19November 2007

BitDefender Nominated for Two Best of IT ChannelVision™ Awards

Mountain View, Calif. – November 19, 2007 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today that BitDefender has been nominated for two Best of IT ChannelVision™ Awards; Best System Builder Solution: Software and Best xSP Channel Strategy at IT ChannelVision Fall 2007.

The Best of IT ChannelVision Awards™ are the only awards in the channel voted on solely by attendees of System Builder and xSP Decision Makers. Nominations were made at IT ChannelVision Fall 2007 which was held on October 20-24, 2007 in La Quinta, California. IT ChannelVision™ is produced by Vision Events®, a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) company.

“We are excited to be nominated by the resellers and solution providers attending IT ChannelVision Fall 2007 in two different categories,” said Bogdan Dumitru, BitDefender’s chief technology officer. “By nominating BitDefender in Best System Builder Solution and Best xSP Channel Strategy categories, the attending resellers are proof that BitDefender’s security solutions are the most comprehensive and reliable in today’s market.”

"IT ChannelVision attendees are senior Decision Makers who directly influence their customers’ technology buying decisions,” said Kim Becker, IT ChannelVision’s program director. “For Vendor winners and nominees, the Best of IT ChannelVision award recognizes innovation in the North American IT marketplace.”

For more information on BitDefender’s complete line of security solutions, visit www.bitdefender.com