Smarsh Named to Inc. 5000 for Third Straight Year

Portland, Ore., August 24, 2010 - Smarsh®, the managed service leader in secure, innovative and reliable email archiving and compliance solutions, has been named to Inc. magazine's fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies.

Smarsh ranked No. 663 with a three-year growth rate of 457% and returns to the list for the third consecutive year. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found on www.inc.com/inc5000. Smarsh also ranked first among email archiving vendors in the report and No. 3 among the top businesses in the Portland, Ore./Vancouver, Wash./Beaverton, Ore. region.

"We appreciate the recognition from Inc. magazine and the Inc. 5000, and I am proud that Smarsh has established a track record of aggressive, sustained growth considering the challenging economic environment," said Stephen Marsh, Smarsh founder and CEO.

The 2010 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2006-2009. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent (not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies), and have had at least $80,000 in revenue in 2006, and $2 million in revenue in 2009.

Smarsh is uniquely positioned to help companies with integrated solutions for message compliance and records retention, proactive litigation readiness and messaging security (including email encryption and data-leak prevention). The Smarsh client base resides primarily in the financial services industry (including investment advisors, broker/dealers, banks and hedge funds), where regulatory obligations have historically provided motivation for service adoption. As email archiving and compliance solutions are becoming increasingly vital throughout various industries, this honor distinguishes Smarsh for its expertise and leadership.

About Smarsh

Smarsh® provides hosted solutions for archiving electronic communications, including email, instant messaging and social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Founded in 2001, Smarsh helps over 10,000 organizations manage and enforce flexible, secure and cost-effective compliance and records retention strategies and mitigate risk. For more information, visit www.Smarsh.com or follow Smarsh at www.twitter.com/SmarshInc.

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