Anonymizer Achieves Highest Quarterly Revenue
San Diego, Calif. August 29, 2005 Anonymizer, Inc., the leading provider of online identity protection solutions, today announced that the company closed its highest revenue quarter to date. For the second quarter ending June 30, Anonymizer achieved an 82 percent increase over the same period last year. Additionally, year-to-date revenues represented a 71 percent increase over the first half of 2004. The increased sales figures, in conjunction with several strategic corporate initiatives, underscore Anonymizer’s continued market success and leadership in online privacy and identity protection solutions.
Growth in Enterprise & Government Sectors
Anonymizer gained significant traction in the public sector as several government agencies and systems integrators embraced Anonymizer technology solutions. Actual enterprise and government sales results for the quarter surpassed forecasts by 46 percent. Additionally, Anonymizer enjoyed a 342 percent increase in Q2 2005 enterprise and government sales, compared to enterprise and government sales in Q2 2004. Anonymizer enterprise and government solutions enable non-attribution services that ensure information integrity and online privacy.
Continued Strength in Consumer Sector
The consumer business continues to be strong, with millions of consumer users worldwide. Anonymizer this quarter entered into a strategic alliance with Stealth Ideas, Inc., which bundled the Anonymous Surfingâ„? technology into the StealthSurfer II USB drive. The product, which enables users to surf the Internet safely from any location, was launched in the same quarter. In addition, Anonymizer consumer products now offer protection from continually evolving Internet threats, such as evil twins, phishing scams, and pharming attacks.
New Executive Strengthens Management Team
Howard Greco, vice president of federal sales, recently joined Anonymizer to manage the growth and expansion of Anonymizer government sales. Greco brings more than twenty years of experience in the software and telecommunications industries where he successfully led federal sales organizations. Prior to joining Anonymizer, he served as the vice president of federal sales at Intelliseek, where he grew annual revenues 300 percent. At Autonomy, Greco served as the US regional vice president and was responsible for achieving 150 percent of the company’s sales quota.
“Building our management team with a seasoned expert in the public sector is a critical milestone for Anonymizer as we expand into the government market,” said Bill Unrue, CEO, Anonymizer. “Howard Greco has a proven track record in ramping government sales and building mutually beneficial relationships with systems integrators. This addition to the Anonymizer executive team has already had a positive impact on the company.”
Strategic Alliances Accelerate Deployments
Anonymizer and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a leading global information technology services company, joined forces to deliver identity protection and information assurance solutions to the Federal government. The companies are currently pursuing ENCORE, a government contract that provides technical solutions for the Department of Defense and additional Federal agencies having similar IT migration and integration needs. In addition, Anonymizer and CSC are collaborating to deliver non-attribution services to government agencies conducting open source intelligence.
About Anonymizer
Anonymizer is the leading provider of Internet privacy and security solutions for consumers, corporations, organizations and government agencies. The company provides safe and secure Web experiences to over two million global Internet users. Its Web site is home to the world’s most popular Internet privacy service, Anonymous Surfing, which defends users from the most prevalent Internet privacy and security threats, from online tracking to malicious code, identity theft and e-mail spammers. Anonymizer identity protection solutions have been used to protect over four billion Web pages since the company’s inception in 1995. Anonymizer is privately held and headquartered in San Diego, California. (http://www.anonymizer.com)