BorderWare Technologies Inc.-Survey: IT Pros Ponder Email Perils Beyond Spam.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2003 Findings Indicate Multiple Concerns, Desire to Reassess Entire Messaging Security Infrastructure Spam, which continues to grow and drain user productivity at an average of $1,400.00 per user per year, remains top-of-mind but is not the only enterprise messaging concern of IT professionals. Osterman Research, Inc. and BorderWare Technologies Inc., The Security Appliances Company and maker of the MXtreme Mail Firewall Appliance A device that provides firewall protection for a network. It includes all the necessary hardware and software in a self-contained package that plugs in between the two networks being isolated. Most firewall appliances are solid state and include a stripped down operating system. , today released results of a survey conducted about email security that identifies multiple threats and the desire by 63% of IT professionals to reassess their entire messaging defense infrastructure over the next 12 months. Spam is cited as a "serious" or "very serious" problem among two-thirds of the respondents, with 64% of the study group claiming to provide some kind of anti-spam defense. Surprisingly, the survey identifies that in addition to spam, 49% of IT professionals still regard viruses, Trojans and worms as "serious" or "very serious", despite the fact that all respondents (100%) indicated that they already deploy some kind of anti-virus protection within the enterprise. In addition, with a mean of 25% of employees accessing email from remote locations, more than one third expressed concern about securing remote email access. "What is clear from the survey data is that IT professionals have many concerns beyond spam when it comes to their enterprise messaging needs," said Michael Osterman, president, Osterman Research. "Message storage growth, large attachments, and content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. for both inbound and outbound messages, are among additional problems that plague the messaging infrastructure. "Spam has accelerated the need to act, but the great majority of IT professionals realize that point solutions to deal with spam alone, as has been done with anti-virus defenses, is not a good long term solution," continued Osterman. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the survey, 73% indicated they would prefer a more comprehensive solution that can deal with all aspects of email security rather than a standalone point solution. MXtreme. Complete Email Security. One Appliance. BorderWare's MXtreme Mail Firewall is an "application-specific" security appliance that delivers the most comprehensive solution for protecting email systems from all threats. In addition to its integration of the market-leading Brightmail(R) anti-spam and Kaspersky(R) anti-virus technologies, MXtreme prevents any number of threats to email systems from spam, viruses, Trojans and worms, to malformed mal·formed adj. Abnormally or faultily formed. messages and denial-of-service attacks, while enabling overall email server See mail server. functionality, sophisticated routing and delivery, and secure remote access. "MXtreme is a multi-faceted product that is attractively positioned, with a good message that should resonate well with businesses," said Osterman. About BorderWare BorderWare Technologies Inc. is The Security Appliances Company. The company's comprehensive network firewall+VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and "application-specific" appliances for email, DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the , and document collaboration See data conferencing. , 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 “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Sun Microsystems, RSA Security, Brightmail, Kaspersky Labs, St. Bernard Software St. Bernard Software is an American content filtering company. It produces several hardware appliances for this purpose including the ePrism, and iPrism line. In addition also makes Liveprism, a SaS filtering solution. External Links
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 www.borderware.com or call 1-877-814-7900. About Osterman Research Osterman Research helps vendors, IT departments and other organizations make better decisions through the acquisition and application of relevant, accurate and timely data on markets, market trends, products and technologies. The company also helps vendors of technology-oriented products and services to understand the needs of their current and prospective customers. For more information please visit http://www.ostermanresearch.com NOTE TO MEDIA: Michael Osterman is available for interviews, and can be contacted at +1 253-630-5839 / michael@ostermanresearch.com / AIM: michaeldosterman The survey summary results, and a white paper entitled "Messaging Threats in the Enterprise" are available upon request from BorderWare Technologies; contact Shelly Sofer sofer or sopher In Judaism, a scholar-teacher of the 5th–2nd centuries BC who transcribed, edited, and interpreted the Bible. The first sofer was Ezra, who, with his disciples, initiated a tradition of rabbinical scholarship that is still central in , Director, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most at 905-804-1855 x278 / ssofer@borderware.com. (C) 2003 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. |
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