BorderWare MXtreme 3.1 Update Builds on Ease-of-Use; Adds New Multi-System Enterprise Management Functionality.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

DALLAS & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2004

BorderWare Technologies Inc., The Security Appliances Company(TM), today announced the immediate availability of an update to the award-winning MXtreme Mail Firewall. Version 3.1 improves upon the product's traditional ease-of-use with a focus on multi-system enterprise management functionality by adding centralized management, tiered administration, LDAP alias support and more.

"To build more robust perimeter defenses around email, enterprises must address issues like continuity, redundancy and scalability. Management and administration become determining factors essential to the health of their messaging infrastructure. Organizations considering email security solutions that entail multiple points of deployment will need to carefully assess whether the vendor's offering can be easily managed and administered," said Matt Cain, Sr. Vice President, META Group.

BorderWare has added new functionality making it easier to deploy and manage multiple MXtreme systems. Version 3.1, which is automatically being distributed to existing customers through the product's built-in SecurityConnection(TM), includes:

-- Centralized Management: MXtreme 3.1 makes it easier for

administrators to manage two or more MXtreme systems

simultaneously. A new centralized management console enables

the administrator to start and stop mail services; monitor

mail queues; view statistics of incoming and outgoing mail;

copy or apply configuration settings and changes; and perform

enterprise-wide backups on multiple systems from a single

interface.

-- Tiered Administration: As email security becomes a staple

requirement of the IT group, administrators need the ability

to assign administrative access privileges on a per-user

basis. For example, an administrator may want to designate

certain tasks to a junior admin, such as setting up new

accounts or generating system reports. In MXtreme 3.1, a

supervisor can assign permissions to an unlimited number of

administrators on up to eleven separate functions within the

system.

-- LDAP Alias Support: MXtreme version 3.1 now communicates with

services that support Lightweight Directory Access Protocol,

such as Active Directory, which makes it even easier to set up

an appliance by accessing existing directories of mail users,

and searching for mail aliases and virtual mappings.

-- Individual Vacation Notice Settings: Another big burden for

email administrators is managing user accounts to set vacation

notices. MXtreme now includes the ability for end users to

compose and set their own automated email reply to incoming

messages when they are out of the office. The feature is

accessible by a user via BorderPost, the remote authenticated

proxy session capability that allows users to access their

email from any Web browser. Administrators can enable or

disable Vacation Notifications globally, while individual user

settings can be managed via an individual user profile.

-- Updated Brightmail Anti-Spam: In addition, the Brightmail

Enterprise Anti-Spam module has been upgraded in MXtreme 3.1.

Brightmail was added to MXtreme's existing and effective

anti-spam capabilities in version 3.0 as a cost option for

enterprises requiring a high volume solution that needs no

administration.

"With 3.1, we continue to extend our leadership position. MXtreme delivers unprecedented levels of availability and continuity to our customers' mission-critical email infrastructure," said John Alsop, President and CEO, BorderWare.

About MXtreme

The MXtreme Mail Firewall installs at the network edge to deliver the most comprehensive perimeter security for email systems. MXtreme prevents any number of threats to email systems from spam, viruses, Trojans and worms, to malformed messages and denial-of-service attacks, while enabling overall email server functionality with sophisticated routing and delivery. MXtreme also provides secure remote access for Web Mail, and secure authenticated session proxies for Outlook Web Access (OWA) and iNotes. MXtreme comes in three models, for businesses with small, medium and heavy email traffic. Multiple MXtreme systems can be combined to meet continuity, redundancy and scalability requirements.

About BorderWare

BorderWare Technologies Inc. is The Security Appliances Company. The company's comprehensive network firewall+VPN and "application-specific" appliances for email, DNS, and document collaboration, protect mission-critical network resources in sensitive environments and are deployed at various military, intelligence, defense and national security agencies, and corporations worldwide. BorderWare has affiliations and partnerships with some of the industry's most prominent companies in Internet infrastructure and security including Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, RSA Security, Brightmail, Kaspersky Labs, BlueCat Networks, Network Engines and SSH Communications Security.

Founded in 1994, BorderWare is a private company headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices in London, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Dallas, San Jose, and Washington DC. For more information visit http://www.borderware.com or call 1-877-814-7900.

(C) 2004 BorderWare Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. BorderWare, The Security Appliances Company, and MXtreme are trademarks of BorderWare Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers.