New York, NY - April 10, 2006

Orchestria Corporation today announced that eWEEK, a Ziff Davis Media publication and one of the IT industry's leading enterprise magazines, has named Orchestria a finalist in eWEEK's Sixth Annual Excellence Awards program, in the Email Management and Security category. Winners will be announced in May and honored at a special ceremony on May 23 in Boston, Mass. Analysis of the winning products and services will also be published in a special report in the June 19th edition of eWEEK and at www.eweek.com.

"Being selected as a finalist further validates Orchestria's continued leadership in managing electronic communication," said Paul Johns, vice president of global marketing for Orchestria. "As the market matures, it is important for vendors to maintain dedication to offering the most comprehensive solution. This recognition highlights Orchestria's commitment to compliance and the effectiveness of the active policy management approach to ensure organizations comply with regulatory and corporate policy."

The eWEEK Excellence Awards program provides enterprise professionals with a comprehensive benchmark for assessing a wide range of technology products and services. Evaluating the entries is a panel of experts including eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners - senior enterprise IT professionals who act as reader representatives.

"A high level of innovation-both from start-ups and industry stalwarts--was what impressed us most about this year's field of entries," said Eric Lundquist, eWEEK Editorial Director. "It's clear from the hundreds of entries evaluated by the Excellence Awards judges that vendors are responding quickly and effectively to the increasingly complex-and constantly changing--demands put on enterprise IT managers."

eWEEK is the essential technology information source for builders of enterprise infrastructure. eWEEK helps its readers successfully evaluate, deploy and leverage new technology solutions for competitive advantage. The publication and the eWEEK.com web site deliver breaking news, technology evaluations, and strategic analysis on the technologies, platforms and trends that affect enterprise-wide computing.

Products and services were awarded in the following categories:

• Analytics & Reporting
• Application Development
• Business Integration Systems
• Business Relationship Management
• Desktop & Mobile Hardware
• E-Business Foundations
• E-Mail Management & Security
• Enterprise Collaboration
• Enterprise Storage Hardware
• Enterprise Storage Software
• IT Quality Assurance Tools
• Productivity Applications
• Server Hardware
• Networking & Management Tools
• Networking Infrastructure
• System & Application Management
• Authentication & User Management
• Network Data-stream Protection
• Vulnerability Assessment & Remediation

About Orchestria
Orchestria helps organizations improve operational efficiency and eliminate risks in electronic communication by assuring regulatory compliance, protecting intellectual property and ensuring appropriate employee behavior. Bringing substantial return on investment (ROI) while ensuring corporate governance to many of the world's largest and most sophisticated corporations, including Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, Orchestria Corporation manages threats in electronic communication sent via E-mail, Instant Messenger, BlackBerry® type devices, Web and blogs. Additionally, Orchestria's technology is embedded in the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service, INSTANT BLOOMBERG® messaging and leading archive providers.

Orchestria's active policy management approach accurately detects policy violations in electronic communication and Web activity before the communication is sent or Web transaction is completed. Through Real-time Prevention™, Intelligent Review™ and Smart Tagging™, Orchestria accurately defines policies, detects violations and initiates the appropriate action. This approach prevents inappropriate activity and deters repeat offenses, while enabling compliance personnel to effectively target their review activities.

Founded in August 2000, Orchestria is headquartered in New York with additional sales offices in Boston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and London. For more information, please visit www.orchestria.com.

About Ziff Davis Media Inc.
Ziff Davis Media is a leading integrated media company serving the technology and videogame markets. The Company is an information services provider of technology media including publications, websites, conferences, events, eSeminars, eNewsletters, custom publishing, list rentals, research and market intelligence. In the United States, the Company publishes 7 magazines including PC Magazine, eWEEK, CIO Insight, Baseline, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World and Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. The Company exports the power of its brands internationally, with publications in 40 countries and 20 languages. Ziff Davis leverages its content on the Internet with a network of highly-targeted technology and gaming sites including PCMag.com, eWEEK.com, ExtremeTech.com and 1UP.com. The Company also produces highly-targeted b-to-b and consumer technology events including DigitalLife. With its main headquarters and PC Magazine Labs based in New York, Ziff Davis Media also has offices and lab facilities in the San Francisco and Boston markets. Additional information is available at www.ziffdavis.com.

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

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