Phoenix Technologies Launches FailSafe: Built-In Security and Remote Management for Laptops

Phoenix Technologies Launches FailSafe: Built-In Security and Remote Management for Laptops

October 15, 2007

- Advanced Theft-Loss Protection and Prevention, Including
Encryption, Tracking, Recovery and Remote Controlled
Security to be Embedded into Next-Generation Mobile PCs -


    MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTEC), today
announced Phoenix FailSafe(TM) for mobile PCs. With
FailSafe, Phoenix PC OEM partners can embed an innovative
command and control system into the PC core firmware to
track, control and recover lost or stolen mobile PCs. Users
can encrypt, lock and even destroy data on lost laptops to
protect sensitive or private information. Information on
the laptop can also be encrypted to prevent data theft
resulting from stolen laptops. As a result, consumers,
small business owners and IT managers can remotely manage
mobile PCs, much like mobile phones are managed, through an
intuitive Web interface. 

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    Demonstrations of Phoenix FailSafe will be available in
the Phoenix booth A16 at the 2007 Intel Developer Forum
(IDF) being held October 15-16, 2007 in Taipei, Taiwan.

    "According to the FBI, fewer than five percent of
stolen laptops are ever recovered, which is why the
embedded protection of Phoenix FailSafe is so
critical," said Woody Hobbs, President & CEO of
Phoenix Technologies. "With more than 25 years of BIOS
and core firmware design experience, the Phoenix engineering
team is uniquely qualified to integrate this degree of
remote management and security functionality at the
firmware level on the PC. Backed by the Phoenix global
support infrastructure, FailSafe allows PC OEMs to offer a
premium service for their consumers and small business
customers, solving a critical business problem, while
gaining a recurring revenue stream that will last long
after the original sale of the mobile PC."

    "Intel is very focused on making mobile computing
secure," said Mooly Eden, Corporate Vice President and
General Manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group. "We
have already enabled mobile data protection solutions with
leading data encryption software vendors today and will in
future further harden it with Danbury, a hardware-based
disk encryption. Phoenix FailSafe furthers our objectives
by adding laptop tracking and theft management features
that offer consumers a way to achieve increased asset
security and control.  This will enable owners to remotely
locate, and control lost or stolen laptops."

    Through an intuitive, easy-to-use Web interface,
Phoenix FailSafe delivers a comprehensive range of
theft-loss prevention and protection features. For
consumers and professionals alike, FailSafe prevents
identity theft through the ability to protect, locate and
potentially retrieve lost or stolen PCs, remotely retrieve
critical data, permanently erase sensitive personal or
business information and even lock or completely disable
the computer remotely. Because FailSafe is embedded into
the core firmware layer, it cannot be deleted or disabled
through the operating system, ensuring its data encryption
and remote management protection is constantly available
and functioning. FailSafe is able to offer a superior level
of protection due to its tight integration with the hardware
security mechanisms in a system.

    Leading industry analyst and mobile PC futurist, Tim
Bajarin of Creative Strategies said, "By making it
easier to track, recover and remotely control portable PCs,
Phoenix FailSafe typifies the type of solution needed to
provide the peace of mind and protection to advance the
mobile PC category including UMPCs (ultra mobile portable
computers) and MIDs (mobile internet devices). This degree
of security ensures that the personal and private
information stored on these powerful but mobile and
convenient devices, remains protected, even in the event
that the device is lost or stolen." 

    About Phoenix Technologies

    Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTEC) is the global
market leader in system firmware that provides the most
secure foundation for today's computing environments. The
Company established industry leadership with its original
BIOS product in 1983, and today has 155 technology patents,
has shipped in over one billion systems, and continues to
ship in over 125 million new systems each year. The PC
industry's top builders and specifiers trust Phoenix to
pioneer open standards and deliver innovative solutions to
help them accelerate time to market, differentiate products
and increase profits. Phoenix is headquartered in Milpitas,
California with offices worldwide. For more information,
visit http://www.phoenix.com . 

    Phoenix, Phoenix Technologies, and the Phoenix
Technologies logo are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    Safe Harbor

    With the exception of historical information, the
statements in this release include forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding, but
not limited to, the performance of the various aspects of
the FailSafe solution and the adoption of the solution by
Phoenix's OEM and ODM customers.  These statements involve
risks and uncertainties, including: unexpected technical
challenges and delays; the product and service offerings of
competitors; price competition; our ability to successfully
market and sell FailSafe to our customers; the ability of
our customers to introduce and market products that
incorporate our solution; end-market demand for FailSafe;
and our ability to adequately protect our intellectual
property rights.  For a further list and description of
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking statements in this release, we refer you to
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including, but not limited to, its annual
report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. 
All forward-looking statements included in this release are
based upon assumptions, forecasts and information available
to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company
assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking
statements.


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