Akonix and MailFrontier to Enforce Corporate Messaging Hygiene; Market Leaders to Provide Total Messaging Security Solution.

SAN DIEGO & PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Akonix Systems, Inc., the premier provider of solutions for security, control and integration of instant messaging (IM), and MailFrontier, Inc., a leader in email security, today announced they will provide enterprise customers with a comprehensive messaging security solution for instant messaging and email. The joint solution will offer enterprise customers unique insights into their IM traffic and enable them to implement robust protection for this critical communication channel.

In response to growing customer need for integrated messaging security solutions, Akonix and MailFrontier are providing best-of-breed protection from spam, malware, viruses, phishing and other dangerous and costly messaging threats. Using a variety of independent techniques to cross analyze message attributes that set unwanted email apart from legitimate email, MailFrontier stops email threats, including spam, viruses, phishing, blended threats, and other attacks such as directory harvest and denial-of-service attacks, at the network perimeter. Akonix provides a comprehensive solution for compliance, control and security for instant messaging, including unified logging and archiving, integration with leading security infrastructure and unique real-time filtering for IM-specific security threats.

"Our customers are increasingly adopting instant messaging as a key communications technology; however, an unfortunate side effect is that IM is subject to many of the same security threats as email," said Anne Bonaparte, president and CEO of MailFrontier. "CIOs want to protect their messaging infrastructure from these emerging threats. Bringing together our track record of innovation in email security and Akonix's award-winning IM security technology will enable both of us to address that need."

"With both IM and email security risks on the rise, Akonix is taking the necessary steps to ensure it provides organizations with the most efficient, effective security solutions available," said Peter Shaw, CEO of Akonix. "Akonix and MailFrontier are a perfect fit when it comes to messaging security -- we both lead in our respective markets and place a strong emphasis on meeting customer needs and the growing concern for overall communications protection."

To help companies understand the importance of email and IM security, Akonix and MailFrontier have jointly created a white paper that shares best practices in messaging hygiene, available online at www.akonix.com/mh and www.mailfrontier.com/mh.

About Akonix

Akonix is the leading provider of enterprise-class business solutions for leveraging the power of multi-network enterprise instant messaging. Akonix's award-winning products leverage patent-pending core technology, an advanced IM application development platform and certified strategic partnerships to deliver multi-network management, security, integration and compliance capabilities across all major IM systems, including America Online(R) AIM(R) and ICQ(R), Microsoft(R) MSN, Yahoo!(R) Messenger, Microsoft(R) Live Communications Server, Reuters Messaging, IBM/Lotus SameTime and Jabber. More than 500 customers in Financial Services, Telecommunications, Energy, Technology, Healthcare and Entertainment depend on Akonix to manage, secure and enable IM for over 700,000 enterprise users. Akonix is the preferred IM management solution of some of the world's largest companies, including Cingular Wireless, EMC and ING. For more information visit www.akonix.com

About MailFrontier

MailFrontier is a leading provider of email security solutions that stop unwanted email by protecting enterprises from the growing number of dangerous and costly email threats while giving them the ability to anticipate and stop new threats as they emerge. MailFrontier offers a comprehensive defense against all known email threats, including spam, viruses, phishing, blended threats and other attacks, such as directory harvest attacks. The company has more than 900 customers, including HealthEast Care System, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Pier 1 Imports, PNM Resources, San Francisco Giants and Wyndham International. Founded in 2002, MailFrontier is headquartered in Palo Alto. For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com