IMD International has recently selected NetGuardians SA as a winner in its annual "Start-up Venture Competition" for 2009. The competition is held annually, and seeks to select promising young companies that have a strong global potential.The winning companies work directly with the MBA students for 9 months of the year, in areas such as strategy, operations, and business development. The programm is an extremely interesting collaboration between highly qualified MBA students from around the world, who will be using NetGuardians as a "live case".