Sendmail Partners With Commtouch to Combat Spam and Viruses at Zero-Hour; Sendmail Strengthens Mailstream Manager and Sentrion A
February 14 2006 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
Sendmail Inc. and Commtouch (Nasdaq:CTCH), two leaders in email
infrastructure and security technology, announced today the signing
of a new OEM licensing agreement. Through this partnership,
Sendmail will offer its customers cutting edge spam filtering and
Zero-Hour(TM) virus protection services, based on Commtouch's
Recurrent Pattern Detection(TM) (RPD(TM)) technology. "With the
worldwide growth of spam, and increasingly threatening virus
outbreaks, we need the most advanced technology to defend our
customers' email infrastructures," said Richard Kreysar, CEO,
Sendmail, Inc. "An especially concerning trend is the growing speed
of distribution. The most dangerous viruses are distributed before
most anti-virus products have a chance to update their signatures.
Commtouch's innovative, real-time detection approach to email
classification, combined with our Mailstream Manager and Sentrion
appliance adaptive policy framework, provides unmatched protection
from spam, phishing, viruses, spyware and other malware." The
evolution of attacks has created a vulnerability gap for business,
government, and consumer email users. A Recent FBI Computer Crime
Survey finds that "9 out of 10 U.S. businesses suffered from a
computer virus, spyware or other online attacks in 2004 or 2005
despite widespread use of security software." Responses from a
cross-section of more than 2,000 public and private organizations
surveyed in four states reveal that while 98% of respondents used a
traditional anti-virus solution, nearly 84% still suffered an
attack within the last year, and 20% indicated they had experienced
20 or more attacks. "The partnership with Sendmail is additional
proof that Commtouch's technology has become the choice of leaders.
We are proud to be working with such a recognized leader and
innovator in email and email security," said Gideon Mantel,
Commtouch, CEO. "Sendmail's top-of-the-line software and appliance
solutions are a perfect platform for Commtouch's RPD technology.
Together, we believe we can deliver the world's finest anti-spam
and Zero-Hour virus protection services to customers worldwide."
Sendmail, which has over 4,500 global customers worldwide and
serves millions of mailboxes, will market Commtouch's RPD within
the Mailstream email security software family and Sentrion family
of email security appliances launched in 2005. Sendmail's customer
base will benefit from Commtouch's global detection network, which
protects enterprises, service providers and consumers in over 140
countries. Commtouch's RPD is a network-based technology that
detects patterns of massive outbreaks in email traffic to block
spam and email-born malware attacks within minutes or even seconds
of their distribution. The Sendmail products incorporating
Commtouch RPD and Zero-Hour technology will be available in March
2006. For further information, visit Sendmail and Commtouch
representatives in booth 1810 at RSA in San Jose, or contact
info@sendmail.com or nospam@commtouch.com. About Sendmail Sendmail,
Inc. is a global provider of enterprise solutions for secure,
dependable, and compliant messaging. Sendmail solutions help
organizations eliminate unwanted messages, effectively manage their
mail stream, and address regulatory compliance and corporate
governance requirements. Customers across 16 countries and the
majority of the Fortune 1000, rely on Sendmail for their end-to-end
email security and infrastructure needs: gateway security, secure
routing, policy management, internal and outbound mail management,
quarantine, and email access and storage. Sendmail is headquartered
in Emeryville, CA, with offices and distributors in Europe, Asia
and North America. Visit www.sendmail.com or call 1-87-SENDMAIL.
About Commtouch Commtouch Software Ltd. (Nasdaq:CTCH) is dedicated
to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's most
important communications tool -- email. Commtouch has 15 years of
experience developing messaging software, and is a global developer
and provider of proprietary anti-spam and Zero-Hour virus
protection solutions. Using core technologies including RPD
Recurrent Pattern Detection, 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 over 35 OEM partners, Commtouch technology
protects thousands of organizations, with 35 million users in 130
countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a
subsidiary in Mountain View, CA. For more information, see:
www.commtouch.com, including the Commtouch online lab detailing
spam statistics and charts. This press release contains
forward-looking statements, including projections about our
business, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. For
example, statements in the future tense, and statements including
words such as "expect," "plan," "estimate," "anticipate," or
"believe" are forward-looking statements. These statements are
based on information available to us at the time of the release; we
assume no obligation to update any of them. The statements in this
release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results
could differ materially from our current expectations as a result
of numerous factors, including business conditions and growth or
deterioration in the Internet market, commerce and the general
economy, both domestic as well as international; fewer than
expected new-partner relationships; fewer than expected license
agreements resulting from Commtouch's exclusive rights to market
DCC; competitive factors including pricing pressures; technological
developments, and products offered by competitors; the ability of
our OEM partners to successfully penetrate markets with products
integrated with Commtouch technology; a slower than expected
acceptance rate for real time AV solutions in general and the
Commtouch Zero-Hour(TM) Virus Protection product in particular;
availability of qualified staff for expansion; technological
difficulties and resource constraints encountered in developing new
products, such as the Zero-Hour solution; and the failure of
Commtouch to meet The NASDAQ Capital Market's listing standards in
the future, as well as those risks described in the text of this
press release and the company's Annual Reports on Form 20-F and
reports on Form 6-K, which are available through www.sec.gov.
Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD and Zero-Hour are trademarks, and
Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd.
U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.
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