Archer Technologies Positioned in the Challengers Quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 9, 2008 – Archer Technologies (Archer), a provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance solutions, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the challengers quadrant for the June 2008 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms.¹

As an established leader in the IT-GRC market and a new vendor in the Enterprise GRC space, Archer has developed a client base for its solutions that includes one in four of the Fortune 100, 36 of the top 40 US financial services institutions, 12 leading technology companies, and global energy, retail, media and telecommunications firms. Due to client demand, Archer has expanded from an IT-GRC focus into the broader Enterprise GRC space by delivering a combination of award-winning, out-of-the-box solutions and a flexible platform for tailoring and building new solutions.

“Because of the flexibility of our solutions to accommodate any GRC process, our customers are rapidly expanding their use of Archer to the enterprise level,” says Jon Darbyshire, president and CEO of Archer Technologies. “To be positioned by Gartner among the Challengers in the E-GRC space so early in our market entry is encouraging to the Archer team and motivates our employees to continue our expansion of products through technology innovation and customer collaboration.”

Darbyshire goes on to note that, “During the first and second quarters of 2008, Archer was selected to serve six new E-GRC customers, including one Fortune 10, two Fortune 100, and six Fortune 1000 organizations. We feel that these successes demonstrate our ability to exceed customer expectations for innovation, quality and service in the broader E-GRC market.”

To learn more about Archer’s E-GRC solutions, visit www.archer-tech.com/solutions/index.html.

1) Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms" by French Caldwell and Tom Eid, 30 June 2008

About the Magic Quadrant

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About Archer Technologies

Archer Technologies delivers enterprise governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions. With more than six million licensed users and a client list that includes one in four of the Fortune 100, Archer enables companies to manage enterprise risks, demonstrate compliance, automate business processes, and gain visibility into corporate risk and security controls.

Archer’s out-of-the-box solutions, including Policy, Risk, Compliance, Enterprise, Incident, Vendor, Threat, Business Continuity, and Audit Management, are built on the flexible Archer SmartSuite Framework™, allowing clients to tailor the solutions according to their unique requirements. Whether deployed on-premise or via Archer’s SaaS model, the Framework has become a go-to GRC platform for many global organizations.

Archer is the only vendor that delivers the Archer GRC Ecosystem™ comprised of out-of-the-box solutions, a flexible Framework, a robust user community, and an application and partner exchange, which provides clients the tools they need to build a best-in-class enterprise GRC program. For more information, visit www.archer.com or call 1-888-539-EGRC.