Arellia, Maker of Application Control Solution and Local Security Solution, Becomes Symantec Developer Program Partner

ALPINE, Utah -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The company that provides Application Control Solution and Local Security Solution for the Symantec Management Platform (formerly known as the Altiris Platform) has now become an independent brand, Arellia, Inc. (www.arellia.com), and a Symantec Developer Program partner. Effective immediately, these two products are available for purchase from Symantec and its channel partners worldwide through the Symantec price list as an integrated third-party solution.

Arellia currently supports the 6.x versions of the Symantec Management Platform. The company also announced plans to release updated versions of Arellia Local Security Solution and Arellia Application Control Solution that will support version 7.0 of the Symantec Management Platform by the end of Q1 2010.

Arellia’s CEO, Michael Sainsbury, was formerly the CTO of Computing Edge (acquired by Altiris in 2000). From 2000-2004, he served as VP Software Architecture for Altiris (now Symantec) as well as directing Asia Pacific (APAC) growth for Altiris during that time. In these roles, Sainsbury was the primary developer behind the Altiris Notification Server technology, a core strength of the Symantec Management Platform that is prevalent in the market today.

Prior to its emergence as an independent brand, Arellia provided OEM solutions to Symantec. As a Symantec Developer Program partner, Arellia is expanding its field sales and support teams to better support Symantec in helping their joint customers.

“Arellia has been a strong OEM partner that has played an essential role within the Symantec Management Platform,” said Mark Magee, Sr. Director Product Management for Symantec. “We are pleased to see the company progress to become an independent brand as a new Symantec Developer Program partner and we look forward to a strong and mutually beneficial relationship in support of Symantec Management Platform 7.0 through 2010 and beyond.”

“As an independently-branded company, Arellia provides security and configuration management solutions that complement the Symantec Management Platform as well as Symantec Endpoint Protection,” said Dwain Kinghorn, Partner at SageCreek Partners and former Altiris CTO. “No one understands the Symantec and Altiris platform better than Arellia does, and the company will use that background to provide solutions that leverage customers’ investments in Symantec security and configuration solutions in the seasons to come.”

About Arellia

Arellia, Inc. is the provider of security and compliance technology for the Symantec Management Platform (formerly Altiris Platform). Arellia’s technology has its foundation in Computing Edge (where CEO Michael Sainsbury was CTO), which was acquired by Altiris in 2000 and is now a part of Symantec. Formerly available only as Symantec Management Platform (Altiris 6.x) components, Arellia’s Application Control and Local Security Solutions are now independent products available from all Symantec partners as the company forges its own new identity as a leading Symantec Developer Program partner. For more information, visit www.arellia.com.