MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003--
Early enterprise customers welcome speed, accuracy of Anti-Spam
Adaptive Protection (ASAP!(TM)) plus ease of implementation
Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCH), a developer and provider of proprietary
enterprise anti-spam solutions, today announced that it has begun
shipping the first full commercial implementation of its enterprise
anti-spam solution, Anti-Spam Adaptive Protection (ASAP!(TM)).
ASAP! eliminates the problem of spam in the enterprise by
delivering a solution that not only meets the needs of IT departments
- by integrating into the existing e-mail infrastructure and requiring
no client installations - but also the needs of end users by enabling
them to set their own personal definitions for spam within the users'
e-mail client, permitting them to interact with e-mail as they are
accustomed to.
Drawing on its extensive experience as a pioneer of messaging
applications and platforms, Commtouch has developed patent-pending
technology that sets ASAP! apart from existing anti-spam solutions.
ASAP!'s architecture combines an Enterprise Gateway application with a
remote Service Center to deliver the benefits of in-house installation
and outsourced service in a single solution.
"Because spammers use a variety of methods to defeat spam blocking
technologies, the most effective anti-spam solution is one that uses a
multi-pronged approach, adapting its detection tactics to the changing
nature of spam and the changing tactics of spammers", says Michael
Osterman, founder of Osterman Research. "Commtouch's ASAP! uses this
multi-pronged approach to block spam".
The Service Center enables Commtouch to analyze the
characteristics of tens of millions of e-mail messages every day, so
that a spam attack can be identified and blocked in real time, before
the attack can reach the destination corporation. The Enterprise
Gateway provides IT with the ability to customize ASAP!'s detection to
the needs of the organization and its employees. ASAP! adapts to the
needs of end users - no change in email behavior is required - and the
needs of IT - centralized control with customizable application of
policies - and additionally adapts to the changing nature of spam
attacks themselves. This combination enables ASAP! to offer more than
95% detection and effectiveness as well as near-zero false positives.
StarBand, a provider of consumer high-speed, two-way Internet
satellite services, has been using ASAP! internally for several
months. "As a leader in providing high-speed satellite Internet
services, we've been impressed with Commtouch's approach to spam
prevention," said StarBand IT Director Jacky Aharon. "It's easy to
implement and manage, fast, and accurate. Plus, it's quick and simple
for employees to manage their own junk mail folders."
Said Commtouch CEO Gideon Mantel, "Our long experience in e-mail
products and services has taught us how vital e-mail is as a business
communication medium and, while spam is insidious, stopping spam
should not create more problems than it solves. We don't read the
content of e-mail messages, we don't alter the MX record, nor do we
quarantine mail outside the corporate firewall. Because ASAP!
integrates directly into the corporate e-mail infrastructure, IT
resource usage is minimized, and users can set their own local rules
to decide what is and is not spam."
A recent study published by The Radicati Group (
www.radicati.com
)
re-emphasizes the magnitude of costs attributable to spam in the
corporation today. The study projects that, if nothing is done to stop
spam, the worldwide losses for companies, in terms of additional
servers they have to deploy and manage to process spam, will amount to
$20.5 billion in 2003, growing to $198 billion in 2007. In 2003, a
company of 10,000 users with no anti-spam protection will spend, on
average, $49 per mailbox per year processing spam messages.
ASAP! pricing ranges from $13 to $20 per seat, depending on the
number of users within the enterprise.
ASAP! is available now through a growing network of Value Added
Resellers (VARs) across North America. According to Mantel, Commtouch
also plans to begin shipping during the summer a software development
kit that allows vendors to integrate ASAP! capabilities with
anti-virus, firewall and specialized network appliance solutions.
Sales inquiries can be directed to
nospam@commtouch.com
.
About Commtouch
Commtouch Software Ltd. is a developer and provider of proprietary
anti-spam solutions. The company's core technologies reflect its
decade of experience as a leading vendor of email software
applications and provider of global messaging services. Commtouch is
headquartered in Netanya, Israel and its subsidiary, Commtouch Inc.,
is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded in 1991 and has
been publicly traded since 1999 (Nasdaq:CTCH). To learn more about
Commtouch's solutions visit our web site at
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