AFORE Wins Best of VMworld 2011 Gold Award for Security and Compliance for Virtualization

CloudLink™ Solution Recognized for Excellence

OTTAWA, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - AFORE Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of the CloudLink™ cloud security and management software portfolio, today announced that CloudLink has been named the Gold Winner in the "Security and Compliance for Virtualization" category of the Best of VMworld 2011 awards.

The Best of VMworld 2011 awards winners are selected by an independent team of experts and editors from TechTarget's SearchServerVirtualization.com based on innovation, value, performance, reliability and ease of use. All products considered for a Best of VMworld 2011 Award are from companies exhibiting at the VMworld 2011 conference, held in Las Vegas this week. TechTarget received over 200 nominees for the contest, which is in its fifth year.

AFORE's CloudLink Trusted Multi-Tenancy solution enables enterprise customers to manage their mission-critical and security-sensitive applications safely in the cloud with complete control and transparency.  CloudLink securely extends customers' enterprise networks, while end-to-end encryption of network traffic and cloud-based storage protects sensitive data in a multi-tenant environment. CloudLink virtual appliances protect and monitor network traffic between the client and cloud center and provide secure NFS datastores for virtual machines while the enterprise has control of encryption keys and security policies.

"We are honored to be selected as the Gold winner in this important category for the Best of VMworld awards," said Alex Berlin, AFORE's president and CEO. "This award is great recognition of CloudLink's innovation and success with customers securely deploying into private or public clouds."

"We are delighted to once again receive a VMworld award, underscoring both AFORE's ongoing innovation and execution, and confirming that CloudLink is the preeminent solution for securing the cloud," said Jonathan Reeves, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer at AFORE. "CloudLink provides advanced security and compliance allowing the secure deployment of mission-critical applications for our customers."

Earlier in the week, AFORE announced the acquisition of Comsecware, enhancing CloudLink's network and storage security with full application-level security, and partnerships with AirVM and NextCloud both of whom utilize CloudLink to deliver premium security services to their enterprise customers.

About AFORE:
AFORE is a leading provider of cloud security and networking software solutions. Our unique blend of CloudLink™ security products, ASE encryption appliance and InterPort™ networking software enable enterprises, service providers and networking vendors to accelerate innovation and deployment of advanced cloud services and networking applications. For more information on AFORE's award winning products and technology visit: www.aforesolutions.com.

SOURCE AFORE Solutions Inc.