ClickSoftware Receives Enterprise-Ready Rating From the Skyhigh CloudTrust™ Program

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, January 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NasdaqGS: CKSW) today announced it has been awarded the Skyhigh CloudTrust™ rating of enterprise-ready for its cloud services offerings. ClickSoftware's cloud services meet the most stringent requirements for data protection, identity verification, service security, business practices and legal protection.

"We are honored to add Skyhigh's stamp of approval to our cloud services practices," said Udi Keidar, VP of Cloud Services at ClickSoftware. "Our cloud enterprise customers trust us to safeguard their data while consuming a streamlined and secure service. We constantly work to maintain the highest levels of protection to serve our customers of all sizes."

Skyhigh identifies and classifies thousands of cloud services and provides an objective and detailed evaluation of the enterprise-readiness of each cloud service based on a detailed set of criteria developed in conjunction with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). The evaluation spans five categories:

• Data attributes
• User and device attributes
• Service attributes
• Business attributes
• Legal attributes

"Selecting an enterprise-ready service such as ClickSoftware is critical, but performing product evaluations is expensive and time consuming, especially with the breadth of services available today," said Rajiv Gupta, CEO of Skyhigh Networks. "The Skyhigh CloudTrust Rating^[TM] streamlines the evaluation process by providing an objective and comprehensive evaluation of a service's security controls and enterprise readiness."

About the Skyhigh CloudTrust™ Rating 

The Skyhigh CloudTrust™ Rating provides an objective and comprehensive evaluation of a service's security controls and enterprise readiness based on a detailed set of criteria developed in conjunction with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). Because Skyhigh produces the most extensive, current, and credible trust ratings for cloud services, enterprises rely on the Skyhigh CloudTrust™ Rating to inform both decisions and policy pertaining to the use of cloud services in their environment. For more information, visit http://www.skyhighnetworks.com/cloud-trust-program/ or follow us on Twitter @skyhighnetworks, #CloudTrust.

About ClickSoftware 

ClickSoftware (NasdaqGS: CKSW) is the leading provider of automated mobile workforce management and service optimization solutions for the enterprise, both for mobile and in-house resources. As pioneers of the "Service chain optimization" concept, our solutions provide organizations with end-to-end visibility and control of the entire service management chain by optimizing forecasting, planning, shift and task scheduling, mobility and real-time management of resource and customer communication.

Available via the cloud or on premise, our products incorporate best business practices and advanced decision-making algorithms to manage service operations more efficiently, in a scalable, integrated manner. Our solutions have become the backbone for many leading organizations worldwide by addressing the fundamental question of job fulfillment: Who does What, for Whom, With What, Where and When.

ClickSoftware is the premier choice for delivering superb business performance to service sector organizations of all sizes. The company is headquartered in the United States and Israel, with offices across Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit http://www.clicksoftware.com. Follow us on Twitter.

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