Cloudmark Announces Anti-Spam System Solution for Microsoft ISA Server 2004
Cloudmark Authority and Microsoft ISA Server 2004 Enhance Email Security and Network Performance for Businesses
San Francisco, Calif. — July 13, 2004 – Cloudmark™ Inc., the immune system for email, today announced that its gateway anti-spam solution, Cloudmark Authority™, will be available for Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 to provide customers with a best-of-breed email security solution
By deploying Cloudmark Authority and ISA Server 2004, customers can reduce spam traffic, thereby improving network security and performance. IDC estimates the amount of spam being sent on an average day worldwide jumped from 4 billion in 2001 to 17 billion in 2004.
Cloudmark Authority running on ISA Server 2004 will provide one of the industry's most robust solutions for addressing a wide range of threats involving email applications. ISA Server 2004 is an advanced application layer firewall, VPN and Web cache solution that enables customers to easily maximize existing IT investments by improving network security and performance.
"Companies using ISA Server 2004 to protect applications want the most secure environment possible, and a robust anti-spam system should be part of their defense-in-depth strategies," said Mike Smith, vice president, program management for Cloudmark. "Cloudmark Authority was designed to take advantage of the advanced protection and ease-of-use benefits of ISA Server 2004. The solutions are a perfect match to deliver comprehensive gateway security for customers."
"Customers have told us that spam is becoming a more serious network efficiency and security concern for them," said David Gardner, business development manager of the Security Business and Technology Unit at Microsoft Corp. "By extending the native email server protection capabilities of ISA Server 2004 with Cloudmark's anti-spam technology, customers have an excellent solution to help keep unwanted email traffic out of their networks."
About Authority:
Cloudmark Authority, the first-ever automated spamDNA technology, scales to handle massive message throughput while maintaining near perfect filtering accuracy with zero false criticals. Unlike other corporate anti-spam products, Authority delivers the lowest TCO because it is fully automated, only needs updating every 30 days, and requires no new hardware to deploy. In addition, Cloudmark Authority is a closed system that runs completely inside the corporate firewall with minimal impact on the message transfer agent (MTA), ensuring absolute email security. To assure overall network security, Authority requires no open communications port and has no need to receive dozens of daily filtering rules updates.
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About Cloudmark
Cloudmark protects 2 billion global subscribers daily from an explosion in messaging abuses across more operator networks than anyone else. Only Cloudmark defends the world’s largest Mobile, Fixed and Social Media Providers, including AT&T, Comcast, MySpace, NTT, Swisscom and Time Warner Cable, with scalable and accurate protection against the widest range of existing and emerging messaging threats.