CloudPassage Named Finalist in UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CloudPassage™ Inc., the leading cloud server security company, announced today that it was selected as one of three finalists for the most promising startup category of the UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards.  The panel of judges, representing recognized leaders in technology, evaluated 350 nominations from emerging and next-generation cloud companies before selecting a shortlist of finalists.

UP-START sought disruptive and next generation Cloud Computing companies, as well as innovative stealth mode and emerging solution providers who are defining cloud technology.  CloudPassage will be among the award finalists who will present at the UP 2011 Cloud Computing Conference.  The conference will showcase the leading technology innovators in cloud computing, and provide a forum for business and technology leaders to learn more about how cloud computing can enable growth and innovation for companies across all industries.

"We're honored to be selected as a finalist for the UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards," said Rand Wacker, VP of Product Management at CloudPassage, who will be presenting at cloud awards final.  "This recognition substantiates that companies need cloud security in order to leverage the scale, speed, and potential cost-savings of cloud-hosted compute and application hosting."

The UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards Final takes place on December 5 -6, 2011 at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California, USA.  Full details on the UP-START 2011 Cloud Awards can be located at http://www.up-con.com/awards.

About CloudPassage
CloudPassage is the leading cloud server security provider, and creator of Halo™, the industry's first and only security and compliance platform, purpose-built for elastic cloud environments.  Halo supports cloud server bursting, cloning, and migration and operates across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.  Industry leading companies like Foursquare, StrongMail and ExoIS trust Halo to seamlessly manage their server security configuration, host-based firewalls, intrusion detection, and server account auditing from one system.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., CloudPassage is backed by Benchmark Capital.  Gartner, Inc. named CloudPassage one of four "Cool Vendors in Cloud Security Services, 2011."  For more information, please visit: http://www.CloudPassage.com.

CloudPassage, CloudPassage Halo SVM Server Vulnerability Management and CloudPassage Halo Firewall are registered trademarks of CloudPassage.  All other trademarks are registered to their respective companies. Copyright © CloudPassage 2011.

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