Red Earth Software Honored for Innovation At Boulder County Business Report's IQ Awards

Red Earth Software Recognized for Its Policy Patrol Software Products

The Boulder County Business Report (BCBR) announced the 32 finalists for its annual Innovation Quotient (IQ) Awards and Red Earth Software was selected as a finalist for its Policy Patrol products in the Software category. Policy Patrol delivers business-critical anti-spam, anti-virus, email content security, email archiving, and email signatures and disclaimers for Microsoft Exchange Server users.

The 10 most-innovative companies will be announced live at BCBR's twelfth annual IQ Awards for innovation on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2011.

"Red Earth Software is honored to participate in the highly regarded BCBR IQ Awards that celebrate technology excellence in the Boulder area," said Deborah Galea, co-founder and COO of Red Earth Software. "Our company is growing indefinitely as small and medium-sized businesses recognize the importance of having email management software to protect and secure their electronic communications. As compliance regulations multiply in almost every industry, we will continue to create innovative software that moves the needle in the email policy industry."

This year, BCBR received nearly 60 nominations from companies in the Boulder Valley and selected three finalists in each of 10 business categories. The finalists, along with their nomination categories follow:

Green/Sustainability
• OPX Biotechnologies Inc., Boulder
• Green Garage, Boulder
• Noonday Solar Inc., Boulder
Social Media / Mobile Apps
• Backpacker Magazine, Boulder
• BlogFrog Inc., Boulder
• Gnip Inc., Boulder
Nonprofits
• Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, Boulder
• Center for Resource Conservation - ReSource Tool Library, Boulder
• Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, Boulder
Software
• Accurence Inc., Westminster
• Gorilla Logic, Broomfield
• Red Earth Software, Boulder

Natural Products
• Cooper Tea Co., Louisville
• JJ's Sweets, Boulder
• Justin's Nut Butter, Boulder
Sports & Outdoors
• Crescent Moon Snowshoes, Boulder
• Sea to Summit Inc., Boulder
• Salewa USA LLC dba Dynafit, Boulder
Consumer
• Agloves, Boulder
• Backjoy, Boulder
• WINGStand.com, Boulder
Internet / Web
• EarthvisionZ LLC, Boulder
• Standing Cloud Inc., Boulder
• Widgix LLC dba Survey Gizmo, Boulder
Innovation Accelerator
• Boulder Innovation Center, Boulder
• Longmont Entrepreneurial Network, Longmont
Business Products & Services
• iSupportU LLC, Boulder
• Napkin Labs Inc., Boulder
• Radish Systems LLC, Boulder

"Innovation in the Boulder Valley is stronger and more exciting than it's ever been," said Christopher Wood, publisher of the Boulder County Business Report. "We are extremely pleased to once again honor the most-innovative products and services in Boulder and Broomfield counties. Our judges spent many hours reviewing all the nominations, and we feel that they've come up with an incredible list of finalists."

For more information on Boulder County Business Report's IQ awards, go to www.IQawards.com.

About Red Earth Software
For email administrators in every industry, Red Earth Software is the email management software company that provides the most complete suite of email policy enforcement tools as a result of a long-term focus on solving mission critical business problems and anticipating evolving industry compliance and security issues. Policy Patrol is the most effective product for mitigating email risks and gives organizations the peace of mind that their email communications are protected and secure. As compliance regulations increase globally, Policy Patrol serves an ever-growing need that spans all vertical industries such as financial services, healthcare, legal and government. Please visit http://www.policypatrol.com and follow Red Earth Software on Twitter: http://twitter.com/redearthsoft.

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