China's Anchiva Selects Commtouch GlobalView URL Filtering.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & BEIJING -- Anchiva and Commtouch[R] (NASDAQ:CTCH) today announced that Anchiva is integrating Commtouch GlobalView[TM] URL Filtering into its Secure Web Gateway solutions.

"While examining multiple competing URL filtering solutions, including other market leaders, we were immediately impressed with the flexibility and coverage offered by Commtouch data cloud technology," said Li Song, Anchiva's chief executive officer. "In the competitive market of online security, Commtouch's unique data cloud architecture boasts unmatched accuracy and zero hour security coverage, and is what most attracted us to this technology partnership."

Anchiva's Secure Web Gateway features anti-malware technology, URL filtering, Internet application control, bandwidth management and Web server content protection for companies of all sizes, from small businesses through large enterprises and service providers. Currently focused on the Chinese market, Anchiva plans to expand to Australia, Europe and the United States.

Due to huge growth in use of social networking and outbreaks of Web-based malware, Internet security is expected to be a central focus of security efforts in 2009. According to a recent Commtouch quarterly Internet Threat Trend report, streaming media and downloads are two of the most popular categories within user generated content sites. They are both also among the top 10 Web site categories infected with malware and/or manipulated by phishing.

"With China being the largest market for security software in APAC, we are committed to addressing the growing Web security needs of our partners in the region," said Ido Hadari, vice president of international sales and business development at Commtouch. "Anchiva is a leading Chinese provider of Web security solutions, and we are pleased to augment their advanced solutions with our unique cloud-based URL filtering technology."

About Anchiva

Anchiva Systems is a leading provider of Web security gateways that offer content inspection, online behavior management, application control and bandwidth management. Anchiva's unique solutions offer industry leading real-time protection for network security with hardware accelerated speed, advanced networking features as well as in-house threat research. Capitalizing on world class expertise in security, anti-malware, URL filtering, software and system architectures, Anchiva protects customer's networks from a broad range of network security threats and enables customers to effectively manage their network bandwidth and applications. We offer protection at the periphery as well as internal network gateway points for maximum performance. Leveraged on patented technologies, expert implementation, and highly scalable and standards-based hardware platforms, our products command the highest performance of its kind. Our solutions target various segments of the market, from small to large enterprises to service providers. More information is available at http://www.anchiva.com.

About Commtouch

Commtouch[R] (NASDAQ:CTCH) is the source of proven messaging and Web security technology for scores of security companies and service providers, founded on a unique cloud-based datacenter approach. Commtouch's expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in its patented technology mitigating Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in more than 100 countries. Commtouch technology automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time to identify new threats as they are initiated, protecting email infrastructures and enabling safe, compliant browsing. The unmatched suite of Commtouch security offerings is based on patented Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD[TM]) and GlobalView[TM] technologies, which work together in a comprehensive feedback loop and offer equally effective protection for all languages and formats. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif.

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Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.