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VANTOS CTO, DON LEDFORD, NAMED A FINALIST FOR PRESTIGIOUS
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

Washington Technology Industry Association Honors Ledford's
Distinguished Engineering Career and Lasting Contributions to the IT Industry

SEATTLE, Wash., – December 30, 2008 — VANTOS, Inc., the leader in the Enterprise Investigation Management market, announced today that the company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Don Ledford, has been named a finalist for Washington Technology Industry Association's (WTIA) prestigious Technology Innovator of the Year Award. WTIA's Annual Industry Achievement Awards, now in its 14th year, celebrates companies, organizations and individuals that demonstrate outstanding innovation and excellence in technology. This year, the local technology community will determine the winning organizations and individuals via an online voting system.

"Our panel of judges spent countless hours evaluating a record-breaking number of entries from some of Washington state's most innovative and exciting companies, organizations and individuals," said Ken Myer, president and CEO of the WTIA. "These finalists have the leadership and vision to make an impact on the technology industry as a whole. Congratulations to Don Ledford, this is truly a statement about his contributions to this industry."

Under Ledford's leadership, VANTOS V-Flex^im has become the leading solution for Enterprise Investigation Management. VANTOS V-Flex enables companies to gain comprehensive insight into their total investigation portfolio. Realizing Ledford's vision of nearly instantaneous time-to-value, VANTOS V-Flex is delivered as either a hardened appliance or service with a secure web-based interface that can be up and running in under an hour. VANTOS V-Flex can run common investigations out of the box, and can adapt to meet the evolving complexity, volume and variety of enterprise investigations.

"I am honored to be named a finalist for WTIA's Technology Innovator of the Year Award," said Ledford. "However, I view this recognition as a tribute to the unrelenting focus and superior execution of the entire engineering team. VANTOS is committed to pushing the envelop in terms of technology innovation in 2009 and beyond."

Winners of this year's WTIA Awards will be determined by a new online voting system and announced at the annual Industry Achievement Awards party on March 25, 2009. This year's celebration will be held at The Paramount Theater. For more information about the awards, to participate in the online voting or to register for the awards ceremony, visit www.washingtontechnology.org/IAA.

About the Washington Technology Industry Association
The Washington Technology Industry Association, founded in 1984, is the largest statewide association of technology companies, IT departments and individual technology professionals in North America. With more than 1,000 member companies representing more than 100,000 employees in Washington State, the association is a catalyst for sharing expertise, fostering collaboration, delivering key business services and advancing the value and global impact of technology companies doing business in Washington. The association's global partners are Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Microsoft, Regence BlueShield, Sun Microsystems, Vertafore and Wells Fargo Insurance Services. The association's funding partners are AH&T Insurance, F5 Networks, GrapeCity, Moss Adams and RealNetworks. For more information, go to www.washingtontechnology.org.

About VANTOS
VANTOS is recognized as the global leader in the Investigation Lifecycle Management market. VANTOS V-Flex^im Comprehensive System of Record manages all physical and digital violations and criminal investigations. VANTOS automates investigations with consistent, auditable, defensible and recoverable results, delivering rapid economic justification to all stakeholders across the enterprise. VANTOS is in use by world-class customers and has already proven to accelerate insight into their risks, reducing time and costs of their investigations. VANTOS is headquartered in Seattle, Wash. and can be found online at www.vantos.com.