Agiliance Secures $10 Million in Series B Funding : Castile Ventures Leads New Round; Nina Saberi, Castile Managing General Partner, Joins Agiliance Board of Directors

SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB) July 1, 2008

"IT GRC is fast becoming a strategic imperative as enterprises seek to manage the risks inherent in their IT infrastructure and to fully leverage their existing security and compliance infrastructure," said Nina Saberi, managing general partner of Castile Ventures. "As investors in successive generations of information security businesses, we recognize in Agiliance the vision, management experience and differentiated technology to be a pivotal player, and to fully capitalize on the potential of this rapidly growing market."

"Agiliance has strong momentum in the IT-GRC market," said Patrick Conte, Agiliance CEO. "This funding will allow us to expand marketing and sales while also keeping a strong focus on product development."

Agiliance continues to extend its leadership position in the IT GRC space, one of the fastest growing information security markets. Gartner predicts this industry will continue to grow aggressively with a 70% increase in market size in 2008 alone. Agiliance is driving the industry in delivering innovative IT GRC products that align security investments and compliance controls directly with business objectives.

About Agiliance

Agiliance offers the most comprehensive and scalable solution for managing the interdependent disciplines of IT governance, risk, and compliance. Its flagship product, Agiliance IT GRC, enables businesses to develop a holistic view of their IT risk and compliance posture in order to make better business decisions. The Agiliance IT GRC platform is the first solution that combines a robust common control framework with sophisticated policy management, workflow, and automation, providing internal and external stakeholders with a highly effective, transparent methodology for reducing IT-related risk while increasing operational efficiencies and decreasing time-to-compliance. Founded in 2005, Agiliance is headquartered in San Jose, California and is backed by Walden International, Intel Capital, SVIC, Red Rock Ventures and Castile Ventures. For more information, please visit Agiliance at http://www.agiliance.com.

About Castile Ventures

Castile Ventures is a top-performing early-stage venture capital firm that provides financial backing and strategic guidance to help exceptional entrepreneurs build successful businesses. Distinguished by the deep business and technology experience of its partners, Castile brings a unique blend of sector expertise, investment know-how, operational insights, and connections to IT decision makers. Since our founding in 1998, the companies we have invested in have brought to market a broad range of products and services to serve the technology needs for enterprises, service providers and the mass market. These have ranged from disruptive enabling technologies through next-generation service infrastructure and delivery platforms to leading edge security solutions and innovation-enabled Internet services. More information is available at http://www.castileventures.com.

Vacation Rental and Bed and Breakfast Owners Benefit from Rentalos Exceptional Advertising Value, Quality of Leads and Site Functionality

Miami, FL (Vocus) January 15, 2010

If you are an existing vacation home owner or manager, or an individual considering renting your second home, recent testimonials from Rentalo's clients reveal high revenue potential for home owners and hospitality businesses. Marketing your vacation property online to find short term renters can be very costly and time consuming. It could take years and a small fortune to increase your business profits by trial and error. Savvy property owners, innkeepers and property management firms take advantage of the success of a leading directory to market their properties more efficiently. Below are some testimonials from existing clients of Rentalo.com; the Internets leading travel directory for advertising vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts and hotels.

Your website generates a lot of leads and a good majority of my bookings, says Shannon Paolocci, owner/manager of a luxury condo in Sanibel Island Florida, a 1,603 sq, 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment located in Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa.

I have been listing with Rentalo since 1999 or 2000. Through your web site I have received many, many inquiries and have rented to several of your clients. I have watched you grow into a leader in the vacation rental market since joining your site near its inception, shares Craig Caffall, owner of a beautiful vacation rental home in San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Rentalo has been my major source of referrals since I joined 4 or 5 years ago, says Sharon Arkin, owner of Bed and Bagels Tucson Bed and Breakfast; an elegant, children and pet friendly B&B with desert and mountain views located in Tucson, Arizona.

In addition to the sites proven success in generating high quality leads and bookings for its clients, there are important site functionality factors that are very valuable for property managers. Here is what Ms. Paolocci says about Rentalos exclusive Auto-Offers feature: My favorite feature is the automatic offer. If I am not able to reply to a potential renter right away, at least they are being given some information about my unit so they have instant feedback and can see what I offer. Your website handles that automatically. I am notified that the offer is sent and can add to it when I am back at the computer. My property looks fantastic on your site and your layouts are great. Keep up the good work!

Rentalos unique feature called destination-based inquiries also has proven highly effective in allowing owners to find renters searching for accommodations in their destinations. I like it because it offers direct communication between travelers interested in my destination, says Sharon Arkin.

Making the web site more effective for travelers and property owners while maintaining affordable advertising costs has been challenging, but rewarding at the same time, says Alfredo Purrinos, President and founder of Rentalo.com. Our success is the result of my teams commitment to providing our inventory clients the best results at the lowest possible subscription costs.

It's very easy to navigate the site for both owners and travelers alike. You keep your listing prices to an affordable rate especially during this hard economic time. One of my favorite features is the fact that we as owners, can post as many pictures we see fit to promote our properties. And your availability calendar is easy to keep current and potential guests can understand it. When people ask me about renting my house in San Miguel de Allende, I send them to my Rentalo page of which I have the link printed on my business card. I have used other vacation rental sites but have found Rentalo to be the best for my rental needs. Thank you for all your help and service during these past 10 years and here's to many more years of rentals to come, says Craig Caffall.

About Rentalo.com

Rentalo.com is recognized worldwide as a leading online travel lodging web site. Its broad inventory of vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts and hotels is accessible through search engines, RSS feeds, affiliate online distribution partners, as well as to tens of thousands of journalists and editors through e-mail, press releases and travel publications. Through selected partnerships, Rentalos inventory is available to an online audience of more than 100 million travelers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit http://rentalo.com or call (877) 710-5914, 1(305) 558-5577.

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