Content Technologies Scoops PricewaterhouseCoopers UK Technology Award for UK's Hottest Prospect; Award Affirms Company's Leadership in Content Security Market.Business/High Tech Editors KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 Content Technologies has been singled out as the UK's hottest technology company by a panel of leading financial, business and venture capital experts. Panellists included members from PricewaterhouseCoopers and The London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . The content security specialist has won the Hottest UK Prospect Award sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The company was chosen for demonstrating significant market potential, proven financial growth year on year, quality management and technological ingenuity. The award affirms Content Technologies' global leadership in the content security market. The presentation was made at the CSSA's (Computer Services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. and Software Association) UK Technology Awards gala dinner at which Content Technologies received the prize in front of over 650 venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. , entrepreneurs, investment banks The following is a list of investment banks Financial conglomerates Large financial-services conglomerates combine commercial banking and investment banking, and sometimes insurance. and IT vendors. The UK Technology Awards were created to recognise the companies, individuals and products driving and supporting the growth of the UK industry. "3i sponsored Content Technologies' nomination for the award because the company deserves recognition for its outstanding success, not just in the UK, but on a global stage," said Russ Cummings, technology group director at 3i Group Plc. "From an initial investment, we've been working closely with the management team for over ten years. This award is an excellent endorsement for both the company and its products." Content Technologies beat off competition from Paragon Software, Eqos and Mediasurface, and had to go through various stages of presentations and selection to secure the award. The finalists and winners of the UK Technology Awards were selected by representatives from the IT supplier, financial and advisory community, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, the European Technology Forum and the London Stock Exchange. "With the rapid growth of the Internet and use of e-mail, content security has become one of the hottest business issues," said David Guyatt, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Content Technologies. "The award is a great recognition of our leadership and continuing efforts in setting the agenda in this dynamic market. It also reinforces the importance of content security within the technology arena." "1999 was a great success and we achieved 106% of target growth. We've set ourselves equally ambitious goals for next year and we're looking forward to achieving them all," he added. Content Technologies recently announced record financial year-end results for the fourth consecutive year. The company achieved revenues of over $18 million. Content Technologies was the first company to develop a solution for Internet-borne content security threats. MIMEsweeper is the most widely used content security product suite in the world, protecting over five million users from business integrity threats including e-mail-borne viruses, spam, confidentiality breaches and malicious content. About Content Technologies Content Technologies is the leading developer of Internet content security and Policy Management solutions. MIMEsweeper, launched in 1995, was the first product on the market to scan e-mail and attachments for content threats. The MIMEsweeper family has since become the leading solution for content security, providing organizations with content security and Policy Management defenses against business and network integrity threats. These threats include misuse of e-mail and the Web, confidentiality breaches, exposure to e-mail legal liability, junk e-mail See spam. , Spam and spoofing (1) Faking the sending address of a transmission in order to gain illegal entry into a secure system. See e-mail spoofing. (2) Creating fake responses or signals in order to keep a session active and prevent timeouts. , as well as e-mail-borne viruses. Content Technologies recently launched MAILsweeper for SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. Version 4.1. This comprehensive policy-based content security solution enables companies to implement and manage policies to combat key business security threats posed by the Internet. The company also launched SECRETsweeper, content management of encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science e-mail, and e-Sweeper, a content security solution for Service Providers and their customers. MIMEsweeper has been chosen by technology leaders world-wide, with marketing and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreements in place with the leading security vendors such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , CheckPoint, Sophos, Command Software, Thunderbyte and Data Fellows. Over 5,000 customers and five million users world-wide use Content Technologies MIMEsweeper family of content security solutions. The family of solutions includes MAILsweeper for SMTP, SECRETsweeper, MAILsweeper for Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. , WEBsweeper, MIMEsweeper for Firewall-1, MIMEsweeper for Domino and e-Sweeper. Content Technologies is headquartered in the UK with additional offices across the USA (Seattle, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Boston and Washington DC), as well as in France, Germany, Australia and Japan. The MIMEsweeper family is sold both direct and through select reseller channels made up of VARs, systems integrators and Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. . For additional information, call 0118 930 1300, or visit the Web site at http://www.mimesweeper.com All names and trademarks are recognized and acknowledged. About 3i 3i is Europe's leading venture capital company. In the six months to September 30, 1999, 3i invested (pound)262.5 million, representing 49.4% of total investment. 3i makes technology investments in a broad range of sectors including telecommunications, life sciences and healthcare, computer services, e-businesses and electronics. The portfolio includes businesses at all stages of development. In the UK 3i (including its co-investment funds) backed over half (54%) of all high tech companies that received funding in 1998, and provided almost one third of total high tech funding (Source: BVCA BVCA British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (London, England) statistics for 1998). At September 30, 1999, 3i's technology portfolio was valued at (pound)1.1 billion and comprised over 600 businesses, representing 24.2% of 3i's total portfolio. |
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