Alternative Technology Signs Distributor Agreement with Clearswift; Agreement Extends Alternative Technology's Offering in the Growing Market for Content Security.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Alternative Technology, the leading specialty distributor of security and access infrastructure solutions, announced that it has signed a value-added distribution agreement with Clearswift. Under the agreement, Alternative Technology will distribute Clearswift's award-winning email and Web content security software and hardware products to its network of resellers in the USA and Canada. Clearswift extends Alternative Technology's current portfolio of access infrastructure and security products by adding Clearswift MIMEsweeper SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. Appliance, MIMEsweeper for SMTP software, MIMEsweeper for Web, and MIMEsweeper Email Managed Service. "Alternative Technology is partnering with Clearswift because of its technical and market leadership in an area that bridges our access infrastructure and security lines with content security solutions," said Tom Zorn, vice president of Alternative Technology. "Clearswift's MIMEsweeper, a comprehensive policy-based product that can be deployed as software, on an appliance or as a managed service, has been industry leader for many years." "We have selected Alternative Technology because it understands the security market, the VAR community and the needs of the end user," said Greg Hampton, general manager, Americas, Clearswift. "Alternative Technology has an excellent reputation in the VAR community, particularly with its strong server-based computing Refers to applications that run in a server. Also known as "thin client computing," it may refer to a browser-based environment that uses a Web browser as the client with all applications running on a Web server on the Internet or in an intranet on the LAN. and security focus, and its technical services and training programs that will assist VARs in adopting and deploying our technology." This agreement follows the recent awards by SC Magazine for Clearswift's Email Managed Services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality (5 stars), MIMEsweeper for SMTP 5.1 and MIMEsweeper for Web 5.0 (4 stars), by PC Pro for MIMEsweeper SMTP Appliance (5 Star' and 'Recommended' ratings), and a positive appraisal in Butler Group's 'Technology Audit.' About Alternative Technology Alternative Technology is the leading specialty distributor for Value Added Resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). who need products and services targeted at Thin-client/Server-based Computing, Edge Infrastructure, Security, and Wireless markets. Driving the widespread adoption of leading-edge technologies by bridging the gaps between products and services to solve critical business problems, Alternative identifies business issues that are key to our markets and offer multi-vendor solutions that drive demand back through our reseller partners. Alternative Technology, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado Englewood is a city in Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA. As of 2005, the city is estimated to have a total population of 32,350.[5] It is part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. , has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Carlsbad, California Carlsbad is a coastal resort-town in northern San Diego County, California. According to the state Department of Finance, the city had a total population of 90,271 in 2003. ; and Mississauga, Canada. For more information, go to: www.AltTech.com, e-mail: sales@AltTech.com or call toll-free: 800-544-7674 (USA), or 866-240-9991 (Canada). About Clearswift Clearswift simplifies content security. Our products help organizations enforce best-practice email and web use, ensuring all traffic complies with internal policy and external regulations. Our range of content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. solutions makes it easy to deploy, manage and maintain no-compromise email and web security for both inbound and outbound traffic Traffic originating in the continental United States destined for overseas or overseas traffic moving in a general direction away from the continental United States. . Clearswift is the only vendor to offer comprehensive, policy-based content security in all three deployment methods: as software, as an appliance and as a managed service. All three platforms are designed to take the hassle out of securing Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. , with a clear, intuitive management interface; automatic, 'zero-touch' updates; powerful reporting and common-sense policy management. Twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of experience across 15,000 organizations has helped us raise security standards while simplifying security management at the same time. We've helped many of the world's most successful organizations use the internet with confidence and are committed to staying ahead of the market and helping our customers defend against all emerging threats. |
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