ORLANDO, Fla. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb.
15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH)
today announced the availability of its Outbound Spam Protection as
a fully integrated module within Parallels Plesk Panel. The
announcement was made in Orlando
during Parallels Summit 2012, an event that attracts a global
audience of over 1,200 leading participants from across the cloud
and hosting industry.
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The outbound spam problem differs significantly from that of
inbound spam, and Commtouch has therefore developed a distinctive
approach to protect Parallels hosting provider partners against
this rapidly growing threat. Blacklisting, caused by outbound
spam, malware and phishing emails, can result in customer loss,
damage to hosting providers' reputation and brand and increased
operational costs. Commtouch's Outbound Spam Protection module
integrates with the Parallels Plesk Panel email server to provide a
range of functions, including:
- Blocking of local and global outbound spam to dramatically
reduce blacklisting incidents.
- Immediate identification of the spammer, enabling appropriate
management of the source of the problem, rather than just the
symptoms. Hosters can also proactively reach out to infected
customers.
- Delivery of sent-spam metrics to anti-abuse teams.
- Comprehensive reporting tools that allow administrators to view
the quality of SMTP traffic at a glance.
"Too rigid blacklisting of email can degrade customer
satisfaction and severely impact a hoster's ability to operate
profitably," said John Zanni,
Parallels VP of Service Provider Marketing and Alliances. "We're
pleased to see Commtouch joining the Parallels ecosystem of
APS-certified applications to help service providers better manage
email."
The Outbound Spam Protection solution implements the same
patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD) technology
used in Commtouch's GlobalView™ Cloud to analyze local
hosting provider traffic, detecting outbound spam within seconds --
with almost no false positives. Designed specifically to combat
outbound spam, Commtouch's solution overcomes the limitations of
other options, such as rate-limiting and reversed inbound spam
filters, which result in blocked email, false positives and lost
employee productivity.
"Commtouch's Outbound Spam Protection has proven highly
effective in detecting outbound spam and spammers -- even those
that consistently eluded hosting providers," said Amir Lev, Commtouch's chief technology officer.
"Integration of our solution into Parallels Plesk Panel allows
hosting providers of all sizes to easily add the same best-of-breed
functionality that is already installed in the networks of hosters
such as Superb and Hostway."
The Commtouch Outbound Spam Protection solution is currently
available in Parallels Key Administrator licensing system for its
partners. Parallels' partners can contact sales managers for
more information.
As part of the launch, Commtouch and Parallels will be providing
a free one-month trial of the solution. Commtouch's team will be
available at Parallels Summit 2012 from February 14-16 in Orlando, Florida, to discuss its technologies
and to issue promotional service deals to interested hosting
providers.
More Information
To learn more about Commtouch's Outbound Spam Protection
solution, visit
http://www.commtouch.com/outbound-spam-protection
About Commtouch
Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) safeguards the world's leading
security companies and service providers with cloud-based Internet
security services. Real-time threat intelligence from Commtouch's
GlobalView™ Cloud powers its Web filtering, email security and
antivirus solutions, protecting thousands of organizations and
hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Information about
Commtouch can be found at http://www.commtouch.com or by writing to
info@commtouch.com.
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- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/commtouch
Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, and GlobalView are trademarks,
and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch. U.S. Patent
No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
Commtouch Contact:
Amy Kenigsberg
US: 1-913-440-4072
Int'l: +972-9-794-1681
amyk@commtouch.com
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