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Franklin Synergy Bank Implements ArcMail Defender to Prepare for Future Growth
Appliance-based email archiving solution helps young bank establish solid regulatory and legislative compliance practices

Shreveport, La. – April 24, 2008 - As a result of its early success, Franklin Synergy Bank of Tennessee is facing tremendous future growth opportunities. To prepare for its inevitable expansion, the single branch bank in Franklin, Tenn. recently deployed ArcMail Defender, a flexible email archiving solution that helps the bank immediately establish SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley compliant electronic document retention practices. The appliance-based solution enables the bank to manage an increasing volume of email, as well as readily comply with current and future regulatory and legislative requirements.

"I am confident that ArcMail will facilitate growth by enabling Franklin Synergy to prepare for the increasing volume of emails, as well as industry and regulatory requirements," said Kevin Herrington, chief information officer of Franklin Synergy Bank. "Email is a critical communications tool for our bank, and people get frustrated with application problems and get impatient when the Internet goes down. Lose emails on the other hand, and things can get ugly pretty fast."

Herrington continued, "Knowing that Defender has us covered is a lifesaver. With Defender, there is no need for users to copy email onto their hard drives before clearing their mailboxes. They simply delete it, and if they need to retrieve a message or attachment, they can find and restore it from the archive in a matter of a few seconds. ArcMail has proven to me that it is the right email archiving solution for our bank."

In addition to giving the bank a solid foundation for the future, ArcMail Defender provides Franklin Synergy with the following benefits:

• Competitive price-point;
• Easy integration with Microsoft Exchange;
• Easy configuration and use, with minimal IT intervention;
• Quick and easy email search and restore functions; and
• First-class customer support.

"For a small, growing bank like Franklin Synergy, technology needs to be non-obtrusive and easy-to-use," stated Dean Richardson, vice president of sales for ArcMail Technology. "Defender was built to make it easy for organizations of any size to have best-of-breed email archiving. With minor set-up requirements, the bank's IT department was able to quickly deploy Defender, and then has been able to let it run with very little ongoing management. With the bank focused on growth, Defender helps prepare Franklin Synergy for what lies ahead, from email volume, to laws and guidelines and even legal discovery processes. We appreciate Franklin Synergy putting its trust in our solution, and we looking forward to growing with the young bank."

About Franklin Synergy Bank
Opened in November 2007, Franklin Synergy Bank provides a full range of banking products and services focused on consumers, local businesses, real estate lending and non-profit organizations. Franklin Synergy Bank utilizes advanced banking technologies to serve customers from a single initial location. The bank’s 29 employees send and receive approximately 41,000 emails per month over a Microsoft Exchange 2007 platform. The company has been archiving email with the ArcMail Defender U120 since December 2007. For more information, please visit www.franklinsynergybank.com.

About ArcMail Technology
Founded in 2005, ArcMail Technology is a leading provider of simple, secure, and cost-effective email archiving and management solutions for companies of all sizes. The company’s ArcMail Defender appliance is a self contained, turn-key email archiving unit that is easy to buy, easy to install, and easy to use. The ArcMail Defender improves the end-user experience, reduces the load on IT resources, and safely and securely retains the business information contained in email. ArcMail’s scalable solutions are designed to meet the email archiving and management requirements of organizations both large and small. ArcMail has a global channel program to help deliver its products to organizations worldwide. ArcMail is headquartered in Shreveport, La., and has development groups in Washington and Arizona. For more information, visit www.arcmail.com.