Pearl's Web filtering and Internet control solutions are currently being used by many state and local government entities to comply with various regulatory mandates. In addition, schools and public libraries receiving federal e-Rate funding depend on Pearl Software's solutions to comply with the requirements detailed in the Children Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

"This announcement is a very positive development," said David Fertell, Pearl Software's Cofounder and CEO. "Personally, as a concerned parent and Pennsylvania resident, I am proud that Pearl Software can expand its role in helping protect children in our state from the ominous Internet threats kids can encounter while using school and public library computer resources. In addition, I am excited that a Pennsylvania company will assist in Governor Rendell's visionary 'Classrooms for the Future' initiative." Pearl Software has been providing Internet management solutions for over ten years and was one of the originators of employee Internet monitoring. The company's eventual entrée into Web filtering has been very well received by many school districts across the US and Europe.

Pearl's Echo-Suite is an e-communications monitoring, filtering, and control solution enabling effective management of Internet usage in mobile laptop, desktop and server-centric environments. Echo-Suite actively captures Web browsing, file transfers, news, chat, IM, e-mail and web-mail, including all encoded attachments. Internet access permissions can be set at the group and user level, based on time controls, keyword triggers, allow-lists, block-lists and a dynamic library of web domain category filters. To find out more information about Pearl Software's Suite of HIPAA, e-Discovery, SOX, CIPA and other regulatory compliance products, please visit http://www.pearlsw.com.

About Pearl Software

Pearl Software, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Exton, PA. Today, Pearl Software is a leader in the development of enterprise-class e-communications monitoring, filtering and control software solutions. Pearl Software's products enable network administrators to centrally manage end-user Web, IM, Chat, Email, Newsgroup and File Transfer activity across multiple platforms including workstations, mobile laptops and thin clients. For additional news on Pearl Software, please visit http://www.pearlsw.com/news.