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Qualys has been chosen as one of Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of today's fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. This industry distinction comes just several weeks after the company's most recent achievement as a Deloitte Silicon Valley Fast 50 where Qualys ranked #37 by demonstrating a five-year growth rate of 492 percent from 2003-2007. The five-year growth rate criteria was also used in selecting the Fast 500 companies placing Qualys as # 307 on the expanded list of industry notables.

"Being recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in North America is an honor that we share with our customers who from the beginning believed in our Software-as-a-Service solution for IT security and compliance management," said Philippe Courtot, Qualys CEO.  "We thank Deloitte for the ranking that underscores our efforts to help organization worldwide get a clear view on their IT security and achieve compliance."

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The Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 Program honors the fastest growing software and information technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Don McCauley, Qualys CFO Qualys accepted this honor at The Computer History Museum on October 30th.

"We are pleased to be regarded by Deloitte as one of the fastest growing software and information technology companies in Silicon Valley," said Philippe Courtot, Qualys CEO.  "We share this recognition with our customers who understand the value of Software as a Service.  It is through the customer adoption of this innovative platform that we continue to experience growth and we extend a thank you to our customers for making this achievement possible."

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Nils is responsible for security, risk management and business continuity planning, including the security of the QualysGuard platform. Additionally, with his working industry knowledge, Nils will oversee Qualys' CSO Advisory board which main charter is to collaborate with other CSOs and industry leaders to offer real-world expertise in forging and implementing security and compliance best practices.

He stated: "Qualys has differentiated itself within the industry with its SaaS delivery platform and by keeping attention focused on the needs of the customer. I am looking forward to work with the Qualys team and with other CSOs in the industry to collaborate on real-life security and compliance issues and come up with best practices to address them."

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"Our partnership with Tata Communications allows them to offer their global customer base a proven, scalable and cost effective solution to help these organizations improve their security and streamline compliance initiatives. We are pleased to partner with such a world class organization and look forward to working with them" said Philippe Courtot, Qualys CEO.

John Landau, Senior Vice President of Global Managed Services for Tata Communications spoke about the company's latest launch saying  - "Effectively managing vulnerabilities to best-practice levels, in-house, is an expensive and difficult undertaking for businesses of any size. Mistakes can lead to crippling service downtime, potential data corruption, and the risk of being non-compliant. Tata's vulnerability management service helps organizations wrap their arms around which critical systems need patching at a drastically reduced total cost of ownership. There is no investment in capital or special skills required. The service allows customers both large and small to offload the grinding technical and operational aspects of vulnerability management while retaining control over decision-making and the actual remediation process."

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In a private dinner ceremony held on October 7, 2008 at the San Jose Fairmont's Club Regency, Qualys Vice President of HR, Rima Touma-Bruno was in attendance to receive the Fast 50 award.

"Being named the 36th fastest growing company in Silicon Valley is a tribute to the global adoption of our Security-as-a-Service platform and applications," said Philippe Courtot, CEO and chairman of Qualys. "We are honored that the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal has recognized Qualys' growth, and in turn, highlighted the ease if use, quality, scalability and cost effectiveness that the Security-as-a-Service model uniquely provides."

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The recognition also highlights Qualys as the 25th-fastest growing security company. With 323 percent sales growth over the last three years, Qualys continues to benefit from the increased adoption of its Security-as-a-Service model by large enterprises to SMBs worldwide.

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The Frost & Sullivan award honors Qualys for its exceptional long-term growth strategy and credits the Company as "a crucial force in furthering the acceptance of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products."

"As the market shows signs of maturity, Qualys' ability to increase market share, grow at consistently high rates and retain an astoundingly high percentage of its impressive customer base solidifies its leading role in the vulnerability management market. In a million-dollar breach reality, the reliability of QualysGuard and the appeal of its SaaS delivery model sets the company apart in a very highly-competitive market," says Chris Rodriguez, research analyst with Frost & Sullivan.

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Alex Pinchev has become the latest member to join the Qualys board of directors. Pinchev who is Red Hat's president of global sales, services and field marketing had this to say -- "Qualys has demonstrated significant traction and industry leadership through its successful SaaS delivery model and most recently with its integrated QualysGuard® Security and Compliance Suite. I look forward to working with the Qualys executive team and its board members to help drive on-demand security innovation."

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Eric Green and Philippe Courtot discuss Software-as-a-Services (SaaS) and the future of the software industry in general.

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At this years 6th Annual Qualys SaaS Security Conference, top security professionals from around the world joined together May 15 & 16, 2008 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California for an information packed 2-day event.   

CSOs, network and security professionals were introduced to executives from Gartner, Cisco, CNET, Med Immune and Sodexo who provided insight into their use of Qualys' solutions and shared best practices for deploying vulnerability management offerings, integrating with managed services platforms and ensuring regulatory and operational compliance.

Qualys CEO Philippe Courtot connected with Qualys customers to listen to their views while taking feedback on the critical issues impacting their security organizations today. He stated: "QSC was created specifically to engage directly with our customers.  It allows us an opportunity to hear customer insight that could shape our future roadmap as we build the next generation of security Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions."

New Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Suite Addresses the Convergence of IT Security and Policy Compliance to Reduce Complexity for Auditors, Security Professionals and Executive Management. 

Qualys recently introduced the QualysGuard® Security and Compliance Suite, a suite of SaaS products aimed at helping global organizations to better manage the operational challenges and costs associated with securing their IT infrastructure, and complying with the ever increasing set of regulations.

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The QualysGuard on demand platform was voted Best Audit and Vulnerability Solution for the second consecutive year by SC Magazine. The SC Magazine Reader's Trust Awards recognize the best products, services and security teams in the industry over the past year as decided by a panel of judges and readers of SC Magazine. The Best Audit and Vulnerability Solution category included a number of vendors in the vulnerability assessment and patch management space, with top honors going to Qualys' for its flagship Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) QualysGuard solution, the industry's first on demand platform for security risk and compliance management.

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For the second consecutive year, QualysGuard® Enterprise was voted the 2008 Readers' Choice Gold Award winner, by readers of Information Security™ magazine and SearchSecurity.com™ in the vulnerability management category. The award honors come on the heels of Qualys' release of the first integrated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for security and compliance.

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