 01, 2011 — GuardTime ( http://www.guardtime.com ), creator of the patented Keyless Signatures™ technology used to validate the world’s data for applications such as secure cloud archiving, today announced it was honored with a Red Herring Global 100 innovation award selected from a field of 1,200 contestants.

Recognizing leading private companies from North America, Europe and Asia that demonstrate technology innovation, Red Herring’s Global 100 editors have a history of identifying promising upstarts, being among the first to honor Google, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube and eBay for “changing the way we live and work.”

GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures technology provides proof of signing authority, signing time, and integrity for data stored on disk, residing in the cloud, or in transit across networks. The signature never expires and its verification is based solely on mathematics, eliminating the need for secrets or keys.

“Choosing the best out of the previous three years was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, Chairman of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed down our list from 1,200 potential companies to 200 finalists. Trying to get it down to 100 companies was a task upon itself. GuardTime should be extremely proud of its achievement, the competition was difficult.”

“We’re thrilled to receive a Red Herring Global 100 Award,” said Mike Gault, CEO of GuardTime. “Our customers depend on our Keyless Signatures to prove their safeguardsare working for their most valuable assets when stored or archived, namely their code, logs, and data, whether those assets reside in public or private cloud infrastructures.”

Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, strategy, and market penetration.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring top 100 Asia Winner, and today Red Herring Global 100Winner, GuardTime was founded in 2006 by cryptography experts Dr. MärtSaarepera and Dr. AhtoBuldas along with Internet visionary Joi Ito.GuardTime provides an infinitely-scalable and completely-available Keyless Signatures™ engine designed to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: as it sits on disk, moves throughout the network, and is used in the cloud. For more information about using Keyless Signatures in the cloud,visit http://www.guardtime.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
6 Marina Boulevard #44-18
Singapore 018985
+1 401.349.3369
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

GuardTime, Joyent, and FIT-One Poised To Enable Cloud Integrity in Japan

Cloud Service Providers enjoy unprecedented trust with a tamper-proof secure cloud compute environment.

Tokyo, Japan, January 24, 2011 — GuardTime, creator of the patented Keyless Signature™ technology used to validate the world’s datafor applications such as secure cloud archiving,today announced its official integrated business relationship withJoyent and FIT-One Holdings in Japan to deliver the tamper-evident cloud computing stack recognized as Visionary in a recent industry analyst report.

GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures for the Cloud provide proof of signing authority, time of the signature, and integrity for all of a user’sdata on Joyent’sleading cloud operating system. The signature never expires and its verification is based solely on mathematics, eliminating the need for secrets or keys.

Service Providers throughout Japan can now extend their businesses and increase their margins by offering highly secure cloud computing services to their customers, using Joyent’sproven cloud computingsoftware, GuardTime’s innovations in cloud operating integrity, and FIT-One’s unmatched success in bringing cutting-edge technologies to revenue-generating business applications throughout Japan.

“Joyent’s position in the Visionaries Quadrant by Gartner reaffirms our commitment to providing the most technologically advancedand economical cloud computing solutions in the world,” said Jason Hoffman, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of Joyent. “Our strategic relationship with FIT-One and GuardTime ensures that Service Providers in Japan can now deliver real unprecedented value and operating integrity to their customers.”

Joyent is the only company to offer a complete cloud computing stack that can be licensed to third parties to run their own private or public clouds.Joyent’s approach provides applications with better performance and cost effectiveness, due to higher application density and hardware utilization in its SmartTechnology stack. With the native integration of the GuardTime Keyless Signature technology, cloud data and the cloud operating environment can be completely audited without having to trust any third party, including Joyent, GuardTime, or even the Service Provider delivering the solution.

“I believe the combination of Joyent’s robust cloud software, called SmartDataCenter, and Guardtime’s Keyless Signatures for the Cloud, provides Japanese Service Providers with a cloud solution that gives their customers peace of mind,” saidYukihiro Kayama, CEOof FIT-One.”Cloud Computing will continue to grow in importance in Japan and both companies are extremely well positioned to take advantage of this trend.”

“Japan is a key market for us and we are delighted to be able to offer our Japanese clients an integrated GuardTime/Joyent cloud offering in collaboration with FIT-One Holdings,” said Mike Gault, CEO of GuardTime.

About Joyent:
Joyent is a global cloud computing software and service provider that offers an integrated suite of software and services designed specifically for the needs of Service Providers and Enterprises to deliver cloud services to clients or within enterprises.Joyent licenses its cloud software to service providersworldwide (including Dell), who provide cloud services and products to their own customers.Joyentdelivers public cloud services from JoyentCloud.com to some of the most innovative companies in the world, such as LinkedIn, Gilt Groupe and Kabam. Joyent’s proven Smart Technologies, which include Node.js, an open source server-side JavaScript development environment, and an ecosystem of leading technology partners, enable customers to quickly leverage the improved performance, scalability, reliability and security inherent in the company’s technology. For more information, visit http://www.joyent.com.

About FIT-One Holdings:
FIT-One Holdings was founded in 2005 by Yukihiro Kayama, former technology head at Mitsubishi Corporation. During his 35 years at Mitsubishi Corporation he was responsible for several billion dollar exits including PIRI, VeriSign and Net One Systems. After Mitsubishi, in 1998, as CEO, Kayama founded EC-One, a Java technology systems integrator, making 200 million dollar exits in 2002 at JASDAQ. FIT-One provides relevant services to IT entrepreneurs to start and grow their business in Japan-specific environment.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring top 100 Asia Winner, and Red Herring Global Award finalist, GuardTime was founded in 2006 by cryptography experts Dr. MärtSaarepera and Dr. AhtoBuldas along with Internet visionary Joi Ito.GuardTime provides an infinitely-scalable and completely-available Keyless Signatures™ engine designed to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: as it sits on disk, moves throughout the network, and is used in the cloud. Visit http://www.guardtime.com/jp for more information about using Keyless Signaturesin the cloud.

FIT-One PR Contact
Yukihiro Kayama, President & CEO
Email: kayama@fit-one.jp
Phone: +81 03.5577.6026

GuardTime PR Contact
Victor Cruz, MediaPR
Email:vcruz@mediapr.net
Phone: +1 401.349.3369

Joyent PR Contact
James Blom, Managing Director, Asia
Email: jim.blom@joyent.com
Phone: +1 415.342.4753

GuardTimeJapan PR Contact
Takashi Yanagihara, Representative Director
Email:yanagihara@guardtime.com
Phone:+81 03.5577.6027

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
Tokyo, Japan
+1 401.349.3369
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

GuardTime Named a Finalist for Red Herring Top 100 Global Award

Keyless Signature™ Technology Makes its Mark Globally Among Innovative LineUp.

Singapore, January 18, 2011 — GuardTime, creator of the patented Keyless Signature™ technology used to validate the world’s datafor applications such as secure cloud storage,today announced that it has been selected as Finalist for Red Herring’s top 100 Global award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative organizations from a pool of 1200 companies worldwide – the Finalists from its Red Herring Asia, Europe and North America Awards. Nominees were evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as market size, customer acquisition, financial health, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

GuardTime’s Keyless Signature technology provides proof of signing authority, time of the signature, and integrity for data stored on disk, residing in the cloud, or in transit across networks. The signature never expires and its verification is based solely on mathematics, eliminating the need for secrets or keys and the unwieldy management associated with traditional PKI technologies.

“We are honored to be recognized as a finalist for this year’s Red Herring Top 100 Global Award,” said Mike Gault, CEO of GuardTime. “Our Keyless Signature technology represents a revolution in data security and we continue to garner significant attention by solution providers, service providers, channel partners, and technology providers from around the world.”

Says Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Despite lingering effects of the global economic situation, there are many great companies producing truly innovative and amazing technologies, to the extent that we had a hard time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. GuardTime shows great promise, it therefore deserves to be among the Finalists.”

The Finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Global forum in Los Angeles, January 24-26, 2011. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony on January 26 at the event.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring top 100 Asia Winner and Red Herring Global Finalist, GuardTime was founded in 2006 by cryptography experts Dr. MärtSaarepera and Dr. Ahto Buldas along with Internet visionary Joi Ito. GuardTime provides an infinitely-scalable and completely-available Keyless Signatures™ engine designed to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: as it sits on disk, moves across the network, and is used in the cloud. Visit http://www.guardtime.com for more information about using Keyless Signaturesfor data.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
6 Marina Boulevard #44-18
Singapore 018985
+1 401.349.3369
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

Startupsadviser.com Names Bill Pankracij Vice President of Marketing and Business Development

DURHAM, CT – Startupsadviser.com, a leading business and marketing consultancy dedicated to meeting the needs of emerging and startup organizations, has announced the appointment of Bill Pankracij as vice president of marketing and business development. In this role, Mr. Pankracij will be responsible for expanding the company’s relationship base, providing current clients with a broad range of functional expertise, and developing and executing all domestic and international marketing activities.

“Bill brings an impressive track record of experience and performance to Startupsadviser.com. His experience in business development, strategy, marketing, and communications, coupled with his success building brands and creating results-driven programs, will be instrumental as we forge ahead with our growth plans,” said Laura Rosen, president and chief executive officer of Startupsadviser.com.

A highly respected and sought after marketing executive within the early-stage and startup communities, Mr. Pankracij will utilize his more than 25 years of experience in the hi-tech industry in his new role at Startupsadviser.com. His impressive background includes a strong record of bottom-line results at small and early-stage firms such as ITema, Reconda, and DSPCon as well as senior management positions at major companies including Philips, Perkin-Elmer, and BellSouth, where he was part of the team that spearheaded the U.S. launch of the revolutionary BlackBerry® device enabled with BellSouth wireless services.

“The strategic and operational expertise of the Startupsadviser team is truly first-class,”said Mr. Pankracij. “I am excited to join this organization and look forward to enhancing the brand experience for our customers and being part of the Company’s continuing success.”

About Startupsadviser.com
With satellite offices throughout New England, Connecticut-based Startupsadviser.com is a leading strategic consulting firm specializing in meeting the business development, marketing and sales needs of emerging and start-up organizations. Our consultants average over two decades of diversified business experience so we know what works and how to level the competitive playing field for your organization. We offer a variety of services and pride ourselves in delivering sound, sane and sensible advice at every critical stage of your firm’s development. For additional information on Startupsadviser.com, please visit http://www.startupsadviser.com.

All company, brand and product names referenced herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT:
Bill Pankracij
Vice President, Marketing & Business Development
Startupsadviser.com
207-809-0089
bill@startupsadviser.com

GuardTime Appoints Peter Rajnak to Manage Singapore Business Development

Former Singapore IBM and Oracle IT Security Specialist to Manage Customers and Partners.

Singapore-November 24, 2010 — GuardTime, creator of the patented Keyless Signature™ technology ( http://www.guardtime.com ) used to validate the world’s data, today announced its appointment of Peter Rajnak to operate from the company’s headquarters in Singapore. As the Director of Business Development, Peter will be responsible for all Customer relations and Partner development in Singapore.

Peter is a well-respected figure in Corporate IT security in Singapore and Asia-Pacific. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the IT industry in Asia, 18 of which were spent with IBM Singapore where he was one of the initial members of IBM’s Software Group in Asia-Pacific. From 2000, Mr. Rajnak specialized in security, identity risk and compliance solutions, and was responsible for establishing the Security division within IBM’s Tivoli Software in South-East Asia. Prior to joining GuardTime, Peter also served as a Business Development Director for Security and Identity software in Oracle Asia-Pacific.

“The knowledge, experience, and respect that Peter has gained throughout his career in IT security make him well-suited to establish strategic relationships in Singapore and Asia-Pacific,” said Mike Gault, CEO of GuardTime. ( http://www.guardtime.com ) “We look forward to seeing him in action as both customers and partners alike begin to benefit from the use of our unique Keyless Signature offerings to sign their data.”

GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures provide proof of signing authority, time of the signature, and integrity of all data located in the cloud, on disk, and in transit. ( http://www.guardtime.com ) The signature never expires and its verification is based solely on mathematics, eliminating the need for secrets, keys, or human intervention.

A native of Slovakia, Peter holds a Master of Science (Hons) degree in Economics & Business Management from Economics University in Bratislava, Slovakia. He officially embarked on his new adventure with GuardTime ( http://www.guardtime.com ) in October, 2010.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring top 100 Asia Winner, GuardTime was founded in 2006 by cryptography experts Dr. Märt Saarepera and Dr. Ahto Buldas along with Internet visionary Joi Ito. GuardTime provides an infinitely-scalable and completely-available Keyless Signatures™ engine designed to deliver authenticity and integrity for the data that the world relies upon: as it sits on disk, moves throughout the network, and is used in the Cloud. Visit http://www.guardtime.com for more information about using Keyless Signatures for your data.

Press & Media Contact:
Sean Martin, CISSP
GuardTime Pte Ltd
6 Marina Boulevard #44-18
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