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Deep Six Technologies Announces New Ownership.


New Management Team Focuses on Upgrading Existing Products, Developing New Products, and Improving Customer Support Programs

HYERES, France -- Deep Six Technologies, SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System.  - provider of the most innovative and effective anti-spam appliances Anti-spam appliances are hardware devices integrated with on-board software that implement anti-spam techniques (e-mail) and/or anti-spam for instant messaging (also called "spim") and are deployed at the gateway or in front of the mail server.  on the market - today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Deep Six Technologies, Inc., a California corporation. Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, Deep Six Technologies, SAS has acquired ownership of all material assets, including inventory, equipment, pending patents and all other intellectual property.

Dealing with the exploding proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous

pro·lif·er·a·tion
n.
 of unwanted email has become one of the most vexing problems for corporate IT departments. Today, approximately 90% of all email traffic is spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). , clogging inboxes, draining network resources and sapping staff productivity as employees grapple with differentiating valid email from spam.

Traditional approaches to solving the problem allow all email traffic onto corporate mail servers, then subsequently attempt to flag and quarantine quarantine (kwŏr`əntēn), isolation of persons, animals, places, and effects that carry or are suspected of harboring communicable disease.  spam based on content inspection rules. Deep Six utilizes patent-pending technology which operates at a deeper and more intelligent level. Using sophisticated algorithms and artificial intelligence techniques, Deep Six reliably identifies spam before it reaches corporate mail servers, eliminating all the drawbacks associated with competing anti-spam products.

As a result of the acquisition, Deep Six Technologies, SAS has established its corporate headquarters in Hyeres, France, and is in the process of opening offices strategically throughout Europe, Asia and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Current owners of Deep Six products can expect greatly improved service and support, new software and firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA.  updates, and a host of new product releases and enhancements.

"First and foremost, I would like to thank the customers, partners, suppliers and employees of Deep Six for their on-going support and trust in this company and its products," said Bernard Tracol, 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.  for Deep Six. "Everyone associated with our company realizes how unique, exciting, and unquestionably un·ques·tion·a·ble  
adj.
Beyond question or doubt. See Synonyms at authentic.



un·question·a·bil
 effective our technology is when it comes to addressing the rampant spam epidemic. The new management team at Deep Six is committed to continually enhancing our products, our customer relations, and our communications."

About Deep Six Technologies

Deep Six Technologies is a pioneering provider of the most affordable, efficient and effective anti-spam appliances on the market. Unlike virtually all alternative approaches, Deep Six stops spam before it enters the network. While traditional anti-spam tools allow all email in order to scan messages for key words and attributes, Deep Six products act as a spam firewall, blocking junk email sources before they can send messages. The result is a lighter load on network and IT infrastructure, clean inboxes, and no quarantine folders to monitor. Deep Six Technologies, SAS is a privately-held company with headquarters in Hyeres, France. More information is available at www.deep6tech.com.
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