Lightspeed Systems Earns Spot on Inc. 5,000 List
for Third Consecutive Year

Exceptional product development and customer service helps company gain
recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States

Bakersfield, Calif. (Aug. 17, 2009) – Lightspeed Systems Inc., a leader in network security and management software for schools, has been recognized on the Inc. 5,000 list for the third year in a row as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Headquartered in Bakersfield, Calif., Lightspeed Systems was honored at number 2,071 based on its 153.7 percent revenue growth over the past three years, moving up in the ranking by more than 1,000 spots from the previous year.

“This honor is a testament to our hard-working, dedicated team of employees who provide superior support to our customers and develop the products schools need,” said company President Scott Garrison. “We understand the unique challenges schools face and are committed to providing solutions that help educators ensure a safe 21st century educational environment for students.”

Lightspeed Systems develops comprehensive network security and management solutions specifically for the education market to help schools secure, monitor, filter, manage, and optimize their networks. Over the past several years, network security and student safety have emerged as top priorities for education leaders as they confront the rapidly growing number and sophistication of security threats from both inside and outside the school system. Lightspeed Systems designs solutions that help administrators manage the increasingly complex nature of network security, while enabling them to offer students rich, engaging Web-based learning experiences.

The company’s Total Traffic Control software is a sophisticated, easy-to-use application that provides a full range of network security and management features in a single, cost-effective solution. Total Traffic Control combines content filtering, mobile filtering, spam management, bandwidth management, antivirus protection, e-mail archiving, desktop and gateway security, and extensive reporting capabilities.

During the past year, Lightspeed Systems released Power Manager, an automated computer power management system, and the Educational Video Library, which enables educators to use YouTube videos for classroom instruction without any of the security and safety risks.

To support customers and promote successful product use, Lightspeed Systems offers a wide-range of options including a professional training certification program, video tutorials, and online discussion forums.

“Educators always have been an integral part of the product development process at Lightspeed Systems,” said CEO Joel Heinrich. “We continually listen to their feedback to improve our offerings and the user experience.” Recently the company launched the online Lightspeed Feature Tracker to provide an easier way for customers to be involved in product enhancements and modifications and monitor progress. Customer can submit ideas and comment on and rate other user’s suggestions, as well as receive updates on the features that are in development.

More Information

The Inc. 5,000 profiles are available on www.Inc.com.

Contact Lightspeed Systems at 661-716-7600, or go to www.lightspeedsystems.com.

About the Inc. 5,000

Now in its third year, the Inc. 5,000 is the most comprehensive portrait of fast-growing private companies assembled anywhere. Each profile is researched and reported by one of the dozens of writers assigned to the project and includes interviews with CEOs of almost all the companies on the list. Many firms are innovators with little coverage elsewhere; many others are using their cutting-edge savvy to grow their market share in traditional products and services, and are similarly underreported by the rest of the business media.

About Lightspeed Systems

Lightspeed Systems Inc., founded in 2000, develops comprehensive network security and management solutions for the education market. Lightspeed is committed to helping schools operate their networks effectively and efficiently, so educators can provide a safe online teaching and learning environment. The company’s flagship product integrates content filtering, mobile filtering, antivirus, spam management, bandwidth management, email archiving, and extensive monitoring and reporting features into a single interface. Lightspeed’s software is used in more than 1,000 school districts in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia to protect more than 5 million students. For the past two years, Lightspeed has been recognized on the Inc. 5,000 list as one of fastest-growing private companies.

Contacts

Lightspeed Systems
Crystal Cochran
661-431-1649
crystal at lightspeedsystems dot com
www.lightspeedsystems.com

C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
Kristen Plemon
608-839-9805
kristen at cblohm dot com
www.cblohm.com