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bringing users peace of mind, savings, and convenience. As an open
platform with a thriving ecosystem, SmartThings also brings users freedom
of choice in devices and limitless possibilities. Since SmartThings was
acquired by Samsung in August 2014, the team has tripled in size, tripled

HyTrust Creates Federal Advisory
Board with Distinguished Military
and Government Officials
New group will help company develop and execute strategies to
accelerate government deployment of secure cloud and
virtualization technologies
HyTrust Inc., the Cloud Security Automation Company, today
announced a newly formed federal advisory board to build on the
momentum it currently has in this critical market. The company has
added numerous government agencies and departments to its client
list over the past year, and in the last quarter alone, has signed a
seven-figure deal with an intelligence agency and secured a major
contract win with a defense agency.
The new board’s members are uniquely qualified to move HyTrust
even farther forward, through their extensive experience and
distinguished track records in diverse military and other government
organizations. They also perfectly complement HyTrust’s role in
enabling public sector organizations to achieve the cost and agility
benefits of cloud and virtualization technologies while ensuring that
mission-critical data and confidential information is protected.
“HyTrust is truly fortunate to attract such an experienced group of
advisors to help us enhance our position in the government market,
and we thank them for this honor,” said John De Santis, Chairman
and CEO of HyTrust. “We fully intend to prove ourselves worthy of
their contributions and do our part to advance and secure the work
of many government agencies.”
“There’s always pressure within federal agencies to keep IT costs
under control, but it can’t be at the expense of security,” said Craig
Abod, President of Carahsoft Technology Corp., which serves as
HyTrust’s master government aggregator. “HyTrust is enjoying
success in the public sector marketplace because it allows
customers to maintain that necessary balance, enabling them to

February 2016
developer activity from a community of over 20,000, and has one of
the largest ecosystems of compatible devices. SmartThings is
headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and operates independently as a
wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics