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Infosecurity Europe 2008

2008-04-15T23:24:00Z

We are excited about the upcoming Infosecurity Europe 2008 conference.

Data loss prevention was a hot topic at the RSA conference last week and with over 4,000 customers using Workshare Protect to secure their data we’re excited to show off our latest features. Be sure to visit us in Stand K914 to see our new all-in-one encryption services that come free with the Workshare Protect Premium Client.

At Infosecurity we’ll demonstrate the latest in Unified Content Protection:

Mobile Data and DLP tools in a common framework
Centrally managed policy, audit and incident workflow
Endpoint and Network coverage, connected or disconnected
Business-continuous application and network integration
Open, extensible platform for customers, resellers and partners

Workshare will be in Stand K914, opposite the VIP lounge. Be sure to visit for a hands-on demonstration, a sneak peek of our latest offerings and your chance to play and win one of three Nintendo® Wiis!

We hope to see you there.

Looking back on Workshare in 2007

2008-02-04T17:37:00Z

Looking back on Workshare in 2007, I once again thank you, our customers and partners, for another great year. I’ve been at Workshare now for three and one-half years and continue to see our community build with a basis of integrity, energy and passion. Amongst us are over 8,000 customers, 300 channels partners, 30 integration and technology partners and 160 employees.

By end of 2007, Workshare became the leading desktop content security vendor in the world with over 3,800 customers on Workshare Professional or Workshare Protect. More importantly, our customer satisfaction and renewals levels both were at a 90%+ rate, a combination first achieved during 2005 and maintained for three years in a row. To improve on our operational reliability, we invested in a global financial system and opened our first co-location data center.

Innovation output during 2007 increased markedly. We released technology for:

Enhanced PDF handling to compare, review and audit PDF documents
Enhanced tables comparison for complex straddles, inserts, deletes and moves
A binary file writing engine for redacting risky content 100x faster than previously
A content fingerprinting system to protect documents and emails from IP loss
New network and endpoint channel monitoring for FTP, IM, blackberry, webmail and USB
Policy-based Incident management workflow to report on information risks

Some news highlights from 2007 include:

January: Workshare closed its Series B financing, raising $23m in equity capital from global investors Intel, SteelPoint and Quester (now Spark)
February: Workshare was named one of four private companies to launch with Microsoft in its Office System and Windows Vista worldwide launch
March: Workshare shipped its WS Ready Partner toolkit, with 12 content security vendors shipping plug and play integrations for Workshare client and server solutions
April: Gartner listed Workshare as a solution vendor in their magic quadrant report on Content Monitoring & Filtering / Data Leak Prevention
May: CRN named Workshare one of 10 Emerging Security Vendors to watch
June: Workshare launched an Online Community to help more than 8,000 customers worldwide communicate and share experiences
July: Workshare named the worldwide Microsoft ISV/Solutions Partner of the Year at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
August: Workshare Professional 5.1 was launched with transparent PDF and Office files document control, solving use cases never before possible
September: Technolawyer reviewed Workshare Pro 5 with a 4.7 of 5.0 score
October: Workshare launched the first Unified Content Protection (UCP) Suite combining mobile data protection and data leak prevention in Workshare Protect Suite 6
December: SC Magazine named Workshare a Reader’s Choice Finalist

New initiatives entering 2008 include:

Workshare Compare Standard, using the DeltaView engine in modern .NET architecture, was launched in January to give document comparison for small to medium businesses
Workshare Protect Standard and Workshare Professional are now synchronized with the Workshare Management System for central policy and incident control
A modern license key management system to better communicate with our customers and to make it easier for customers to buy, renew and gain support

Workshare will continue to build upon its most important assets - customers, partners, employees and technologies. We look forward to improving our relationship with all of you in 2008.

Please feel free to post a comment below or contact me directly if you feel we are missing this strategic goal.

Introducing the Workshare Professional 5.2 Beta Program

2008-01-24T18:54:00Z

Here at Workshare, we are gearing up for the upcoming Beta release of Workshare Professional 5.2.

This exciting release delivers key new developments that our customers have been asking for and we would love to give you this opportunity to provide early feedback. Key new Workshare Professional features:

Support for centralized policy management and reporting
Support for metadata and content filtering protection for Blackberry and Outlook Web Access
Improved accuracy to PDF comparisons
Lightspeed performance for reduced interruption on email sending
Improved UI and usability for the email dialog
Risk report improvements
USB metadata and content filtering protection

If you are interested in any of the above improvements to the product and would like to participate in this Beta program, please send an email to betafeedback@workshare.com to register your interest. The Beta program is due to commence during the week of February 4.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Legal Assistant Today Mag Reviews Workshare Professional

2008-01-11T00:03:00Z

Kim Plonsky recently reviewed Workshare Professional 5 for Legal Assistant Today Magazine. Her Verdict? She thought the software represents the "continuing evolution of state-of-the-art document and data security best practices." We could not agree more!

"In my view, Workshare Professional 5 is a much-needed tool and an essential device for paralegals and other legal professionals to secure, protect and restrict e-mail, document content and dissemination, and you might be hardpressed to justify not adding it to your software repertoire, especially since it’s priced easily within reach of small firms and sole proprietorships."
-Kim Plonsky

You can read her full review on Legalassistanttoday.com

SC Magazine Readers Choice Award Finalist

2007-12-17T20:02:00Z

Workshare Professional has qualified as a finalist for the SC Magazine Awards Readers Choice Award for Best Intellectual Property Protection.

The SC Magazine Awards serve as a barometer for the security industry, highlighting the best and brightest companies in North America.

We could not have won without the support of our customers who took the time to cast their votes. Thank you.

> View the 2008 SC Magazine Reader Trust Awards

The First Unified Content Protection (UCP) Suite

2007-10-24T00:28:00Z

Today we introduced the Workshare Unified Content Protection (UCP) Suite™. Organization's can now combine mobile data protection with information leak prevention, unifying a framework of tools using centrally managed policies integrated with business applications.

Here are some of the new features offered in the Suite:

Full disk encryption technology to deliver safe harbor compliance
Document hidden data discovery and removal using new Lightspeed™ binary context engine
Content-aware data encryption policies on storage and removable media to protect data at rest
Content-aware policies for emails triggering third-party actions from Microsoft, IBM, EMC, RPost, GigaTrust, Cryptzone, PGP, Utimaco, Voltage and others to secure data in flight
Content-aware policies for Microsoft Rights Management ensures documents have access privileges attached to them so they remain secure even after they leave the enterprise
Integration and support for Microsoft Vista and the Microsoft 2007 Office System

Business Benefits:

Eliminates compliance violations by blocking visible data
Prevent exposure of sensitive data by cleaning hidden and metadata content
Preserve content integrity and protect corporate image by publishing tamper-proof, secure PDF files
Strengthen compliance control by monitoring and enforcing policies
Ensure mobile data remains safe and secure by extending content protection to removable and portable devices
Control policies enterprise-wide using a single, centralized management console

>> Learn more about the Unified Content Protect Suite

Webcast: Mitigate Your Organization's Risk

2007-10-18T15:48:00Z

Learn about the latest solutions to mitigate your organization's risk.

Without proper information controls, organizations are exposed to accidental or intentional data leaks and intellectual property theft. See and hear how today's organizations are reducing and mitigating risks including:

* Eliminates compliance violations by blocking visible data
* Prevent exposure of sensitive data by cleaning hidden and metadata content
* Preserve content integrity and protect corporate image by publishing tamper-proof, secure PDF files
* Strengthen compliance control by monitoring and enforcing policies
* Ensure mobile data remains safe and secure by extending content protection to removable and portable devices
* Control policies enterprise-wide using a single, centralized management console

Join us for a Live Webinar to see how you can reduce and mitigate your risk:

Who Should Attend:
IT, Network, Security, Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, and Messaging Professionals

>> Register for October 22, 2007
10:00 A.M. (PDT)

>> Register for October 23, 2007
7:30 A.M. (PDT)

>> Register for October 24, 2007
10:00 A.M. (PDT)

Webcast: What is Better Than DeltaView?

2007-10-18T15:38:00Z

Join us for a brief informational webcast on increasing billable hours and efficiencies while reducing operation costs.

This 30 min webcast will show you why the industry is making the move to Workshare Professional 5 and how it is solving key communication issues like:

* PDF comparison
* PDF to Doc conversion
* PDF from anywhere, including PDF as a print driver
* Manage PDF and Word changes
* One-to-Many Comparison
* Lightspeed Metadata Cleaning
* Microsoft SharePoint 2007 integration
* Microsoft Vista RMS ® integration
* Removable drive (Thumb, IPOD, R/W CD) content audit and leak prevention

We understand your need to continually increase your efficiencies, reduce operation costs while increasing billable hours for yourself or other legal team members.

>> Register here

Webinar: What is Better Than DeltaView?
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Time:
US: 9:00 to 9:45 AM Pacific,
11:00-11:45 AM Central
12N to 12:45 PM Eastern
London: 5:00 to 5:45 PM

>> Register here

Channelpro Highlights Partnering Success

2007-10-03T16:20:00Z

What does it take to become a Microsoft ISV/Software Solutions Partner of the Year? Check out this recent article in Channel Pro Magazine. Stewart Elliot is highlighted on the cover and discusses how he grew the Workshare relationship with Microsoft over the course of three years.

How does Workshare stand out from the crowd? Stewart suggests it’s not enough to support Microsoft's older platforms. It has everything to do with staking the future of Workshare on Microsoft's greatest and latest technologies.

> Read the article online.

Welcome to the Workshare User Community Forums!

2007-08-08T18:42:00Z

The launch of these forums has been a goal of the company for some time. Besides the obvious benefits of facilitating better communication with our company, it also allows for increased dialogue amongst our worldwide base of over one million users.

Our team will be watching, reading and moderating these forums, but we’re particularly interested in what you…our valued clients…have to say.

This will also serve as an excellent medium for major announcements from Workshare. But don’t worry, we’ll continue to send out our bi-monthly proactive newsletters by email to all subscribers. If you’d like to be added to that distribution list, sign up here.

Welcome again to the Workshare user community forums. We hope to hear from you and look forward to reading the ongoing dialogue throughout the user community in our ongoing effort to improve our existing products and services, as well as bring new solutions to market. Watch for more to come!

As always, we appreciate your business and strive to be the strategic solution provider for your document control and information protection needs.

Sincerely,

Chris Doell

Executive Vice President, Worldwide Services

Microsoft Partner of the Year

2007-07-16T23:43:00Z

Microsoft announced at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, CO that Workshare won Microsoft's prestigious Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner of the Year award.

I want to thank our customers and partners for being the source of major recognition for Workshare. Your confidence in and constant feedback to Workshare made it possible for us to receive this coveted award.

The last three years as CEO at Workshare afforded me wonderful opportunities to get to know many of you in person. In my early meetings with you (back in 2004), I often heard a consistent question "what is Workshare doing with respect to Microsoft?" Your clarity and feedback on this topic helped us achieve many Microsoft honors from Gold Certified Partner in 2005, to Managed Partner in 2006, to one of only four private firms to be a global launch partner for Windows Vista and 2007 Office systems, and now the ultimate Microsoft distinction, ISV Partner of the Year.

Your confidence in our solutions, and your "tough love" critique also helped us: Surpass 1 million active day to day users across 6,000 organizations in 65 countries

Achieve a 92% satisfaction rate and industry high renewal rates
Distribute 78% of our software via partner channels where customers select how to buy
Deliver award winning releases of both Workshare Professional and Workshare Protect
Gain recognition by Gartner Group as a top emerging ISV for Data Loss Prevention
Raise $20m+ from Intel Capital and other prominent institutional investor

I speak for all Workshare employees and Board members in saying we enjoy serving you, the center of the Workshare family. I promise we will continue to raise our standards of excellence so that you can continue to raise yours.

Warm regards,

Joe Fantuzzi
CEO and Chairman

CRN Awards Workshare

2007-07-16T23:41:00Z

Workshare was recently chosen by CRN for the CRN Emerging Tech vendor award.

Workshare was chosen by CRN for consistently besting established vendors in head-to-head product, margin, technical support and field engagement comparisons.

>> Read the full press release