Seattle, WA,  February 3, 2009 - Datacastle, the enterprise-class PC data protection company, today announced that it has received accreditation under both the MSPAlliance's (MSPA) Vendor Accreditation Program (VAP), as well as their Green IT Certification program. MSPAlliance's VAP and Green IT Certifications are the first programs of their kind, specifically designed by managed service providers (MSPs) as a benchmark for vendors who sell to the MSP community.

Vendors who bear the VAP seal have shown they abide by the highest principles of quality in areas such as financial stability, positive channel practices, product research and development, and MSP customer satisfaction.

"The Vendor Accreditation Program is important to MSPs, since companies that receive accreditation have demonstrated their ongoing commitment to the channel," said Charles Weaver, president of the MSPAlliance. "We are very proud to have Datacastle certified to join this prestigious body of vendors."

VAP was created using a wide base of criteria considered as critical by MSPs when selecting a vendor. Criteria examined during the accreditation process include:

• Business Practices: Focusing on channel development, channel competition safeguards, experience in the managed services industry, etc.
• Product Roadmap: Examining the vendor's willingness to invest in their products in order to ensure continued relevance for the MSPs on a continued basis.
• Financial: Examination of financial stability to ensure adequate support of channel initiatives and product development.
• Client References: Vendor must provide at least three MSP specific client references.

"MSPs make complex technologies simple for their customers by coupling them with service and delivery. To deliver a quality, cost effective solution to the end customer, MSPs' investments in vendor relationships - in people, knowledge transfer, integration, systems, infrastructure, process, measurement, procedures and auditing - many times exceeds the dollars spent on software licensing. Return on these investments takes time, so vendors like Datacastle who display their strengths in roadmap, channel practices, customer track record and long term financial viability top our evaluation list," said Michael Backers, CEO of Ordovician Group. "Further, Datacastle's achievement of the MSPA Green IT certification means that through virtualization, cloud computing, remote management and reduced energy consumption, their product will likely  fit with our priorities of bottom line cost savings and efficiency."

"Opportunity sometimes brings chaos along with it. MSP's are faced with enormous choice in terms of both the solutions to include in their portfolios, as well as which vendors they should trust to jointly go-to-market," said Lori Salow Marshall, vice president of marketing and business development for Datacastle. "The Vendor Accreditation helps Datacastle present our partner value, from technology to business practices, in a way that communicates directly to the MSP community in the terms that matter most to them."

The MSPAlliance, with more than 7,000 corporate members worldwide, is committed to increasing reliability and dependability in the industry surrounding the value and benefit of using managed service providers to provide a wide range of mission-critical services. In addition, the MSPAlliance collects data on the practice of managed services on behalf of its members, to help them increase the value delivery of IT to the organizations they serve.

About Datacastle
Datacastle Corporation has a singular mission - to help organizations simply and cost-effectively protect data against loss and laptop theft. Founded in 2005, Datacastle addresses the data protection challenges that expose organizations of all sizes to preventable data security risks, gaps in compliance and the erosion of brand value. Listed in Gartner's Hype Cycle for Storage Technologies, 2008, Datacastle offers the most comprehensive and secure data protection solution available for today╒s mobile workforce. Datacastle's comprehensive data protection software is available through leading service providers worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.datacastlecorp.com.

About MSPAlliance
The MSPAlliance is a professional association of 7,000 managed service providers and service enabling technology vendors, who work in a collaborative effort to define, promote and educate the Managed Services Industry and the end-user consumer on the adoption and successful use of technology through Managed Services. The MSPAlliance is committed to increasing reliability and dependability in the industry surrounding the value and benefit of using Managed Service Providers to provide a wide range of mission-critical services. In addition, the MSPAlliance collects data on the practice of managed services on behalf of its members, to help them increase the value delivery of IT to the organizations they serve. For more information about the MSPAlliance please visit www.mspalliance.com.

Datacastle is a registered trademark of Datacastle Corporation. All other names are or may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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