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Sipera Names John Lochow President and CEO

Telecom Industry Expert to Drive VoIP/UC Security Business

Richardson, TX, February 12, 2008 – Sipera Systems, the leader in comprehensive VoIP/UC security solutions, today announced that John Lochow has joined Sipera as president and chief executive officer (CEO). Lochow brings significant experience leading both large and small companies with technology solutions for enterprises and service providers. As Sipera continues to grow and expand its VoIP/UC security solutions, Lochow’s diverse background will give him a unique perspective that will enable him lead the company to continued success.

“With the growing awareness in the marketplace of the need for comprehensive VoIP/UC security, now is the time for Sipera to bring its VoIP security leadership to a new level.  John is the person to help Sipera accelerate its momentum,” said Ben Scott, chairman of the board for Sipera Systems. “We are ecstatic to have John join our executive team.”

Most recently, Lochow was president and CEO of Syndesis Limited, where he took the company from about $6 million to $60 million in revenues by helping service providers create and provision competitive broadband networking solutions. Syndesis was recently acquired by Subex Azure, a company traded on the Indian Stock Exchange. Prior to Syndesis, Lochow held senior positions at AT&T, Bell Canada and Tech Data.

“Sipera is at an inflection point with the demand for comprehensive VoIP/UC security solutions expanding as enterprises and service providers seek to protect and control real-time unified communications,” said Lochow. “As these technologies go mainstream, it is exciting to be part of such a talented group of people that have created a company poised for great things.”

About Sipera Systems
Sipera Systems provides enterprises and service providers with comprehensive VoIP/UC security solutions that protect, control and enable real-time unified communications. The Sipera IPCS™ products combine VPN, Firewall/SBC, Intrusion Prevention, Anti-Spam, Compliance and Troubleshooting functionality for VoIP systems in a single device. This securely enables IP PBXs, VoIP remote users, SIP trunks, data/voice VLANs, hosted VoIP services and IMS or UMA-based networks. Comprised of top vulnerability research experts, the Sipera VIPER™ Lab concentrates its efforts towards identifying VoIP vulnerabilities, while Sipera LAVA™ tools verify networks’ readiness to resist attacks.  Founded in 2003, and backed by Austin Ventures, DTEC, Sequoia Capital and Star Ventures, Sipera is headquartered in Richardson, TX. Visit http://www.sipera.com.

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Larry Bouchie, KMC Partners Public Relations, 617-758-4192, larry@kmcpartners.com

Brendan Ziolo, Sipera Systems, 214-606-1080, bziolo@sipera.com

UC Security Defined
Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time Unified Communications (UC) security, is the choice of enterprises and service providers around the world to support their mission-critical UC deployments.
Sipera offers groundbreaking, production-proven solutions that secure voice, video, messaging, collaboration, and other real-time communications in converged IP networks, boosting compliance with information security requirements.
Backed by the industry-leading research of the VIPER lab, Sipera's solutions provide comprehensive threat protection, policy enforcement, access control, and encryption in a single flexible appliance.

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