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Arxan Technologies Names Morgan Vice President, Engineering

Posted on: Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 15:01 CDT

Arxan Technologies Inc. announced on Tuesday (Sept. 26) Kevin Morgan has

joined the company as vice president of engineering, effective

immediately.

Arxan Technologies Inc. ("Arxan")

provides fortified products and services to protect software and

hardware in untrusted environments, making products secure when

distributing files or installing software across a network. Arxan's

EnforcIT® platform enables developers to

quickly implement customized protection for their native and embedded

software. Protection is automatically inserted into a compiled binary

and is easy to update and individualize. Arxan's

APG™ solution provides efficient protection

for desktop software against common threats using a simple, intuitive

interface.

"There is strong customer pain around piracy

and reverse engineering of products rich in intellectual property, and

Arxan is ideally positioned to provide best-of-breed solutions to these

problems," said Mike Dager, Arxan's

chief executive officer. "Kevin's

leadership, backed by his outstanding experience and depth in software

system development, will be critical in developing the next generation

of our anti-tamper and anti-piracy products."

Morgan has 26 years of experience in the commercial system software

business. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the

University of California at Berkeley and began his career at Hewlett

Packard developing kernel-level software in the RTE operating system. He

rose to laboratory manager for the HP-UX kernel and oversaw all HP-UX

product development.

In 1999 Morgan joined MontaVista Software as the vice president of

engineering and the sixth permanent employee. There, he led the

engineering and product strategy for nearly seven years, growing the

company to the world's dominant embedded

Linux products provider and one of the largest embedded operating

systems businesses overall.

"Arxan is the world's

leader in anti-tamper and software IP protection technologies,"

Morgan said. "We are extraordinarily

positioned to advance this technology into broad commercial markets, as

well as extend its strong position in the defense market. I am very

excited about Arxan's core technology and the

exceptional intellectual talent in the company. I look forward to

leading the company's technology and product

programs and enabling rapid business growth."

About Arxan Technologies Inc.

Arxan Technologies Inc. (http://www.arxan.com)

provides products and solutions to fortify native and embedded products

against tampering, piracy, reverse engineering and other compromise.

Arxan takes software security beyond static obfuscation and encryption

to actively defend, detect, and react against attacks. The company

supports the full gamut of anti-tamper and robustness needs, from basic

copy protection all the way up to military grade assurance. Arxan's

customers include government agencies, defense corporations, software

vendors and content owners. Founded in 2001, Arxan Technologies has

offices in Bethesda, Md., San Francisco and West Lafayette, Ind.

Related Web sites:

Arxan Technologies Inc.: http://www.arxan.com

Purdue Research Park: http://www.purdueresearchpark.com

Source: Business Wire

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