[February 20, 2013]

Soonr Workplace Selected for Comcast Business' New Upware Marketplace

Soonr, a leading provider of Secure Online File Sharing and Collaboration services for business, today announced that Soonr Workplace is immediately available on the Upware™ marketplace from Comcast (News - Alert) Business.

The Upware™ marketplace is a suite of cloud-based business solutions that can be purchased through one easy-to-use web portal. It contains a carefully selected list of third-party, cloud-based business applications from industry-leading companies in key categories such as data backup, data security, document collaboration and web collaboration. Upware is designed to meet the needs of small and medium businesses looking to use cloud-based solutions to simplify their IT systems, control costs and increase productivity.

"At Comcast, we want to help small and medium business by offering a one-stop shop to meet their business objectives," said Kevin O'Toole, senior vice president/general manager, new business solutions at Comcast Business Services. "Having Soonr Workplace on Upware from Comcast Business gives SMB customers secure online file sharing and collaboration so they can communicate faster and be more productive, giving them more time to focus on their core business, which is what is most important to them."

"We are excited to be offering Soonr Workplace, the leading Secure Online File Sharing and Collaboration service for business, on the powerful new Upware marketplace from Comcast Business," said Martin Frid-Nielsen, co-founder and CEO of Soonr. "We look forward to helping Comcast Business customers gain a competitive advantage through improved internal and external collaboration and empowering business teams to be productive through secure access to any type of business content, anywhre on any device. Soonr Workplace is designed to balance the ease-of-use desired by end-users with the security and control required by IT."

In a recent report by Enterprise Strategy Group (News - Alert), Soonr Workplace was ranked No. 1 in online file sharing and collaboration and mobile ease-of-use for business. Built on a carrier-grade infrastructure, Soonr empowers more than 140,000 businesses to securely store, share, access, edit, sync and collaborate on business-critical files. Dedicated to security and reliability, Soonr has achieved 99.9+ percent availability since 2006, and operates its privately owned and operated geo-redundant regional datacenters with 256-bit encryption, HIPAA and SSAE 16 compliance.

Pricing, Support and Availability

Soonr Workplace Pro Plan

$8 / User / Month or $80 / User / Year (Minimum 3 Users)

Includes 1000 GB and 3 Connections

Soonr Workplace Enterprise Plan

$15 / User / Month or $150 / User / Year (Minimum 3 Users)

Includes 1000 GB and 5 Connections

About Comcast Business Services

Comcast Business Services, a unit of Comcast Cable, provides advanced communication solutions to help organizations of all sizes meet their business objectives. Through a modern, advanced network that is backed by 24/7 technical support, Comcast delivers Business Class Internet, TV and Voice services for cost-effective, simplified communications management.

Launched in 2011, the Comcast Business Class Ethernet suite offers high-performance point-to-point and multi-point Metro Ethernet services with the capacity to deliver cloud computing, software-as-a-service, business continuity/disaster recovery and other bandwidth-intensive applications. Comcast Metro Ethernet services are significantly faster than standard T1 lines and other legacy technologies, providing scalable bandwidth from 1 Mbps up to 10 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) in more than 20 major US markets.

For more information, call 866-429-3085 or visit http://business.comcast.com/enterprise.

About Comcast Cable

Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network that delivers among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers personalized video, communications and home management offerings. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.

About Soonr

Founded in 2005, Soonr is the trusted provider of Secure Online File Sharing and Collaboration services to more than 140,000 businesses. Soonr's flagship service, Soonr Workplace helps businesses with mobile and distributed Teams work securely on business content. With Soonr Workplace, companies gain a competitive advantage through improved internal and external collaboration. Loved by end-users and embraced by IT departments, Soonr Workplace harnesses the power of mobile devices to access business content through the iPad, iPhone (News - Alert), Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry. Soonr holds several technology patents and is a privately held company backed by HighBAR Partners, Clearstone Venture Partners, Intel

Capital, Cisco (News - Alert) and Presidio Ventures. To learn more about Soonr, visit www.soonr.com.

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