Email software solutions
provider Message Systems and Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) today announced
that the two companies are working together to provide real-time threat
protection solutions to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) on a high volume
email delivery platform.
The growing volumes and variety of spam and malware — especially image
spam and virus variants emitted by botnets — have eluded traditional
anti-spam and AV engines in the past year. As a result, the ISP’s job of
protecting their customers has become increasingly more complex.
Under the terms of the OEM licensing agreement, Message Systems has
embedded Commtouch’s Anti-Spam, Zero-Hour(TM) Virus Outbreak Protection and
Reputation Service technologies into its email software solution effective
immediately. ISPs can optionally select to employ one or all three of the
Commtouch solutions.
“By running Commtouch anti-threat solutions natively on the Message Systems
email solution, we are presenting ISPs with a comprehensive turnkey carrier
solution capable of handling massive amounts of email per second,” said
Barry Abel, Message Systems’ vice president of field operations. “Together,
we stop all types of spam and viruses at the perimeter in real-time in a
completely automated manner before the malware can penetrate the network.”
Message Systems’ comprehensive software solution can deliver millions of
unique messages per hour, making it the one of the fastest email delivery
systems on the market. It allows multiple servers to work in unison and be
managed from a single enterprise console. A comprehensive policy management
module features a full threat prevention matrix and the ability to select
best-in-class anti-spam and antivirus solutions to protect the network and
end users.
“While this partnership is strategically valuable for our continued growth
within the ISP market, it is especially gratifying for us when highly
innovative email solution providers like Message Systems entrust us with
the mission of providing their customers with the best possible protection
against illegal senders,” said Jay Goldin, Commtouch’s vice president of
North American business development.
Commtouch’s content-agnostic solutions protect mailboxes from viruses and
spam the moment an outbreak occurs, and are successful at defending against
fresh threats, such as animated image-based spam, or new strains of
viruses. Commtouch’s patented Recurrent Pattern Detection(TM) (RPD(TM))
technology is at the heart of the company’s real-time spam blocking,
Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection and Reputation Service offerings.
Recognized by independent research groups and industry analysts as a
ground-breaking messaging security strategy, RPD technology analyzes the
distribution patterns of billions of messages, and the reputation of
hundreds of millions of senders, to identify new malware outbreaks as soon
as they are introduced into the Internet.
“An integrated, layered approach to email threat prevention is the most
effective way for ISPs to stop pipe-clogging spam, repel viruses and keep
customers protected,” said Dan Yachin, research director at IDC EMEA
Emerging Technologies. “Combining high-speed email delivery with
multi-layered security protection on a single platform creates a highly
manageable system that will continue to protect even as new threats
emerge.”
The three security tiers in the integrated Message Systems-Commtouch
solution include Traffic Flow Control to block abuse at the edge,
Aggressive Filtering comprised of anti-spam, anti-virus and reputation
engines at the center layer, and Backend System Connectivity for innermost
layer protection to satisfy mail flow requirements between external systems
and achieve complete abuse policy enforcement.
About Commtouch
Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTCH) is dedicated to protecting and
preserving the integrity of the world’s most important communications tool
– e-mail. Commtouch has over 16 years of experience developing messaging
software and is a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam,
Zero-Hour virus protection and IP Reputation solutions. Using core
technologies including RPD (Recurrent Pattern Detection(TM)), the Commtouch
Detection Center analyzes billions of email messages per month to identify
new spam and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into
the Internet. Integrated by more than 50 OEM partners, Commtouch technology
protects thousands of organizations, with over 50 million users in over 100
countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a
subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information, see:
www.commtouch.com . The site includes the Commtouch online lab detailing
spam statistics and charts.
About Message Systems
Founded in 1997, Message Systems is a worldwide provider of email software
solutions and services for email service providers (ESPs), Internet service
providers (ISPs) and large enterprises that need to manage the delivery of
large amounts of email. Through a combination of technology, partnerships
and intellectual capital, Message Systems offers a family of software
solutions and services that address the email infrastructure and
deliverability needs for organizations ranging from regional businesses to
the Global 2000. With the most powerful Message Transfer Agent (MTA) on the
market supporting more than 100,000 concurrent connections per server,
Message Systems gets millions of unique messages to the right place at the
right time. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Message Systems has a
network of channel partners in North America, Europe and Asia. For more
information, go to http://www.messagesystems.com .
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