﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Cision News</title><link>https://news.cision.com</link><description>Cision is the leading global provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and evaluation services. With over 40 locations throughout the world, Cision provides the insight, expertise and intelligence that improve performance and build reputations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:45:47 GMT</pubDate><image><title>Cision News</title><width>146</width><height>60</height><link>https://news.cision.com</link><url>https://news.cision.com/Content/img/news-logo.png</url></image><item><title>Year-end report January 1 – December 31, 2006</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/year-end-report-january-1---december-31--2006,c257917</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision160172</guid><description><![CDATA[Investment pace stepped up
– Pointsec continues to take market shares
FOURTH QUARTER 2006
• Net sales increased by 116% to SEK 207.3 M (96.2)
• Sales of Pointsec solutions more than doubled to SEK 175.1 M (81.4)
• Profit after net financial items amounted to SEK 47.5 M (31.6)
• Profit after tax amounted to SEK 31.5 M (22.5)
• Earnings per share increased to SEK 1.37 (1.00)
JANUARY – DECEMBER 2006
• Net sales increased by 100% to SEK 578.1 M (288.9)
• Sales of Pointsec solutions rose to SEK 504.3 M (233.5)
• Profit after net financial items amounted to SEK 135.6 M (66.0)
• Profit]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>INVITATION TO YEAR-END REPORT ANALYST CONFERENCE</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/invitation-to-year-end-report-analyst-conference,c257666</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision160097</guid><description><![CDATA[On Thursday, February 8, Protect Data will announce its year-end report for the period 1 January – 31 December, 2006. The report will be made public at 07.30, local time in Sweden (GMT + 1 hour).
For further information, analysts and press are hereby invited to join a conference call, beginning at 08.30 on the day of this announcement. Protect Data CEO Peter Larsson and CFO Lotta Jarleryd will be on the call to answer questions related to the year-end report.
Note: No prior registration is required to attend the call.
To join the call, please
1. Phone in to the conference by dialing +46]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NOTIFICATION OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/notification-of-extraordinary-general-meeting,c255705</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision159335</guid><description><![CDATA[The shareholders of Protect Data AB (publ) (”Protect Data”) are hereby notified of the Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.
in Protect Data’s office on Humlegårdsgatan 14, 6th floor in Stockholm
Registration
Shareholders whishing to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting must:
• be registered in the share register maintained by the Swedish Securities Register Centre (VPC AB) on Thursday, February 8, 2007 and
• register their participation with Protect Data by post to the address Protect Data AB, Attn: Ann Hellman, Box 5376, SE-]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:48:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Board of Directors unanimously recommends shareholders to approve takeover offer from Check Point Software Technologies</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/board-of-directors-unanimously-recommends-shareholders-to-approve-takeover-offer-from-check-point-software-technologies,c243115</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision154352</guid><description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE
This press release is not and must not, directly or indirectly, be distributed or made public in Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. The Offer is not being made to persons in those jurisdictions or elsewhere where their participation requires further offer documents, filings or other measures in addition to those required by Swedish law.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – November 20, 2006 – Statement from the Board of Directors of Protect Data AB (publ) in relation to the Offer by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd for the shares and warrants of Protect Data AB (publ).]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:02:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protect Data acquires Reflex Software Limited to extend product portfolio</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/protect-data-acquires-reflex-software-limited-to-extend-product-portfolio,c239740</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision152965</guid><description><![CDATA[– Acquisition extends the product portfolio to meet customer demand for port and device control solutions
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – November 2, 2006 – Protect Data AB today announced that it has acquired the privately held Reflex Software Ltd and its subsidiaries. Reflex Software’s wholly owned subsidiary, Reflex Magnetics Ltd, is based in London, UK, and was founded in 1985.
Through the acquisition, Protect Data extends its Pointsec data protection product portfolio with security software which provides port and device control functionality. Reflex Software and its subsidiaries have 35 employees]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interim report January 1 – September 30, 2006</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/interim-report-january-1---september-30--2006,c239510</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision152879</guid><description><![CDATA[Pointsec continues to take market share
– Strong sales in the US
THIRD QUARTER 2006
• Net sales increased by 166% to SEK 163.4 M (61.3)
• Sales of Pointsec solutions rose to SEK 149.0 M (51.4)
• Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 56.0 M (10.0)
• Profit after tax amounted to SEK 35.8 M (7.0)
• Earnings per share increased to SEK 1.56 (0.31)
NINE-MONTH PERIOD JANUARY – SEPTEMBER 2006
• Net sales increased by 92% to SEK 370.8 M (192.7)
• Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 88.0 M (34.5). A one-time reserve of SEK 9.2 M was charged against earnings during the period]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:24:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pointsec sales show strong third quarter growth</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/pointsec-sales-show-strong-third-quarter-growth,c233358</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision150305</guid><description><![CDATA[- Protect Data raises its financial forecast for the full year
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – October 2, 2006 – Protect Data AB announced today that the company is raising its 2006 fiscal year financial forecast. Sales of Protect Data’s in-house developed security software, Pointsec, grew substantially during the third quarter this year. The main factor behind this positive development is a rapid growth in the U.S. market. Preliminary figures indicate that Protect Data’s third quarter revenues will reach about MSEK 160, compared with MSEK 61.3 for the same period last year. Sales of third-party]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:03:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peter Larsson named CEO of Protect Data/Pointsec</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/peter-larsson-named-ceo-of-protect-data-pointsec,c231507</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision149546</guid><description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM, Sweden – September 20, 2006 – Protect Data AB today announced that it has appointed Peter Larsson as chief executive officer, succeeding Thomas Bill. Since joining Protect Data in 2002, Peter Larsson has managed the company’s main subsidiary Pointsec Mobile Tech¬nologies, the global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones. In 2005 he was named deputy CEO of Protect Data, while remaining with Pointsec. Peter Larsson will assume the CEO duties on October 1, 2006. Thomas Bill will leave the]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pointsec credited with Swedish IT industry award</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/pointsec-credited-with-swedish-it-industry-award,c231375</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision149496</guid><description><![CDATA[Pointsec’s parent company Protect Data named ‘Swedish IT Company of the Year’
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – September 19, 2006 – Pointsec, the global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smart¬phones, through its publicly listed parent company Protect Data, has been presented with Guld¬musen, Sweden’s most prestigious Information Technology industry award. Protect Data was declared the recipient of the Guldmusen (´The Golden Mouse’) award in the ’Swedish IT company of the Year’ category, jointly presented by Swedish]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:40:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interim report January 1 – June 30, 2006</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/interim-report-january-1---june-30--2006,c226038</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision147316</guid><description><![CDATA[Pointsec sales doubled – Sales exceeded SEK 100 M in the second quarter
SECOND QUARTER 2006 • Net sales increased by 73% to SEK 117.2 M (67.7) • Sales of Pointsec solutions doubled to SEK 102.8 M (51.0) • Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 14.6 M (11.0) A one-time provision of SEK 9.2 M for doubtful trade receivables relating to sales to partners was charged against earnings for the quarter. • Profit after tax amounted to SEK 11.7 M (6.3) • Earnings per share increased by 76% to SEK 0.51 (0.29) SIX-MONTH PERIOD JANUARY – JUNE 2006 • Net sales increased by 58% to SEK 207.3 M (131.4)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interim report January 1 – March 31, 2006</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/interim-report-january-1---march-31--2006,c208623</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision140225</guid><description><![CDATA[Continued strong growth – Pointsec sales increased by 56% in the first quarter
FIRST QUARTER 2006 • Net sales increased by 41% to SEK 90.1 M (63.7) • Revenues from Pointsec sales increased by 56% to SEK 77.5 M • Profit after net financial items amounted to SEK 17.3 M (13.5) • Profit after tax amounted to SEK 11.2 M (8.8) • Earnings per share increased by 24% to SEK 0.99 (0.80) CEO Thomas Bill’s comments: “Our significant investments in sales and marketing functions continued to show favorable results. We want to leverage the exceptionally strong market trend. The sales increase for our]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NOTIFICATION OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/notification-of-annual-general-meeting,c199610</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision136505</guid><description><![CDATA[Please see attachment for the full notification.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2006 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Year-end report January 1 – December 31, 2005</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/year-end-report-january-1---december-31--2005,c185429</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision125181</guid><description><![CDATA[Pointsec sales increased by 87% in the fourth quarter - Doubling of dividend proposed
FOURTH QUARTER 2005 • Sales for the quarter increased by 56% to SEK 96.2 M (61.8). Adjusted for divested units, sales increased by 66% from SEK 57.9 M. • Revenues from Pointsec sales increased by 87% to SEK 81.4 M (43.5), which corresponded to 85% of total revenues (70%) and was the highest-ever quarterly result. • Income after net financial items amounted to SEK 31.6 M (0.9). • Profit after tax amounted to SEK 22.5 M (11.3). • Profit per share amounted to SEK 2.01 (1.06). JANUARY – DECEMBER 2005 • Sales]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protect Data appoints Chief Financial Officer</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/protect-data-appoints-chief-financial-officer,c172447</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision120460</guid><description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM, Sweden, November 8, 2005 – Protect Data today announced the appointment of Lotta Jarleryd as Chief Financial Officer. She currently holds a senior management position with Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services, and will join Protect Data on December 12, 2005. Lotta Jarleryd holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University and a degree in journalism. She also has professional experience as an authorized public accountant for Coopers & Lybrand, and as group controller for Observer, a company listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. For further]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interim report, January 1 – September 30, 2005</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/interim-report--january-1---september-30--2005,c170695</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision119802</guid><description><![CDATA[Pointsec sales increase for fifth consecutive quarter
THIRD QUARTER • Sales for the quarter increased to SEK 61.3 M (53.1). Excluding divested operations, sales increased 21% from SEK 50.6 M. • Sales of Pointsec products increased for the fifth consecutive quarter and amounted to SEK 51.4 M, which was an increase of 37%, compared with the corresponding quarter in the preceding year. • Operating profit amounted to SEK 9.7 M (4.8). REPORT PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER • Sales during the period increased by 24% to SEK 192.7 M (155.6). • Operating profit amounted to SEK 31.9 M (17.6). •]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interim report, January 1 – June 30, 2005</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/interim-report--january-1---june-30--2005,c160957</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision115700</guid><description><![CDATA[Continued strong growth for Pointsec SECOND QUARTER • Sales rose to SEK 67.7 M (44.4) for the quarter. Excluding divested operations the sales growth was 71%, SEK 67.7 M compared to 39.6. • Sales of Pointsec-products rose for the fourth quarter in row to SEK 51.0 M (28.2). • Operating result amounted to SEK 9.8 M (-0.8). REPORT PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO JUNE • Sales amounted to SEK 131.4 M (102.5). • Profit after tax amounted to SEK 15.1 M (9.5). • Profit per share amounted to SEK 1:43 (0.90). CEO Thomas Bill’s comments: ”I am very pleased to once again be able to present strong figures for]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pointsec Positioned in Leader Quadrant of Mobile Data Protection Magic Quadrant</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/pointsec-positioned-in-leader-quadrant-of-mobile-data-protection-magic-quadrant,c159764</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision115202</guid><description><![CDATA[Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 2, 2005 – Pointsec, the global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the 1H05 Mobile Data Protection Magic Quadrant* report. According to Gartner, “leaders” are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quarterly report, 1 January - 31 March 2005</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/quarterly-report--1-january---31-march-2005,c148278</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision110186</guid><description><![CDATA[Pointsec sales hit new record highs
FIRST QUARTER • Sales rose to SEK 63.7 M (58.1) for the quarter. Excluding divested operations the sales growth was 20%, SEK 63.7 M compared to 52.9. • Sales of Pointsec-products rose for the third quarter in row to SEK 49.7 M (40.1). • Operating result amounted to SEK 13.1 M (13.2). • Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 13.5 M (15.3). • Profit after tax amounted to SEK 8.8 M (11.1). • Profit per share amounted to SEK 0.80 (1.05). CEO Thomas Bill’s comments: • Pointsec’s revenue increased for the third consecutive quarter to its highest quarterly]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report from Annual General Meeting in Protect Data AB (publ), Tuesday, April 5, 2005</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/report-from-annual-general-meeting-in-protect-data-ab--publ--tuesday--april-5--2005,c143901</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision108250</guid><description><![CDATA[CEO’s address to shareholders included the following information. Earnings increased sharply during 2004 and amounted to a profit after net financial items of SEK 20.7 M, compared with SEK 2.0 M for the preceding year. The increase in profit was primarily due to a strong improvement in sales of the proprietary product Pointsec. Sales of Pointsec increased for the second consecutive year by more than 60 percent and amounted to SEK 149.5 M (91.9). Toward the end of the year a decision was taken to concentrate the Group’s operations to Pointsec. As a result, the Solutions business area was]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2005 06:01:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NOTIFICATION OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/notification-of-annual-general-meeting,c139627</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision106526</guid><description><![CDATA[The shareholders of Protect Data AB (publ) (“PDAB”) are hereby notified of the Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. in the Company’s offices on Humlegårdsgatan 14 in Stockholm
REGISTRATION Shareholders wishing to participate in the Annual General Meeting must be registered in the share register maintained by the Swedish Securities Register Center (VPC AB) on Thursday, March 25, 2005 and register their participation with PDAB by post to the address Protect Data AB, attn. Ulla Ek, Box 5376, SE-102 49 Stockholm, by telefax to +46-8 459 54 10, by telephone to]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2005 06:52:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Year-end report 1 January - 31 December 2004</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/year-end-report-1-january---31-december-2004,c135927</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision104987</guid><description><![CDATA[Quarterly report, 1 October - 31 December 2004 Year-end report 2004 Best quarter to date for Pointsec
FOURTH QUARTER • Sales for the quarter increased 32% to SEK 61.8 M (46.8). • Revenues from Pointsec operations amounted to SEK 43.5 M (30.0), corresponding to 70% (64%) of total revenues and the highest quarterly revenue to date. • A profit of SEK 1.0 M (11.8) was reported after net financial items. SEK 5.5 M in non-recurring costs for discontinued operations was charged against earnings. • Profit after tax amounted to SEK 11.4 M (10.4). FULL YEAR JANUARY – DECEMBER • Sales increased by 29%]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:01:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pointsec joins Trusted Computing Group to Advance Open Standards for Security Technologies</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/pointsec-joins-trusted-computing-group-to-advance-open-standards-for-security-technologies,c129034</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision102152</guid><description><![CDATA[Pointsec commits to “Trusted Platform” industry standard to help users protect their information assets across all platforms.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 21, 2004 – Pointsec, the worldwide de facto standard for mobile device security, today announced it has joined the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), an industry standards body whose specifications helps vendors to build products that let users protect critical data and information. Pointsec representatives will work closely with other TCG members to ensure that standards-based technology with embedded security features will reach Pointsec’s]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:04:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protect Data featured on Attract 40 listing</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/protect-data-featured-on-attract-40-listing,c128216</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision101746</guid><description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 15, 2004 – The Stockholm Stock Exchange has announced that Protect Data (PROT) has qualified for the Attract 40 segment, as one of 13 companies added to this group in the latest revision. Attract 40 is a subset of the O-list, comprised of the most traded shares, designed to facilitate for investors to find the most interesting O-list shares. The revised listing, based on trading statistics for the past six months, will be introduced on the first day of trading in 2005. ”We are very pleased to observe an increasing number of investors discovering Protect Data and]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:52:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pointsec's security solution adds support for Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003</title><link>http://news.cision.com/protect-data/r/pointsec-s-security-solution-adds-support-for-windows-mobile-smartphone-2003,c126815</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision101184</guid><description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 7, 2004 – Pointsec, a global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones, today released Pointsec® for Smartphone, a new version of its security software for smartphones running Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003.
Pointsec® for Smartphone is the first available solution to offer extensive data protection including sign-on and encryption for mobile devices based on Smartphone 2003. Any data residing in files and folders is automatically encrypted in real time, with no user]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:15:08 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>