Booz Allen Hamilton protects its E-Mail Gateway with the T4CG Virus Scanner.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 2002 Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., referred to as Booz Allen is one of the oldest strategy consulting firms in the world.[1] The firm formerly had two consulting divisions: WCB (Worldwide Commercial Business, also known as “The Commercial Side”) and WTB , the global strategy and technology consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , recently deployed the T4CG Virus Scanning Module to safeguard its Global Messaging System Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent . The T4CG Virus-Attachment Scanner was successfully integrated into Booz Allen Hamilton's messaging platform on December 14th, 2001. This e-mail scanning product enables Booz Allen to filter its incoming and outgoing e-mail messages for known viral attachments. In the first month of operation, the virus scanner See antivirus program. screened over 1,000,000 e-mail messages that contained attachments. Over 800 of these e-mail messages were deemed to be viral in nature and were quarantined upon detection. "We implemented the T4CG Virus Scanner while the Goner gon·er n. Slang One that is ruined or doomed. [From gone.] goner Noun Slang a person who is about to die or who is beyond help (W32.Goner.A@mm) virus was running rampant through our e-mail system," said Zain Rugh, Senior Technical Engineer for the Global Messaging Team at Booz Allen Hamilton. "Once the scanner was put into place, we experienced an 85% reduction in the number of virus-related calls to our help desk." The quick time-to-market implementation enabled Booz Allen to protect its e-mail solution in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a worldwide virus outbreak involving the Goner.scr virus. The product was installed and running within a couple of hours, with viruses detected and quarantined the same day. Aside from the obvious benefit of the Virus Scanner, T4 Consulting Group also provides Booz Allen with detailed reports containing vital statistics about the company's recent virus activity. These reports include: 1) the average volume of e-mails with attachments per day, week and month, 2) the size of inbound and outbound messages with attachments, 3) the most prevalent viruses that have been quarantined, 4) and the individuals who have sent or received quarantined viruses. About Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects for businesses and governments for more than 80 years. Booz Allen combines strategy with technology and insight with action, working with clients to deliver results today that endure tomorrow. With 11,000 employees on six continents, the firm generates annual sales of $2 billion. Booz Allen provides services in strategy, organization, operations, systems, and technology to the world's leading corporations, government and other public agencies, emerging growth companies, and institutions. To learn more about the firm, see www.boozallen.com About T4 Consulting Group As a Sun Certified Subcontractor (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), T4 Consulting Group provides end-to-end systems integration and application development solutions using the leading industry tools and technologies. T4CG's team of senior systems engineers has extensive experience spanning requirements formation, project management, complete systems integration, and custom web development. T4CG specializes in the following areas: -- iPlanet Solutions -- Enterprise Java -- Architecture and Integration -- Database Solutions -- Creative Services T4 Consulting Group is located in Leesburg, VA and employs approximately 20 professional service practitioners. For more information on the T4CG Virus Scanner, please visit http://www.t4cg.com/t_virus.jsp or send your request to info@t4cg.com. |
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