NuVox Communications Deploys Cloudmark Authority for SpamAssassin
Messaging Security Solution for Open Source Platform Delivers Enhanced Message Filtering Accuracy, Performance and Ease of Implementation
SAN FRANCISCO, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, August 6, 2007 – Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, today announced that NuVox Communications, a leading provider of voice, data, and security solutions with more than 90,000 customers, has successfully deployed Cloudmark Authority alongside their existing Apache SpamAssassinTM implementation. Cloudmark Authority provides NuVox subscribers with the industry's fastest and most accurate spam, phishing and virus protection. NuVox joins a growing number of independent and mid-market service providers, including Parus Interactive, B2B2C and Intergenia, who have benefited from improved filtering, operational and infrastructure savings, and ease of deployment delivered by Cloudmark Authority for SpamAssassin.
"We selected Cloudmark Authority to improve our service offerings and meet changing messaging demands," said Keith Coker, chief technology officer at NuVox. "Since deploying Cloudmark, we have noticed a dramatic decrease in the number of spam emails that make their way into our subscribers' inboxes on a daily basis. Our ultimate goal is to deliver the highest quality, most secure email service available and with the addition of Cloudmark Authority to our current messaging environment, we hope to save our customers valuable time spent combing through bad messages while also protecting them from viruses, malevolent Web pages, phishing attacks and malware."
Apache SpamAssassin is an open source platform for email filtering already deployed in more than 100,000 organizations. Cloudmark Authority seamlessly plugs into virtually any SpamAssassin environment to instantly improve filtering accuracy and message processing performance while eliminating the need for continuous manual updates. Utilizing a unique combination of Advanced Message Fingerprinting and real-time, corroborated feedback from the Global Threat Network, Cloudmark Authority detects messaging abuse with more than 98 percent accuracy and near-zero false positives. In addition, by requiring only a fraction of the processing power of rules-based solutions and automatically distributing the latest threat definitions every 45 seconds, Cloudmark Authority frees IT resources and reduces administrative time while delivering the highest level of protection against new threat outbreaks.
"The sheer technical and hardware resources required to keep up with the huge volume and sophistication of today's messaging threats are simply beyond the reach of most independent and mid-market service providers," said Vipul Ved Prakash, founder and chief scientist, Cloudmark. "Cloudmark Authority puts high-performance, high-accuracy filtering into the hands of all service providers. Our development of an integrated messaging security solution for companies using Apache SpamAssassin reflects Cloudmark's continued commitment to the broader ISP market."
SpamAssassin users can get a free trial of Cloudmark Authority by going to http://www.cloudmark.com/serviceproviders/authority/spamassassin/ or by emailing satrial@cloudmark.com.
About NuVox Communications:
NuVox Communications provides voice, data, and security services to business customers in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These services are provided through advanced Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel, Sonus, and Cisco technology. NuVox has been honored as a certified Cisco Powered Network. NuVox's VoIP services are delivered via technology from Cisco, Sonus, Sylantro, IP Unity Glenayre, and Acme Packet. For more information, visit www.nuvox.com.
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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.