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Co-founders of Egress Software Technologies nominated for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2014(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 27 August 2014 Release date- 26082014 - London - Acknowledging their innovative approach and dedication to developing and delivering a unique encryption services platform, two of the original founders of Egress Software Technologies, CEO Tony Pepper and COO Neil Larkins, have been nominated for 'Digital Entrepreneur of the Year' at the 2014 Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Hailed as the benchmark for entrepreneurial success in the UK, the Great British Entrepreneur Awards celebrate inspiring entrepreneurs across a range of categories. In particular, the 'Digital Entrepreneur of the Year' award is presented in recognition of developing products or services designed to enhance or exploit the digital world. Commenting on the 2014 submissions, Founder of the awards Simon Burton, states: 'The entries to the Great British Entrepreneur Awards this year are inspiring and humbling. We passionately promote the idea that entrepreneurs' stories are as telling as their balance sheets and that entrepreneurs should be acknowledged and recognised. 'The task for the judges this year will be incredibly hard. Entrepreneurship is alive, thriving and blossoming in the UK.' Speaking about the nomination, Egress CEO Tony Pepper explains: 'Neil and I are honoured to be named as nominees for 'Digital Entrepreneur of the Year' at the 2014 Great British Entrepreneur Awards. We work closely with our clients and key figures in the information security market in order to respond to genuine business need, and have developed our market-leading encryption services platform, Egress Switch, accordingly. Today's announcement endorses this approach and demonstrates our commitment to innovative, essential technology.' Egress COO Neil Larkins also commented: 'Having jointly won 'Developing Entrepreneur of the Year' at the WCIT Enterprise Awards in June, we are obviously delighted with this further recognition as nominees for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Following investment earlier this year, we plan to continue our expansion in order to deliver government certified encryption technology that helps all organisations to share confidential information securely.' The first stage of judging will take place in London on Thursday 18th September 2014. For more information, please visit: http://greatbritishentrepreneurawards.com About Egress Software Technologies Egress Software Technologies is the leading provider of hosted and on-premise encryption services designed to secure all forms of electronic information and delivered to customers in both the Public and Private Sectors via a single platform: Egress Switch. As the first, and currently only, CESG CPA Foundation Grade certified email encryption product on the market, Switch Secure Email enables customers to share highly sensitive information over the internet, without the need to manage external third party credentials. The award-winning Switch portfolio of products also includes Secure File Transfer, Secure Web Form and the latest online collaboration offering, Secure Workspace. Using patented key management, the platform utilises a unique community-based licensing model known as 'the Egress Trust Network' that consists of paying and free Switch subscribers, who are able to share information securely with one another using a single global identity. www.egress.com For more information about this press release, contact Rebecca Bailey - Marketing and Communications, Egress Software Technologies: Tel: +44 (0) 207 624 8500 Email: [email protected] (c) 2014 Electronic News Publishing - |