Commtouch Appoints Chief Operating Officer and Announces Further Management Updates

Commtouch(R) (NASDAQ:CTCH), a leading messaging and Web security technology provider, today announced the promotion of Ido Hadari to the newly created position of chief operating officer. The company also announced several other management team updates.

"Ido Hadari is a proven leader who has demonstrated his capabilities and accomplishments in driving our international business during his two years at Commtouch," said Gideon Mantel, Commtouch's chief executive officer and chairman of the board. "Given our recent success and anticipated increase in business opportunities worldwide, we decided to promote Ido and place him in charge of global sales, support and marketing activities."

Commtouch continues to strategically evolve its organizational structure in preparation for its intended growth trajectory. Additional management changes include:

The promotion of Asaf Greiner to vice president of products, assuming responsibility for all messaging security products. This is in addition to the Web security product line that he has been overseeing since early 2008.

The appointment of Ofer Tal to the position of vice president, international sales and business development, replacing Mr. Hadari in that role. Mr. Tal brings a decade of international sales and business development management experience at various companies, most recently at Gigaspaces as head of regional sales and business development, and prior to that at Interwise.

About Commtouch

Commtouch(R) (NASDAQ:CTCH) provides proven messaging and Web security technology to more than 130 security companies and service providers for integration into their solutions. Commtouch's patented Recurrent Pattern Detection(TM) (RPD(TM)) and GlobalView(TM) technologies are founded on a unique cloud-based approach, and work together in a comprehensive feedback loop to protect effectively in all languages and formats. Commtouch technology automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time in its global data centers to identify new threats as they are initiated, protecting email infrastructures and enabling safe, compliant browsing. The company's expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in mitigating Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in 190 countries. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Stay abreast of the latest messaging and Web threat trends all quarter long at the Commtouch Cafe: http://blog.commtouch.com. For more information about enhancing security offerings with Commtouch technology, see http://www.commtouch.com or write info@commtouch.com.

Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.

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