Orchestria, Symantec and EMC scoop top three places in readership survey by leading publication for financial services professionals
New York, NY - July 06, 2006

Orchestria Corporation, the global leader in software for managing the risks associated with electronic communications, has been named as one of the top three vendors in the fourth Waters Rankings in the category "Best Messaging Compliance". The top-ranked Symantec and second-placed EMC are both Orchestria partners.

Waters magazine covers the practical implementation of technology in the securities industry. More than 500 readers from six continents voted for 2006's Waters Rankings, which invite readers to "pick the best solutions out there that get the job done".

The Waters rankings, published on July 1, 2006 named Orchestria's partner Symantec as the Best Messaging Compliance solution with 29.1% of readers' votes. Another Orchestria partner, EMC Corporation, came second with 24.4% of votes. Orchestria itself was placed third with almost a fifth of the votes cast (19.8%).

Orchestria is the recognized leader in policy management solutions being adopted by leading archive vendors to pre tag and categorize all content before it reaches the archive. As such it is part of the Symantec Intelligent Archiving Partner program, developed to provide customers with more information about the content and context of their data so they can make more informed decisions about archiving, storage, retention and discovery. Based on policies, Orchestria's technology identifies the relevance of each communication and creates metadata with specific characteristics about each message. This can be used to cut storage costs by ensuring the optimal balance between speed of recovery and cost of the media; to cut risk by only keeping data as long as it is required; and to enable faster discovery of documents.

Orchestria's Active Policy Management (APM) solution is integrated with EMC Corporation's Centera content addressed storage (CAS) solution. The integrated solution combines Orchestria's ability to identify and interact when an e-mail or web activity violates a corporate policy or regulation with the EMC Centera CAS system, which ensures long-term content integrity and online access for large volumes of fixed content across an entire enterprise.

The Waters editorial acknowledged that "the financial services industry would grind to a halt without the tireless efforts of those who design and build the technologies that sit on traders' desktops, provide connectivity, ensure compliance, execute trade [and] deliver data."

Bo Manning, CEO of Orchestria, said: "The fact that almost 20% of Waters readers that took part in the rankings acknowledged that Orchestria helped them get their job done is paramount - this is a vote from people who spend their days handling the practical implementation of technology in the securities industry. To be named alongside two of our partners rather than any competing technologies shows that Orchestria is an undisputed leader in policy management and compliance."

About Waters magazine (www.watersonline.com)
Since its launch in 1993, Waters has been relied on by financial technology professionals worldwide for focused, in-depth coverage of financial market data and technology.

Monthly special reports offer in-depth coverage of market specific IT initiatives including fixed income, equities, derivatives and FX as well as strategic enterprise-wide initiatives like ASPs and eCRM.

About Orchestria
Orchestria enables companies to control their electronic communication to defend against confidential data leakage, enforce regulatory compliance, protect intellectual property, adhere to critical financial and legal controls, and ensure appropriate employee behavior.

Orchestria adds controls to the use of electronic communication such as e-mail, instant messages, web transactions and mobile devices and is used by Fortune 500 companies to implement and maintain good messaging governance. It is relied on by 90 customers in 33 countries including organizations such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and St. Paul Travelers, which require the speed and flexibility of e-mail and other forms of electronic communication without exposing themselves to the risks inherent in these uncontrolled interactions.

Orchestria's approach works in real-time and is unique in its ability to analyze all common electronic communication channels to determine their context and content with unparalleled accuracy and to discern the user's intent. It prevents inappropriate communication from ever being sent ensuring they are not archived for later discovery. Orchestria also guides and advises end-users while preserving workflow. It is integrated with leading archive vendors including Symantec, ZANTAZ, IBM and Iron Mountain Digital.

The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York. More details can be found at www.orchestria.com.

For more information:
Stephanie Powers
Orchestria
+1 212-402-3336
stephanie.powers@orchestria.com

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