CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit9, Inc., the pioneer and leader in Enterprise Application Whitelisting, announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Northeast 100 Top Private Companies.

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Bit9 was honored for creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets, demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technology. AlwaysOn received hundreds of nominations for this year's list.

Bit9, Inc. will be honored at the AlwaysOn Venture Summit East to be held April 7 - April 9, 2008, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA. Venture Summit East highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. The summit features influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern US in keynote presentations and panel debates.

"For the first annual elite Northeast 100 list we surveyed more than 500 venture investors, investment bankers, and technology insiders, who nominated hundreds of companies to determine the Northeast 100 winners," said Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn Network. "Each of the Northeast 100 winners had to demonstrate leadership among their peers in the following areas: innovation, market opportunity, commercialization, media buzz, and stakeholder value creation. We congratulate them all on this great honor!"

Bit9, Inc. is the pioneer and leader in enterprise application whitelisting. The company's patented solutions ensure only trusted and authorized applications are allowed to run, eliminating the risk caused by malicious, illegal and unauthorized software. In order to help enterprises and partners, Bit9 has created the Bit9 Global Software Registry(TM) -- the world's largest repository of software information. Enterprises benefit from the Correlating software through the Bit9 Registry means that they can run delivering the highest levels of desktop security, compliance, and manageability.

"As we champion the application whitelisting approach to endpoint security, Bit9 continues to win new customers and drive results for our stakeholders," said Tom Murphy, CMO of Bit9. "The appetite for security technology continues to increase and Bit9 sees huge opportunity in the market. It is truly an honor to be recognized for our success by AlwaysOn."

About Bit9, Inc.

Bit9 is the pioneer and leader in enterprise application whitelisting. The company's patented solutions ensure only trusted and authorized applications are allowed to run, eliminating the risk caused by malicious, illegal and non- authorized software. Unlike traditional, reactive controls that try to scan and prevent the never-ending list of unauthorized software, Bit9 leverages the Bit9 Global Software Registry(TM) -- the world's largest database of software intelligence -- to ensure only authorized applications can run delivering the highest levels of desktop security, compliance, and manageability.

Bit9 customers include companies in a wide variety of industries, such as retail, financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, as well as government agencies. Founded in 2002, Bit9 is a privately held and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.bit9.com/ or call 617.393.7400.

About The AlwaysOn Venture Summit East

Venture Summit East is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Venture Summit East features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern US in keynote presentations and panel debates. The goal of Venture Summit East is to match growth-company buyers and sellers and identify the most promising innovation-driven, growth investment opportunities.

About AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Stanford Summit, AlwaysOn Hollywood, AlwaysOn Media and GoingGreen) and quarterly print "blogozine" by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, AlwaysOn is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.

Media contacts: For Bit9, Inc. For AlwaysOn Venture Summit East Ella Nevill Michael Parker (617) 399-4915 781-782-5714 ellan@text100.comalwayson@lpp.com

CONTACT: Ella Nevill for Bit9, Inc., +1-617-399-4915, ellan@text100.com;
or Michael Parker for AlwaysOn Venture Summit East, +1-781-782-5714,
alwayson@lpp.com

Web site: http://www.bit9.com/