Accellion Named to KMWorld's 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 1, 2016) - Accellion, Inc., the leading provider of private cloud solutions for secure file sharing and collaboration that ensure data security and compliance, today announced it has been named to KMWorld Magazine's "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management," for the fifth consecutive year.

The accolade follows Accellion's inclusion in KMWorld's Trend-Setting Products of 2015, recognizing Accellion's achievements in enhanced mobile security features to reduce the risk of data leakage.

"We are extremely pleased to be a part of the KMWorld 100," commented Hormazd Romer, Vice President of Marketing at Accellion. "The ability to securely share and collaborate on enterprise content is becoming increasingly vital in an environment marked by costly data breaches and, in turn, strict regulatory compliance. We are very proud that KMWorld continues to recognize the significant role kiteworks, Accellion's private cloud, on-premise secure content platform, plays in securing enterprise content and enabling knowledge management."

The kiteworks platform offers enterprise organizations a secure file sharing and collaboration solution that enables secure internal and external sharing of enterprise information. With kiteworks, users get access to all of their enterprise content from a single pane of glass, whether it resides in the cloud or behind the firewall, or in content stores such as Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive, Documentum, OpenText, home drives, Google Drive for Work, Dropbox, Box and more.

KMWorld's prestigious "100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management" list recognizes companies that have played an innovative role in the creation, enhancement and definition of the knowledge management market. The list is compiled by knowledge management practitioners, theorists, analysts, vendors and customers.

About KMWorld
KMWorld is the leading publisher, conference organizer, and information provider serving the knowledge management, content management, and document management markets. KMWorld informs its more than 40,000 subscribers about the components and processes -- and related success stories -- that together offer solutions for improving business performance. KMWorld is a publishing unit of Information Today, Inc.

About Accellion
Accellion, Inc. provides secure access to enterprise content wherever it is stored to enable increased enterprise productivity and ensure data security and compliance. Accellion, Inc. is the leading provider of private cloud solutions offering enterprise organizations the scalability, flexibility, control and security to enable a global workforce with the tools they need to securely create, access and share information, wherever work takes them. Accellion solutions are used by more than 12 million users and 2,000 of the world's leading corporations and government agencies including Procter & Gamble; Indiana University Health; Kaiser Permanente; Hogan Lovells; Bridgestone; Harvard University; US Securities and Exchange Commission; and NASA. For more information please visit www.accellion.com or call (650) 485-4300. Follow Accellion's Blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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