Openwave and Commtouch Team to Provide Integrated Spam Solution
December 20 2006 - 4:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Leading Edge Anti-Abuse Solution to Offer Secure, Real-Time
Protection for Service Providers Worldwide REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Openwave
Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:OPWV), the leading provider of independent
software products and services for the communications industry, and
Commtouch(R) (NASDAQ:CTCH) today announced a collaboration to
combat spam and malware for service providers worldwide. The
agreement will integrate Commtouch's Anti-Spam and Zero Hour(TM)
Virus Outbreak Protection services into Openwave's core adaptive
messaging offerings, including Openwave(R) Email Mx and Openwave(R)
Edge Gx Anti-Abuse. The combined solution -- which will be
available in the first calendar quarter of 2007 -- is designed to
deliver complete protection against spam and malware for Openwave's
global email systems, which collectively manage 1.3 billion
messages a day. "Commtouch addresses the latest issues in spam
control; it's a win-win that Openwave is integrating Commtouch
within its messaging anti-abuse solutions," said David Ferris,
president and senior analyst, Ferris Research. "This collaboration
benefits Openwave's service provider customers because it brings
them state-of-the-art spam control." "As malicious spam attacks
continue to evolve and take new form with a sharp rise in
image-based spam, service providers need a reliable, innovative
anti-abuse solution that offers rapid response and protection
against spam attacks on a global level," said David Ratner, vice
president of messaging, Openwave. "As a founding member of the
Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), protection against spam
is core to our messaging business. With Commtouch, we are
strengthening our leadership position in the broadband and mobile
markets and now have a trusted collaborator to deliver an
integrated, end-to-end anti-abuse solution for service providers
worldwide." Commtouch is leading the industry as one of the first
vendors to announce "Image Spam Defense" which protects against the
image-based spam that has plagued inboxes over the past year and
grown in complexity, confounding traditional content-based filters.
Commtouch's patented Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD(TM))
technology delivers extremely high spam detection rates and
protects against spam and malware attacks in real-time as they are
mass- distributed over the Internet. In addition, Commtouch's Zero
Hour Virus Outbreak Protection service consistently blocks malware
in the earliest minutes of an outbreak. This automated protection
solution is crucial when malware is being sent in multiple variants
in massive waves that are completed in a matter of hours. "Over the
past year we have seen the nature of spam and malware shift
dramatically, requiring an approach that is more preemptive in
identifying threats and real-time in responding to attacks," said
Gideon Mantel, CEO, Commtouch. "The agreement between Openwave and
Commtouch will bring service providers an integrated, innovative
solution designed to protect against not only the spam and malware
attacks of today, but also safeguard against the threats of
tomorrow." Commtouch technology is content-agnostic, detecting and
blocking spam in any language, a distinct advantage for global
service providers who cannot risk misclassifying legitimate
messages for any of their widely dispersed customer-base. This
capability becomes especially important due to cultural differences
in global and regional spam that have rendered dictionary-based
approaches ineffective. Openwave leads the industry with its
IP-based Adaptive Messaging platform; its suite of adaptive
messaging products and solutions, including Email Mx, Edge Gx and
the newly launched Rich Mail are designed to address communication
service providers' needs for a new class of adaptive messaging
services that help them address convergence across landline, mobile
and broadband networks. Openwave Edge Gx Anti-Abuse detects and
prevents unwanted email before it enters the network and stops
infected outbound email. Openwave Email Mx offers communications
companies the ability to develop and manage new messaging services
in response to evolving subscriber needs. Email Mx also enables
service providers to rapidly deploy flexible, standards-based
software plug- ins, designed to work with best-of-breed anti-virus
and anti-spam solutions. About Commtouch Commtouch Software Ltd. is
dedicated to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's
most important communications tool -- email. Commtouch has over 15
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 Mountain
View, CA. For more information, see: http://www.commtouch.com/,
including the Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and
charts. About Openwave Openwave Systems Inc. is the leading
independent provider of software solutions that ignite mobility for
the communications and media industries. Openwave empowers its
customers to rapidly transform their business by sparking new
revenue streams and market opportunities, building loyal subscriber
communities and reducing operational costs. Openwave's broad range
of IP-based handset-to-network solutions enable the rapid launch of
information, communication and entertainment services across
networks and devices and include handset software, content
delivery, adaptive messaging, location, music and video services.
Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City,
California. For more information please visit
http://www.openwave.com/. This press release contains
forward-looking statements, including projections about Commtouch
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; 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 our newer
product offerings; availability of qualified staff for expansion;
and technological difficulties and resource constraints encountered
in developing new products, 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
http://www.sec.gov/. NOTE: 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. This release contains forward-looking statements
relating to expectations, plans or prospects for Openwave Systems
Inc. that are based upon the current expectations and beliefs of
Openwave's management and are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those described in the forward-looking statements. In
particular, the following factors, among others, could cause actual
results to differ materially from those described in the
forward-looking statements: (a) the ability to make changes in
business strategy, development plans and product offerings to
respond to the needs of our current, new and potential customers,
suppliers and strategic partners; (b) the integration of Commtouch
services into our offerings; (c) risks associated with the
development and licensing of software generally, including
potential delays in software development and technical difficulties
that may be encountered in the development or use of our software;
(d) increased global competition and pricing pressure on our
products; (e) technological changes and developments; and (f)
general risks of the Internet and wireless and wireline
telecommunications sectors. For a detailed discussion of these and
other cautionary statements, please refer to the risk factors
discussed in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), including but not limited to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006,
and any subsequently filed reports. All documents also are
available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and
Retrieval system (EDGAR) at http://www.sec.gov/ or from Openwave's
Web site at http://www.openwave.com/. NOTE: Openwave and the
Openwave logo are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. or its
subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the properties of their
respective owners. For further information: Openwave Systems Inc.
Vikki Herrera Public Relations Tel: 650-480-6753 Commtouch Rebecca
Steinberg Herson US: 650-864-2112 Int'l: +972-9-863-6877
DATASOURCE: Openwave Systems Inc. CONTACT: Vikki Herrera, Public
Relations of Openwave Systems Inc., +1-650-480-6753, or ; or
Rebecca Steinberg Herson of Commtouch, U.S., +1-650-864-2112, or
Int'l, +972-9-863-6877, or Web site: http://www.openwave.com/
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