Fast Data Technology Enhances its Internet Security Suite with New Anti-Spam Product.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2004 Some Internet experts estimate that 30 percent of the nearly 30 million e-mail messages sent every day are unsolicited un·so·lic·it·ed adj. Not looked for or requested; unsought: an unsolicited manuscript; unsolicited opinions. unsolicited Adjective e-mails or 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). , costing businesses millions of dollars in lost productivity, security and bandwidth. To help organizations combat the problem, Fast Data Technology has introduced FastTracker-SpamCure, an advanced anti-spam software that will help organizations clean up their e-mail servers See mail server. and improve security and productivity without adding pressure to already tapped resources. Fast Data Technology is an Internet management company with a suite of Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. products powered by patent-pending artificial intelligence technology. Customers now can get Fast Data's award-winning Internet monitoring Analyzing traffic on the Internet. Monitoring is performed to determine packet volume for network configuration as well as to find out how employees are spending their time on the Internet. This is the first step in determining whether or not filtering should be added to the network. software, FastTracker, paired with FastTracker-SpamCure, making an organization's network more secure and productive. FastTracker-SpamCure catches at least 95 percent of all spam entering a mail server and at the same time has less than one false positive per 100,000 messages. The technology is also flexible, so organizations can handle spam in a manner that is appropriate for them. "FastTracker-SpamCure brings us much closer to completing our suite of products that makes the Internet what it was always meant to be -- a powerful business tool to boost productivity and communication," said Don Gruidel, president and 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. of Fast Data Technology. FastTracker-SpamCure is unique anti-spam technology because it not only identifies spammers and their messages, but it also targets the tricks spammers use to get around anti-spam software. Once the spam is collected, human editors at Fast Data Technology look at the attributes of the message that are unique to that spammer, repeatable from one spam message to the next, and most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , not found in a legitimate e-mail. After the human editors collect information about the spammer, they create Bullet Signatures, which are housed in a database that is updated every one to 15 minutes, to prevent future spam messages. Finally, FastTracker-SpamCure uses the Spammer Tricks Analysis and Response (STAR) engine to find the toughest kind of spam, such as embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. content, HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. and foreign language spam. Because of the advanced technology driving FastTracker-SpamCure, it is among the fastest at scanning messages for spam. On a typical single processor server, it processes between 30 and 40 messages per second. The software is scalable, easy to install and compatible with virtually all e-mail servers, including 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. and SMTP-based e-mail servers such as those found on UNIX systems Noun 1. UNIX system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX operating system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services . Fast Data Technology added FastTracker-SpamCure to its suite of security products through a partnership with Mail-Filters, developers of technologically advanced spam filtration solutions. FastTracker-SpamCure is available to all existing FastTracker customers and those interested in a new installation of the Internet monitoring software to improve productivity, security and bandwidth. Contact Fast Data Technology toll free at 1-866-287-3813 for visit www.fastdatatech.com. About Fast Data Technology Fast Data Technology is an Internet management company with a suite of products powered by patent-pending artificial intelligence technology. Its products include FastTracker and FastTracker-SpamCure. This suite of products has helped businesses increase productivity, reduce bandwidth drain, improve security and eliminate Internet liability concerns. Fast Data Technology also provides search engine solutions that enable corporations to apply artificial intelligence technology for accurate and quick search results. SpamCure, Bullet Signature Database and STAR Engine are trademarks of Mail-Filters.com, Inc. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Fast Data Technology is headquartered in Boulder, Colo. For more information visit www.fastdatatech.com. |
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