Clearswift Awards U.S. Distribution Rights to COMPUTERLINKS; COMPUTERLINKS to Grow U.S. Value Added Reseller Channel for Leading Content Security Software Provider.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Clearswift today announced that it has awarded COMPUTERLINKS distribution rights in the United States for all of the company's award-winning e-mail and Web content security software and hardware products. Clearswift's products include the MIMEsweeper SMTP Appliance, MIMEsweeper for SMTP software, MIMEsweeper for Web, and MIMEsweeper Email Managed Service.

COMPUTERLINKS is one of the foremost specialist distributors of Internet technology solutions. For channel partners implementing intranets, extranets, security and e-commerce, COMPUTERLINKS offers a single point of expertise and assistance. The distributor does not sell direct to the end user, rather works through a network of reseller partners, including VARs, OEMs, systems integrators, ASPs and ISPs.

"COMPUTERLINKS is well known in the industry for its sales, marketing and technical expertise, and offers us a unique opportunity to grow our U.S. business through a broad and diverse channel of solution providers," said Greg Hampton, general manager, Americas. "The Web and e-mail continue to be the communications tools of choice for the majority of businesses, and in order to protect their investments in these technologies, as well as their network infrastructures and intellectual property, they will need to invest in content security solutions. By partnering with COMPUTERLINKS, we will extend our brand and products to a growing base of U.S. companies while providing businesses a clear point of contact for MIMEsweeper expertise and ongoing support."

Recently, PC Pro awarded the MIMEsweeper SMTP Appliance "5 Star" and "Recommended" ratings, Butler Group gave the appliance a positive appraisal in its "Technology Audit," and SC Magazine rewarded MIMEsweeper for SMTP 5.1 and MIMEsweeper for Web 5.0 with four stars in its group tests. Additionally, SC Magazine awarded Clearswift's Email Managed Service with five stars.

"Our partners have come to rely on us to find and deliver complementary security and business solutions from market leaders, in addition to delivering first-class technical support and training courses," said Russell Zientek, CEO of COMPUTERLINKS, North America. "As a pioneer in the content security market, Clearswift continues to be recognized for its leading software and hardware solutions. We are pleased to add Clearswift's leading family of e-mail, Web, and intranet content security solutions to our e-Security offerings, and we are confident that our partners will appreciate the opportunity to offer their customers additional proven and trusted security solutions."

About Clearswift

Clearswift simplifies content security.

Our products help organizations enforce best-practice e-mail and Web use, ensuring all traffic complies with internal policy and external regulations. Our range of content filtering solutions makes it easy to deploy, manage and maintain no-compromise e-mail and Web security for both inbound and outbound traffic.

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, with a clear, intuitive management interface; automatic, "zero-touch" updates; powerful reporting and common-sense policy management.

Twenty years 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.