PRESS CONTACTS: Paula Dunne CONTOS DUNNE COMMUNICATIONS +1 408-776-1400 (o) +1 408-893-8750 (m) [email protected] Mary Lange Carahsoft Technology Corp. +1 703-431-8485 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HyTrust Now Available to Government Market via Carahsoft GSA Schedule Mountain View, CA and Reston, VA – April 3, 2013 – HyTrust Inc., the leader in policy management and access control for virtualization and cloud infrastructure, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., the trusted government IT solutions provider, today announced a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as HyTrust’s master government aggregator, making the company’s industry- leading security, control, management, and compliance platform and HyTrust Appliance available to the public sector via Carahsoft’s GSA schedule. “We have contracted with several of the largest government departments and agencies to secure their virtual infrastructures over recent years, and we are eager to expand our reach within the federal sector,” said Eric Chiu, president and founder of HyTrust. “Carahsoft’s extensive government sales, marketing, and contract expertise make it the perfect go-to-market partner for us.” The recently released HyTrust Appliance 3.0 provides government agencies and enterprises with greater control over access to their virtual infrastructures, while also providing the visibility required for security and compliance with industry and regulatory mandates. By enabling organizations to virtualize more and build private clouds safely, HyTrust increases virtualization ROI while satisfying the demands of internal security teams, compliance auditors, and virtualization operations. Among numerous advances, HyTrust Appliance 3.0 includes a Secondary Approval feature that enforces the “two-person rule.” Designed to prevent risk from unintended or malicious actions to virtual machines, critical applications and data, this feature is a pivotal development for mission-critical operations. “HyTrust offers a robust set of products that address the security risk posture of government agencies wanting to maximize virtualization and cloud computing environments,” said Michael Shrader, vice president of Innovative and Intelligence solutions at Carahsoft. “These solutions are excellent complements to our deep portfolio of virtualization, cloud and security solutions and we are pleased to make them available to our government customers and reseller partners.” Pricing & Availability HyTrust’s solutions are available immediately on Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule GS-35F- 0119Y. For more information, contact the HyTrust team at Carahsoft at 703-871-8548 or visit www.carahsoft.com/hytrust. Resources Click here to view an on-demand webcast on HyTrust’s virtualization security and compliance management software and request a free trial demo. About Carahsoft (www.carahsoft.com) Carahsoft Technology Corp. is the trusted Government IT solutions provider. As a top-ranked GSA Schedule Contract holder, Carahsoft serves as the master government aggregator for many of its best-of-breed vendors, supporting an extensive ecosystem of manufacturers, resellers, and consulting partners committed to helping government agencies select and implement the best solution at the best possible value. The company’s dedicated Solutions Divisions proactively market, sell and deliver VMware, Symantec, EMC, Adobe, F5 Networks, Open Source, HP, SAP, and Innovative and Intelligence products and services, among others. Carahsoft is consistently recognized by its partners as a top revenue producer, and is listed annually among the industry's fastest growing firms by CRN, Inc., Washington Technology, Washington Post, Washington Business Journal, and SmartCEO. Visit us at www.carahsoft.com. About HyTrust (www.hytrust.com) Virtualization & Cloud Under Control™. HyTrust®, headquartered in Mountain View, CA, is the leader in policy management and access control for virtual infrastructure. HyTrust empowers organizations to virtualize more—including servers that may be subject to compliance—by delivering enterprise-class controls for access, accountability, and visibility to their existing virtualization infrastructure. The Company is backed by top tier investors Granite Ventures, Cisco Systems, Trident Capital, and Tomorrow Ventures; its partners include VMware; VCE; Symantec; CA; McAfee; Splunk; HP Arcsight; Accuvant; RSA and Intel Corporation. - end - HyTrust; HyTrust, Inc.; HyTrust Appliance; HyTrust Appliance Community Edition; HyTrust Cloud Control; “Virtualization Under Control”; “Cloud Under Control” and “Virtualization & Cloud Under Control” are all trademarks of HyTrust, Inc. Carahsoft is a registered trademark of Carahsoft Technology Corp. All other names and trademarks are property of their respective firms. .