SurfControl's David Harris Named to VARBusiness Magazine's 'Top 100 Channel Executives'

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SurfControl

(LONDON: SRF) , the world leader in Internet content protection, today announced that David Harris, Vice President Worldwide Channels, has been recognized by the editors of CMP Media's VARBusiness as one of North America's "Top 100 Channel Executives" -- a pedigree of those whose imagination and innovation are driving the information technology (IT) distribution channel.

Harris is honored in the special April 3 issue of the biweekly magazine that provides strategic insight to technology integrators. "We celebrate the men and women who enable solution providers with programs, products and inspiration," says VARBusiness Editor Lawrence M. Walsh. "These executives are worthy of emulation by all of their peers."

"SurfControl is committed to its channel and is extremely proud that Dave is included in this outstanding recognition of executive excellence servicing this very strategic group of partners," said Patricia Sueltz, CEO of SurfControl. "On behalf of the entire company, I'd like to congratulate Dave for exceeding industry expectations and for his dedication to providing the best solutions available to our channel partners and their customers."

The "Top 100 Channel Executives" list is based on a survey of channel executives with respect to years of service, size of their channel programs and their partner priorities for the coming year. In addition to being published in the April 3 issue of VARBusiness magazine, the feature package and executive listing is posted to the Web at http://www.varbusiness.com/.

About VARBusiness Magazine

For the past 19 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in- depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, http://www.varbusiness.com/.

About SurfControl

SurfControl plc is the leading provider of threat protection that shields organizations from known and emerging Internet dangers through Layered Threat Protection(SM). The Company has redefined traditional "filtering" into a unified set of Web, e-mail and messaging security solutions that continuously filter inbound and outbound Internet traffic to eliminate spam, spyware, phishing and Web and e-mail abuse. SurfControl provides Adaptive Threat Intelligence(SM) from its Global Threat Experts(SM) to respond quickly with automatic, proactive security updates to protect customers. Customers avoid significant business downtime that impacts productivity and the bottom line while limiting legal liability and enforcing regulatory compliance and confidentiality. SurfControl has more than 20,000 customers worldwide, and employs more than 500 people in offices across the United States, Europe and Asia/Pacific. For further information and news on SurfControl, please visit http://www.surfcontrol.com/ .