3Com Selects SurfControl's Comprehensive Content Database as Web Filtering Solution for Webcache Customers.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CONGLETON, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2003 SurfControl: SurfControl's Industry Leading Content Database Helps Webcache Customers Minimize Risk and Strengthen Network Security SurfControl, the world's number one Web and e-mail filtering Email filtering is the processing of e-mail to organize it according to specified criteria. Most often this refers to the automatic processing of incoming messages, but the term also applies to the intervention of human intelligence in addition to artificial intelligence, and to company, today announced an agreement with 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ), a global leader in functionally rich, easy-to-use networking products, that makes the SurfControl Content Database available for 3Com Webcache products. The SurfControl Content Database will be available as the 3Com SuperStack(R) 3 Webcache Web Filter for 3Com SuperStack(R) 3 Webcache 3000 and SuperStack(R) 3 Webcache 1000 users, giving organizations the needed tools to effectively manage Internet access See how to access the Internet. . "Businesses want to benefit from the wealth of information on the Internet without the threat of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. or lost productivity that unrestricted corporate Internet access can bring," said SurfControl President Kevin Blakeman. "By teaming up with 3Com, SurfControl provides Webcache customers with a flexible content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. solution that will help minimize risk, increase network security and effectively manage employee Internet use." The SurfControl Content Database is the industry's premier database. It is updated daily and is completely customizable, allowing organizations to tailor filtering to their individual needs and their own Acceptable Use Policies. 3Com's Webcache customers using the filter will have access to a database of millions of sites in well-organized categories and in more than 60 languages. The categories cover the most widely accessed sites on the Internet, and are organized in a way that is easy to manage. Content is kept current with a combination of expert human review, state-of-the-art automated tools and customer submissions. 3Com's Webcache customers using the service will receive daily updates to the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. Category List. "We are pleased to make SurfControl's URL filtering technology available to our Webcache customers," said Campbell Morrison, product line manager for 3Com. "The SurfControl Content Database within our Webcache 3000 and 1000 products gives our customers an important tool for enforcing Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. policies." 3Com is the latest in SurfControl's growing list of more than 50 major OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners that include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , AT&T WorldNet, MSNTV and Alta Vista See AltaVista. (World-Wide Web) Alta Vista - A World-Wide Web site provided by Digital which features a very fast Web and Usenet search engine. As of April 1996 its word index is 33GB in size. . SurfControl's content filtering technology can be utilized as a plug-in or easily integrated into the broad array of Internet-enabled appliance and software environments that include security suites, gateways, routers, firewalls and VPNs. For more information on SurfControl's OEM program please visit http://www.surfcontrol.com/channel/oem/solutions/. The 3Com Webcache products offer a simple, cost-effective means of improving browser performance, reducing WAN costs, and increasing control over Web access. SuperStack 3 Webcache 1000 is designed for enterprise or branch offices with 30 to 500 or more browsing users that need cost-effective bandwidth, better browser performance, and improved productivity for web-based business applications. SuperStack 3 Webcache 3000 is designed for larger enterprises or those that require extensive resilience resilience (r  ·zilˑ·yens),n , scalability, and higher performance. 3Com's Webcache products with the SurfControl Content Database are expected to ship this month. About SurfControl SurfControl plc, the world's Number One Web and e-mail filtering company, is the only company in the security market offering a total content security solution that combines Web and e-mail filtering technology with the industry's largest, most accurate and relevant content database and adaptive reasoning tools to automate content recognition. SurfControl is the leading content security company in the secure content management market, a market analysts expect to reach nearly $5 billion by 2006. SurfControl's Internet monitoring Analyzing traffic on the Internet. Monitoring is performed to determine packet volume for network configuration as well as to find out how employees are spending their time on the Internet. This is the first step in determining whether or not filtering should be added to the network. and policy management solutions are flexible, scaleable and interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. to meet the diverse needs of all its markets -- corporate, education, home and OEM. SurfControl, which can be installed in any network environment, offers a choice of platform independent or integrated solutions. SurfControl has world-class partners, including AT&T, Check Point, Cisco, IBM and Nokia, as well as a customer base that includes many of the world's largest corporations. The company offers the most sophisticated yet easy to use technology, the best understanding of market needs and a global reach unmatched in the industry. SurfControl has been recognized as one of the world's fastest growing technology companies having been recently ranked in the top 100 companies within the Deloitte & Touche European Technology Fast 500. SurfControl was also honored as Company of the Year at the 2002 techMARK Awards. For further information and news on SurfControl, please visit http://www.surfcontrol.com/ |
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