PKWARE Announces Free IBM® zBX Blade Software Offer

Milwaukee, WI (February 6, 2012) - PKWARE, Inc., the industry leader in data-centric security and portability, today announced a new program to extend data security and data reduction to all enterprise server platforms on IBM® zEnterprise™ Hybrid Computing. Companies who own an IBM zEnterprise™ BladeCenter Extension (zBX) and purchase PKWARE SecureZIP or PKZIP for z/OS® or Linux on System z, will get the equivalent PKWARE Solution on all of their zBX blades at no charge.

This program enables secure sharing and movement of critical data across an extended multi-platform computing environment. Joint IBM and PKWARE customers will benefit by the ability to optimize workload deployment using best-fit technologies with a common management infrastructure (for both mainframe and distributed system resources) to drive down costs and improve innovation.

“Our mainframe customers want to share data quickly and securely throughout the enterprise and within the data center,” says Susan Zaney, SVP Marketing and Product Management for PKWARE. “PKWARE is the only data security and compression solution that extends across the unique hybrid computing model of the IBM zBX blades and across operating systems without added hardware complexity or unreliable bridging methods. By offering free software for the zBX blades, PKWARE removes the cost barrier to securing the enterprise data center.”

Additionally, the PKWARE security solution meets FIPS 140-2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITECH Act and OMB M-06-16 compliance requirements and offers a contingency key that recovers encrypted data while using hardware cryptographic capabilities, even if a password is forgotten or a decryption key is lost.
Full offer terms and conditions and ordering information can be found at http://comm.pkware.com/zbx.html.

About PKWARE
The PKWARE Solution is the only complete system for reducing, securing, moving and storing data across the extended enterprise, both internally and externally, from mainframes to servers to desktops and into the cloud. PKWARE is the industry standard for portability, ensuring data security and cross-platform computing. The PKWARE Solution is used billions of times a day to manage risks associated with data security breaches while avoiding increased storage costs with data reduction of up to 95% and improving service delivery. PKWARE is a privately-held company based in Milwaukee, WI with additional offices in New York, Ohio and the United Kingdom.

Media Contact:
Susan Zaney, Sr. VP of Marketing and Product Management
Phone: +1 414-289-9788 x1161
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