GFI
25 May 2005


eCourier Builds a Robust and Secure Infrastructure Using GFI Products

GFI Products Give UK Courier Company Peace of Mind and More Time to Focus on Its
Core Business

LONDON -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/25/2005 -- eCourier, a UK-based company with the
mission to revolutionize the same-day courier industry in Great Britain and
beyond, has turned to several GFI products to create a robust and secure
infrastructure. eCourier uses the GFI FAXmaker fax server, GFI MailEssentials
server-based anti-spam protection, GFI MailSecurity email security and GFI
MailArchiver to archive corporate email. By providing peace of mind that its
communications systems are functioning proficiently and effectively, eCourier's
use of the GFI product quartet enables the company to better focus on its core
business of supplying a competitive, fast and efficient courier service. GFI has
now issued a new case study detailing this deployment.

Decrease in lead times and increase in revenue with GFI FAXmaker

To automate its fax systems, eCourier chose GFI FAXmaker for Exchange 12. The
product offers several benefits, including direct dial fax lines, the ability to
receive two faxes instantaneously or send/receive simultaneously (with ISDN2),
user ability to receive faxes as PDF documents and send faxes from their
desktops and the facility to send text messages via the email client, among
others. GFI FAXmaker grants eCourier speedy and secure use of fax technology,
allowing the company to reduce lead times and to increase revenue. Jay Bregman,
the company's co-founder and Technology Director, said that "with GFI FAXmaker,
less than five minutes per day is spent on administrivia, leaving 75% more
selling time."

Constant protection against the latest email threats

Spam blocking and mail security, such as protection against virii and
inappropriate content, are extremely important concerns for eCourier as they
"have the potential to severely affect productivity and uptime." After exploring
numerous anti-spam and anti-virus software options for Exchange, the company
settled on a GFI MailEssentials/MailSecurity bundle. As Mr. Bregman explained,
GFI MailSecurity's "vendor-neutral architecture allows eCourier to use four
separate virus scanning engines to minimize the possibility of a new infection
getting onto our network."

The best anti-spam protection money can buy

The significant increase in spam that eCourier was receiving was negatively
affecting productivity. eCourier turned to GFI MailEssentials to protect the
company against spam in real-time and was delighted to find that it does so
"with no impact whatsoever on email transit time or mail-server performance."
Mr. Bregman felt that "by utilizing every conceivable means of filtering -- from
keyword checking to DNS blacklists, to Bayesian analysis -- to newer methods
such as spam URI and SPF, GFI MailEssentials gives us the best protection money
can buy."

Minds at rest through corporate mail archiving

eCourier also needed a product that could archive emails in case of disputes
over bookings; the solution to their need was GFI MailArchiver. Mr. Bregman
described GFI MailArchiver as "a product that allows senior management to sleep
easier at night, knowing that in the case of a customer dispute or suspected
misuse of corporate information or IT resources, we are in possession of the
evidence necessary to make prudent business decisions."

A true passion for its products

One other aspect has impressed eCourier about GFI, "apart from the strengths of
the products themselves": "We have been continually impressed by the level of
passion GFI has for its products-evidenced in the quality of support and the
frequency of new, exciting features for existing products." Mr. Bregman also
feels that GFI produces upgrades of merit, making it worthy to subscribe to
maintenance agreements.

The full case study may be viewed at http://www.gfi.com/documents/cs/
ecourier.htm.

About GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP

GFI FAXmaker for Exchange/SMTP is a Windows-based network fax solution that
offers email integrated faxing for Exchange Server and SMTP/POP3 server
environments. Besides fax, GFI FAXmaker also offers send-and-receive SMS/text
functionality. Users can send and receive faxes and SMS messages (texting)
directly from Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Web access or other email client,
making GFI FAXmaker easy to use and learn. GFI FAXmaker includes a multi-line
fax server, inbound fax routing, print to fax driver for Windows, support for
server-side conversion of Office documents, and fax management features. More
information and a trial version are available at http://www.gfi.com/faxmaker/.

About GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP

GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP is an email content checking, exploit
detection, threats analysis and anti-virus solution that removes all types of
email-borne threats before they can affect email users. GFI MailSecurity's key
features include multiple virus engines, to guarantee higher detection rate and
faster response to new viruses; email content and attachment checking, to
quarantine dangerous attachments and content; an exploit shield, to protect
against present and future viruses based on exploits; an HTML threats engine, to
disable HTML scripts; a Trojan & Executable Scanner, to detect malicious
executables; and more. More information and a trial version are available at
http://www.gfi.com/mailsecurity/.

About GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP

GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP offers spam protection at server level and
eliminates the need to install and update anti-spam software on each desktop.
GFI MailEssentials offers a fast set-up and a high spam detection rate using
Bayesian analysis and other methods -- no configuration required, very low false
positives through its automatic whitelist, and the ability to automatically
adapt to the email environment and to constantly tune and improve spam
detection. It also enables network administrators to sort spam to users' junk
mail folders. GFI MailEssentials also adds key email tools to the mail server:
disclaimers, reporting, mail archiving and monitoring, server-based auto replies
and POP3 downloading. More information and a full evaluation version are
available at http://www.gfi.com/mes/.

About GFI MailArchiver for Exchange

GFI MailArchiver for Exchange is an easy-to-use email archiving solution that
enables all internal and external mail to be archived into a single SQL
database. This allows administrators to provide users with easy, centralized
access to past email via a web-based search interface, while enabling to easily
fulfill regulatory requirements (such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act). GFI
MailArchiver for Exchange leverages the journaling feature of Exchange Server
2000/2003 and therefore provides unparalleled scalability and reliability at a
competitive cost. More information and a full evaluation version are available
at http://www.gfi.com/mailarchiver/.

About GFI

GFI is a leading provider of network security, content security and messaging
software. Key products include the GFI FAXmaker fax connector for Exchange and
SMTP mail servers; GFI MailSecurity email content/exploit checking and
anti-virus software; GFI MailEssentials server-based anti-spam software; GFI
MailArchiver an email archiving solution; GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner
(N.S.S.) security scanning and patch management software; GFI Network Server
Monitor that automatically sends alerts, and corrects network and server issues;
GFI LANguard Security Event Log Monitor (S.E.L.M.) that performs event log based
intrusion detection and network-wide event log management; and GFI LANguard
Portable Storage Control that enables network-wide control of removable media.
Clients include Microsoft, Telstra, Time Warner Cable, NASA, DHL, Caterpillar,
BMW, the US IRS, and the USAF. GFI has offices in the US, the UK, Germany,
Cyprus, Romania, Australia and Malta, and operates through a worldwide network
of distributors. GFI is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has won the
Microsoft Fusion (GEM) Packaged Application Partner of the Year award. For more
information about GFI, visit http://www.gfi.com.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

For more information:
Angelica Micallef Trigona
angelica@gfi.com
GFI Software Ltd - Malta
Tel: +356 21382418
Fax: +356 21382419.
URL: http://www.gfi.com.



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