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Company Information

27.11.2008

phion, a leading European supplier of corporate communication
protection solutions, today announced that is has been positioned by
Gartner, Inc. in the `visionaries´ quadrant in Gartner´s `Magic
Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls´ November 2008.

"We are delighted to have been evaluated and placed in the
visionaries quadrant by Gartner. This is a great result and we feel a
vindication of our year-on-year growth and European expansion beyond
our traditional central European heartlands into the UK," said phion
CTO Klaus Gheri.

"phion has shown that we can successfully take on and beat the big
ones, having won large customer contracts when going head to head
with the established players. We are looking forward to increasing
our presence throughout Europe and further afield!" Gheri continues.

phion offers firmly established support within central Europe and
increasingly elsewhere within the EMEA region. Designed for the
enterprise environment, phion is an intelligent alternative to
recognised big competitors.

-ENDS-

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused
with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of
a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner´s
analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that
marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any
vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does
not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in
the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a
research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action.
Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to
this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness
for a particular purpose.

About phion phion is one of the leading European providers of
solutions to protect company communications. With the netfence
product portfolio phion offers solutions for the most demanding
standards in terms of availability, security and management. phion
netfence consistently addresses all security-related aspects: From
perimeter defence to safe and highly available connections to branch
offices, right up to blocking dangerous content and protecting
internal networks. phion airlock protects Web applications like
e-banking platforms and web services from any attacks or misuse. All
phion products have core management and are distinguished by their
remarkable TCO. phion is listed at the Vienna stock exchange (symbol:
PHIO) and is based in Innsbruck, Austria. phion´s customers include
well-known, internationally operating companies from all sectors of
industry.

Further information is available at: http://www.phion.com.

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Further inquiry note:

Constanze Liebenau

phion AG

Eduard-Bodem-Gasse 1

Tel: +43 (0) 508 100

Email: c.liebenau@phion.com

Branche: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: AT0000PHION3
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Index: mid market
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / Regulated free trade