Unprecedented Volume and Severity Highlighted in Orchestria's List of Recent Electronic Communication Control Breaches
New York, NY - May 30, 2007

Orchestria, the leader in Electronic Communication Control, today reported that during the eight week period ending May 18, 2007 electronic communication blunders hit unprecedented levels as measured by frequency/severity of stories receiving significant coverage in leading business publications. The control breaches highlight the accelerating misuse of varying forms of electronic communication in the workplace, including e-mail, instant messaging and web transactions. Such misuse is a direct result of the lack of proper management control around this critical aspect of day to day business operations.

Examples of Recent Electronic Communication Blunders

Employee Pummels Premier HMO with Reckless E-Rant
Kaiser Permanente became the subject of unwanted negative press and a regulatory inquiry after an internal e-mail was leaked to the media. Written by an employee and sent to the entire organization, the e-mail lambasted the company over perceived mismanagement by executives.

White House Admits To E-Mail Control Problem
White House officials admitted that policies governing the use of political and private e-mail accounts for government business had largely failed. That failure was blamed for the potential loss of an indeterminate number of official e-mail messages, as well as widespread use of private e-mail accounts by a number of top White House officials. The White House countered that it had merely fallen behind in keeping its systems and procedures up-to-date.

Starwood Board Sacks CEO After Seeing Salacious E-Missives
The Wall Street Journal reported the sudden exit of Starwood Hotels and Resorts CEO after a large number of e-mail messages were uncovered that suggested an improper relationship between the CEO and a female employee.

Wal-Mart Countersues Using E-Mail Evidence
Reuters reported that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has countersued former marketing executives Julie Roehm and Sean Womack, accusing them of misusing company resources for the purpose of carrying on an illicit romantic relationship. The suit quoted e-mail messages sent by Rohm and Womack to each other as proof of the relationship.

Oh Where Oh Where Have Intel’s E-Mails Gone?
Intel Corporation admitted the possibility that it had lost or destroyed a large number of the e-mails it had been ordered to produce as part of the ongoing antitrust litigation between the microprocessor giant and its chief rival, AMD Corporation. In addition to complicating AMD’s case, Intel’s admission could result in tens of millions of dollars in fines and sanctions, should the court find that Intel failed to employ “reasonable diligence” in preserving documents.

“These stories exemplify the tremendous risk companies and federal agencies face when they do not deploy controls which prevent employees from inadvertently or maliciously perpetrating such electronic control blunders,” said Bo Manning, President and CEO at Orchestria. “We believe that in the name of sound corporate governance, the boards and executive management teams of all leading organizations will implement a layer of control between their people and the systems they use to send messages, create files, and interact with the web. The problem of control-free electronic message, web, and file activity has become a mainstream problem and the only way to solve the problem is to implement a solution that intelligently analyzes and actively controls all such electronic activity.”

About Orchestria
Orchestria helps companies control electronic communication to ensure that internal and external communication adheres to all appropriate regulatory, legal, HR, information security, brand, customer, and financial policies. This approach reduces control breaches that increase the enterprise risk, cost, and burden that results directly from control-free electronic message, web, and file activity. Orchestria’s solutions have been deployed by more than 250 companies in 33 countries.

Orchestria's approach works in real-time, and is unique in its ability to intelligently analyze and actively control all common electronic communication channels. Orchestria prevents inappropriate communications from being sent, ensuring they are not archived for later discovery. Orchestria also guides and advises end-users while preserving workflow. It is integrated with solutions from most leading archive vendors, including EMC, IBM, Iron Mountain Digital, Symantec and ZANTAZ.

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

Orchestria is a registered trademark of Orchestria Corporation. Real-Time Prevention, Intelligent Review, Smart Tagging and iConsole are trademarks of Orchestria Corporation. All other trade or service marks mentioned in this document should be considered the property of their respective owners.

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

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