Bit9 Extends Leadership Team, Naming Doug Cahill Vice President of Business Development.

Bit9 Bolsters Partner Program to Offer Customers Complete Application Control Solutions Enabling Desktop Lockdown 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Bit9, Inc., the leading provider of desktop lockdown and application control solutions, today named Doug Cahill as vice president of business development. Cahill brings more than two decades of working with technology companies with partner-centric business models to establish leadership and expand distribution. These companies include AppIQ, HighGround, Shiva, and Progress Software.

Cahill will manage Bit9's strategic partnering initiatives including distribution and licensing programs. The company has worked to bolster its channel programs significantly over the past year and will continue to expand its relationships with resellers, technology partners, and systems integrators under Cahill's leadership.

Cahill comes to Bit9 from Hewlett-Packard, which he joined when the company acquired AppIQ, a storage management vendor, in 2005. At AppIQ, Cahill was the company's vice president of business development and strategy, where he led much of the company's go-to-market activities by executing the company's highly successful OEM distribution model and managing all other facets of AppIQ's partner initiatives. After the acquisition, he retained 100 percent of AppIQ's OEMs, including HP competitors such as EMC.

Previously, he served as Vice President of Product Management at HighGround Systems, which established storage resource management for the open systems market, and which was acquired by Sun Microsystems. He has held senior marketing positions at Shiva Corporation and Progress Software, and holds a double major in economics and communications from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

"I am excited for the challenge of taking Bit9's important partner relationships to the next level and growing the company's business development programs," said Cahill. "The market for application control hit a critical mass in 2006 and Bit9 can be an even greater player within this market through its many partners."

"During 2006, we made significant investments in bringing key executives to Bit9 to build out our sales and marketing team. Now with the addition of Doug Cahill, we are making the same investment in our channel and technology partnership programs," said George Kassabgi, president and CEO of Bit9. "Doug's experience leading business development programs with growing vendors will bring tremendous value to Bit9."

About Bit9, Inc.

Bit9, Inc., the leading provider of desktop lockdown solutions, centrally controls which applications can and cannot run. Bit9's award-winning, patent-pending technology delivers the easiest and most effective way to achieve application control, enabling IT professionals to realize the highest levels of desktop security and compliance. Founded in 2002 by the founders of Okena (acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)) and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bit9 is a privately held company. For more information, http://www.bit9.com.

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