Mount Arlington, NJ and New York, NY — Dec. 12, 2013 — Exigent Technologies, New Jersey and New York’s leading managed IT and cloud services company, is pleased to announce it has been selected as an MSP Preferred Partner by Zix Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), a leader in email data protection. Supported by Exigent Technologies’ multi-million dollar, SSAE 16 certified datacenter, the elite designation positions Exigent Technologies as one of the IT services companies in the New York, New Jersey area authorized as a ZixCorp MSP Preferred Partner to market, sell and support Zix Email Encryption as part of its TurnKey Cloud services.

“The role of IT within the healthcare, financial and public sector markets is growing rapidly and becoming far more strategic to the day-to-day operations of these data-centric and privacy-minded organizations,” says Daniel J. Haurey, president, Exigent Technologies. “Email encryption is a mission-critical service these organizations cannot do without, and it’s our responsibility as their trusted advisor to make sure they have the best of the best – and that’s ZixCorp.”

Available now to small and midsize businesses nationwide, Exigent Technologies’ offers Zix Email Encryption as a completely managed and hosted service and includes ZixGateway®, a policy-based email encryption service that inspects outbound email for sensitive information such as Protected Health Information (PHI). With full content scanning of the subject line, message body and attachments, ZixGateway can encrypt, route, block or brand outbound email based on corporate policies. It automatically strengthens compliance for email communication without requiring special training or procedures for employees.

Affordably priced and proven to outperform competitive products, Exigent Technologies’ new hosted email encryption, powered by ZixCorp, is ideal for organizations that operate in high-profile, restricted and budget conscious industries such as education, finance, government and healthcare. Organizations tasked with complying with industry-specific regulations such as HIPAA, GLBA, PCI, SOX and others will find great business value in ZixCorp’s secure and seamless communication, automatic scans and strong content filters. Exigent Technologies also complements Zix Email Encryption with its unmatched support and value added services such as deployment assistance and customization.

“The combination of Exigent Technologies’ white glove customer experience and ZixCorp’s proven Email Encryption is a perfect match and will give our customers the peace of mind they’ve been looking for when it comes to email data protection,” says Gerald R. Busardo, service delivery manager, Exigent Technologies. “We’re thrilled to team with the industry’s leader in email encryption to enhance and expand our TurnKey Cloud service and bring to market another best-in-class service our customers can rely on.”

“We have developed a strong channel program, and the addition of Exigent Technologies as a Preferred MSP Partner will enhance our reach and resources in the New York and New Jersey markets,” says Steve Irons, Vice President of Channel Sales. “We’re excited about the opportunity to grow with Exigent Technologies and look forward to assisting its customers with their email data protection needs.”

About Zix Corporation

ZixCorp is a leader in email data protection. ZixCorp offers industry-leading email encryption, a unique email DLP solution and an innovative email BYOD solution to meet your company’s data protection and compliance needs. ZixCorp is trusted by the nation’s most influential institutions in healthcare, finance and government for easy to use secure email solutions. ZixCorp is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol ZIXI, and its headquarters are in Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit www.zixcorp.com.