phion AG - Company

Some ideas penetrate the market more quickly than others. Why? Because they use innovative concepts to address urgent needs in fresh, new ways. Every day, the success of phion offers further proof of this fact:
Within just a few years, the Austrian company has evolved from a mere idea into a leading European provider for IT security and connectivity solutions.

The Challenge
No one could predict phion's future success when Wieland Alge, Klaus Gheri and Peter Marte implemented a radically new security and management infrastructure for the ‘Allgemeines Rechenzentrum' (ARZ), one of Austria 's largest IT providers for the banking sector. In 2000, the three physicists laid the groundwork for the success of phion with this technologically and economically sound solution concept.

The Solution
phion began setting new standards for security management right from the start. When the company introduced its netfence product line in 2001, it brought about a paradigm shift in the world of network security. For the first time, the goal of network security was to guarantee not only maximum security but also maximum availability of all business critical processes. Intelligent technologies ensure that technical faults can no longer bring communications to a standstill. As a result, high-priority data traffic always reaches its destination – securely.

The Customers
Today, numerous international companies are putting their trust in phion. These include EADS, Schenker Logistics, RHI Refractories, Kuoni and Sanochemia. Customer trust is one of the many factors that have made the company a European leader in security and connectivity solutions.

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Milestones


2000		2000 phion is founded Implementation of Europe's largest firewall project to date (more than 500 firewalls) for the 'Allgemeines Rechenzentrum' (ARZ) phion receives Tyrolean Young Entrepreneur Award Co-founding of icoserve information technologies GmbH, a leading provider of image and document management solutions for the healthcare sector ( www.icoserve.com )

2002		Release netfence gateways 2.0

2002		IBM Global Services & IDS Scheer become phion Premium Partners First round financing with Capexit, a private equity group

2003		netfence 2.4 with Traffic Intelligence

2004		Expansion to Germany

2005		Second round financing with Capexit, Expansion to Switzerland

2007		phion netfence receives EAL4+ certification Expansion to Central Europe and Italy

2007		July: the phion share is listed on Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Boerse - mid market).

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Key Facts


Executive Board		Dr. Wieland Alge Mag. Günter Klausner

Supervisory Board		Dr. Karl Lamprecht, Chairman of the Board DI Sylvia Buchinger, Vice Chairman Mag. Walter Ischia Dkfm. Ferdinand Lacina

Management		Wieland Alge, CEO Günter Klausner, CFO Klaus Gheri, CTO Peter Marte, Chief Software Architect Markus Gursch, VP Customer Services Constanze Liebenau, VP Marketing & Corporate Communications Bernhard Patsch, VP Software Development

Founding Year		2000

Turnover FY 1/4/2006 – 31/3/2007		€ 5.7 Million

No. of Customers		Over 400 International Businesses

Places of Business		Headquarters in Innsbruck, Austria Regional offices in: Vienna Munich Düsseldorf Zurich Milan

No. of Employees		Business Year 2005/2006: 38 Business Year 2006/2007: 51

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References

"From discussions with our customers, it has become increasingly clear that handing over responsibility for company-wide security management is an attractive option for many companies. However, companies are only willing to do so on the condition that the technology used can be adapted to meet their specific requirements. phion netfence offers this flexibility. It stands out from the competition with its complete package of comprehensive remote functions for configuration, diagnosis and troubleshooting, as well as an integrated lifecycle management concept. It enables us, as a solution provider, to respond directly to our customers’ specific requirements, something which also significantly contributes to the cost efficiency of the overall solution."

Herbert Blaauw, Atos Origin GmbH

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