SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 11, 2013) - Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ PFPT ]), a leading security-as-a-service provider, today announced that Bishop Technologies, Inc. has joined Proofpoint's Advantage Partner Program. Founded in 2002, Bishop serves the needs of large enterprises, government agencies and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Recognized as one of the leaders in email archive migrations in North America, Bishop has the expertise and experience that puts them at the top in delivery service organizations.

"We are impressed with Proofpoint's cloud security offerings and the structure of the Advantage Partner Program," said Dale McVeen, president at Bishop Technologies. "We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship. We are delighted to partner with Proofpoint."

The Proofpoint Advantage Partner Program empowers channel partners to successfully and profitably sell and support all of Proofpoint's security, compliance and archiving solutions. Technical certification, sales and technical training, a dedicated Proofpoint channel sales manager, sales leads and support, marketing tools and incentive programs are all available as part of the program.

"We are excited about our new relationship with Bishop Technologies," said Tom Barsi, executive vice president, business development at Proofpoint. "Bishop Technologies' archiving expertise is highly regarded in the industry and our products will map perfectly to the services they offer. We look forward to an extremely successful partnership."

About Proofpoint, Inc.
Proofpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: [ PFPT ]) is a leading security-as-a-service provider that focuses on cloud-based solutions for threat protection, compliance, archiving & governance and secure communications. Organizations around the world depend on Proofpoint's expertise, patented technologies and on-demand delivery system to protect against phishing, malware and spam, safeguard privacy, encrypt sensitive information, and archive and govern messages and critical enterprise information. More information is available at [ www.proofpoint.com ].

About Bishop Technologies
Bishop Technologies, Inc. specializes in delivering and supporting customized solutions for data migration, information security, and pervasive information governance to large enterprises, government agencies, and SMBs. Bishop provides expertise and solutions for email, web and social media archiving, enterprise search and ediscovery, archive migrations, information management consulting and enhanced support services -- all to enable organizations to protect the value -- and mitigate the risk of the information contained in their communications and collaboration infrastructure, both on-premise and in the cloud.

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