PreEmptive Solutions' Entrepreneur Program Expands to Include over 60 Companies

Financial Services, Insurance, Life Science, Manufacturing and Public Sector Among Industries Served

Cleveland, Ohio - October 16, 2006

PreEmptive Solutions, suppliers of the leading Enterprise Obfuscation Solution for the Microsoft .NET environment and Java, announced today that the PreEmptive Entrepreneur Program has quickly expanded to include over 60 entrepreneurial organizations in the four months since its launch.

"The response to our program has been remarkable," said Gabriel Torok, President of PreEmptive Solutions. "The software startup is alive and well, and we are seeing innovative work across industries and across the globe. It is gratifying to see that even with the increasingly sophisticated and occasionally hostile environments, developers continue to innovate and push their work out into the marketplace."

With many free reverse engineering tools widely available online, many startups depend on obfuscation to secure their applications, and in effect, their businesses. According to Gartner, Inc. "the use of interpreted languages, such as Java and managed .NET code, makes reverse compilation a relatively simple task, providing the hacker the ability to steal intellectual property (IP) or look for security vulnerabilities," in "Hype Cycle for Cyberthreats, 2006", September 2006, Neil MacDonald; Amrit Williams, et al.

The risks of unsecured applications are not solely borne by software developers; users also benefit when the applications they deploy are obfuscated. Again, according to Gartner, Inc. "vulnerable application code front-ends most critical information-based enterprise assets in the form of ERP systems, CRM systems containing customer records, financial transactions and other critical business information. Loss of this data via exploitation of an application-level vulnerability can be catastrophic.," in Hype Cycle for Cyberthreats, 2006�, September 2006, Neil MacDonald, et al.

Participants in the Entrepreneur Program are diverse and include:

• AOT GoOnline AS - Offers CRM, newsletter and e-commerce solutions specifically targeting Norwegian corporations, consumers and financial institutions.

• Department of Quantitative Health Sciences at The Cleveland Clinic - Mission is to excel in the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical research and includes a Research Informatics Core that designs, builds, and hosts research databases.

• Double Century Software - Provides cost-effective solutions for automating the manual encoding process.

• Public-Sector Solutions - Provides client-server or web enabled procurement and financial Solutions to State and Local governments, Not for Profit Agencies and Educational Institutions.

"Our solution uses complex logic and proprietary processes to streamline the encoding process and provide a pay-per-use model of licensing, so protecting our application is essential to our existence," said Craig Kelker, President of Double Century Software. "If we didn't use PreEmptive to protect our intellectual capital, there would be dozens of clones within no time."

The PreEmptive Entrepreneur Program provides startup software development teams the same premier protection and control enjoyed by larger enterprise companies. Members of the program benefit from special pricing, service and communication opportunities. PreEmptive also works to showcase the development efforts, innovations and best practices of Entrepreneur Program participants through webinars, newsletters and other public forums. For more information about joining the Entrepreneur Program and a current list of members and their work, visit www.preemptive.com/entrepreneur.html.

About PreEmptive Solutions
Founded in 1996 with a mission to protect and increase application value, PreEmptive launched the Dotfuscator and DashO obfuscation families. With over 2,500 clients, 30,000 registered installations in 100+ countries and inclusion with Microsoft's 6,000,000+ Visual Studio seats, PreEmptive Solutions is the undisputed obfuscation market leader and the clear choice for every organization that is serious about source code protection and application security. To learn more, visit www.preemptive.com or call +1 216 732 5895.

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