3.5 billion dollars' worth of damage by online piracy 6,784 new viruses 757 per cent more phishing 90 per cent spam 14,141 cases of malware 57,717 new botnets 70 per cent pirate copies 100,000 diallers 5.8 per cent dividend for online fraudsters 5,000,000 euros in revenues from Internet crime 58 per cent of SMEs "unconcerned" Source:

Security Conference 2008 Concept Participants Conference Sponsorship Contact CONCEPTPARTICIPANTSCONFERENCESPONSORSHIPCONTACT

Concept With an estimated two billion security incidents so far, it is particularly important that IT experts stay one step ahead of security threats and are informed about the latest solutions, products and trends. Reaching this target group, which is important to you as suppliers of security solutions, without wasted advertising expenditure and in an efficient, sustainable way represents a challenge with which we can help you: Leading figures from the industry and marketing decision-makers have been appreciating the quality of the TecChannel Security Conference for four years now. CONCEPTPARTICIPANTSCONFERENCESPONSORSHIPCONTACT

The user as conference participant The vast majority of conference participants comprise the group of technical IT decision-makers/experts, system/network administrators and security managers. In particular from medium-sized companies, participants also include strategic IT decision-makers, IT specialists, CTOs, etc. At each conference at least 80 participants are generated by TecChannel's pre-event advertising (240 in total). PARTICIPANTSCONCEPTCONFERENCESPONSORSHIPCONTACT

Participants' ratings of the Security Conference in 2007 Event venue: Rating 1.73 Range of topics: Rating 2.09 Structure of content:Rating 2.22 Conference room: Rating 1.77 Organisation:Rating 1.68 Value for money: Rating 1.90  More than 85% of participants would like to attend another TecChannel Conference PARTICIPANTSCONCEPTCONFERENCESPONSORSHIPCONTACT

Venues and dates July 2008 at the IDG Conference Centre Munich 18 September 2008 at the Arabella Sheraton Am Büsing Palais Frankfurt 20 November 2008 at the Dorint Novotel Am Rosengarten Düsseldorf PARTICIPANTSCONCEPTSPONSORSHIPCONTACTCONFERENCE

Venues and dates October 2008 in a first-class conference hotel Leipzig PARTICIPANTSCONCEPTSPONSORSHIPCONTACTCONFERENCE For the first time, in 2008 there will be a fourth date and venue: As the TecChannel Security Conference is proving such a major success, this is the logical consequence. The extremely successful, rapidly expanding business location of Leipzig has been chosen. The exact venue has not yet been confirmed.

Time keynote09:05 – 09:30 1. Security strategies09:30 – 10:00 2. Password management10:00 – 10:30 Coffee/tea break & chance to visit exhibition 10:30 – 11:00 3. Virus security in Vista11:00 – 11:30 4. Data recovery11:30 – 12:00 Lunch & chance to visit the exhibition 12:00 – 13:30 Agenda (sample) Time 5. Afternoon keynote13:30 – 14:00 6. Internet crime14:00 – 14:30 7. Compliance14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break & chance to visit exhibition 15:30 – 16:00 8. Biometrics: pros & cons15:30 – 16:00 9. Web applications16:00-16: Hacking 2.016:30 – 17:00 Closing glass of Prosecco and finger buffet 17:00 – 18:00 PARTICIPANTSCONCEPTSPONSORSHIPCONTACTCONFERENCE

Sponsorship – your benefits You generate at least 240 high-quality leads to boost your sales You meet your customers in personal conversation for in- depth advice and customer retention You refer to your products and solutions that require explanations in front of a highly relevant specialist audience You raise your brand awareness and brand likeability via various cross-media channels You profit from wide-ranging media services before, during and after the event  major branding impact SPONSORSHIP PARTICIPANTSCONFERENCE CONTACT CONCEPT

Sponsorship services in detail SponsorshipsExhibitorSponsorEvent partner Speaker slot-yesyes + keynote Audio webcast on demand before event--yes Presentations on DVD-yes Logo display & company profileExclusiveNon-exclusive On display stands and ads--yes In participant invitationyes On/in conference documentation-yes Participation in online experts’ forum--yes VIP tickets for customers (per city)-1015 Integration in conference portal including extensive cross-media package -To the value of € 10,000 To the value of € 20,000 Price per city€ 4,950€ 9,950€ Package price (Munich/Frankfurt/Berlin/Düsseldorf) incl. cross-media € 16,800 15% saving € 31,800 20% saving € 44,800 25% saving Limited to4 partners5 partners2 partners

Additional media presence Advertising across IDG (TecChannel / Computerwoche / CIO / Channelpartner) with approx. 400,000 PIs Flyer with sponsor's logo at up to 20 IDG events Exclusive Security Conference site at TecChannel.de with sponsor's logos and content at approx. 50,000 PIs per month Stand-alone with sponsor's logo to more than 200,000 recipients for each conference date Possible participation in the eBrand Awareness survey SPONSORSHIP PARTICIPANTSCONFERENCE CONTACT CONCEPT

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We look forward to hearing from you! Tom Friedl Key Account Consultant Tel.: +49 (0)89/ – 778 Jan Hantke Advertising Manager Tel.: +49 (0)89/ – 628 Sebastian Sippel Media Advisor Tel.: +49 (0)89/ – 772 CONTACT PARTICIPANTSCONFERENCESPONSORSHIPCONCEPT