The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that Proofpoint Inc. (Nasdaq:PFPT) is trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market ®.
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Proofpoint is a pioneering security-as-a-service provider that focuses on cloud-based solutions for threat protection, compliance, archiving & governance and secure communications. Organizations around the world depend on Proofpoint's expertise, patented technologies and on-demand delivery system to protect against phishing, malware and spam, safeguard privacy, encrypt sensitive information, and archive and govern messages and critical enterprise information.
"In an age where cyber crime is an imminent threat, Proofpoint's protective security-as-a-service solutions are instrumental in helping clients spend less time worrying about data protection and more time focusing on their primary business concerns," said Bob McCooey, Senior Vice President, NASDAQ OMX Corporate Client Group, "We are pleased to welcome Proofpoint to The NASDAQ Stock Market ® and look forward to a successful and enduring partnership with them in the future."
Since its inception, NASDAQ OMX® has consistently been the exchange of choice for the world's most progressive and innovative companies. Proofpoint joins some of the world's largest and most reputable technology companies by listing on The NASDAQ Stock Market, including Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Google, Intel, Cisco, eBay, Baidu, Adobe, Dell, Yandex and Zynga. As of yearend 2011, NASDAQ was home to 73% of all info tech and telecom companies that list their shares on U.S. markets, and was home to the two largest tech IPOs of 2011, Yandex [Nasdaq:YNDX] and Zynga [Nasdaq:ZNGA].