MessageLabs Establishes New U.S. Headquarters in NYC as Email Security Concerns Continue to Rise.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2003 Global Email Security Company Increases Investment in U.S. Market and Strengthens Management Team Highlights: -- MessageLabs, the global email security company, is increasing its presence in the U.S., and specifically in NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City , with a multi-million dollar investment over the coming year -- Opening of new office positions MessageLabs to focus its efforts on financial and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , government and media sectors. -- Company recruits senior executive team to bolster expansion. -- PC Magazine Labs recently found MessageLabs to be the most effective anti-spam solution in the world, stopping 96.03% of spam with a 0.04% false positive rate. MessageLabs (http://www.messagelabs.com), the world's leading provider of managed email security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the , today launched its new U.S. headquarters in midtown Manhattan, signaling an increased focus on the U.S. market. MessageLabs currently has more than 300 of its 6000 global customers based in the US, including Air Products, SallieMae, GMAC-RFC, SC Johnson, Dow Corning Dow Corning is a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, USA. Dow Corning specializes in silicon and silicone-based technology, offering more than 7,000 products and services. Dow Corning is equally owned by The Dow Chemical Company and Corning, Inc. , Brocade and Symbol Technologies. Supporting its intense growth strategy, MessageLabs also announced that it plans to make a multi-million dollar investment over the coming year in its U.S. based offices, recruitment, marketing and network infrastructure. "In terms of infrastructure, recruitment and proximity to our market, especially in the area of finance and banking, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. is the perfect choice for our U.S. headquarters," said Jos White, co-founder and President, Americas for MessageLabs. "We anticipate several customer announcements in the coming weeks with major financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. corporations and look forward to introducing our email security services to additional U.S. companies as the market for managed email security services continues to grow." The company's growth mirrors the overall email security market, which continues to gain traction with the increasingly business critical nature of email and its associated threats such as viruses, spam and other unwanted content. Additionally, the demand for email anytime, anywhere is driving the need to manage email security within the fabric of the Internet, independent of time zone, location or platform. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. MessageLabs' latest data, generated through real-time analysis of scanned email across the company's global infrastructure, in March the overall ratio of viruses to email was 1 in 270.7, and the overall ratio of spam to e-mail was 1 in 2.8 (36.3%), a dramatic increase of 118% over the past six months. These statistics are emblematic of the increased need for businesses to police such unwanted intrusions on their networks. "Email represents one of the greatest risks to the enterprise through the delivery of viruses, spam and other unwanted or malicious content, all of which can have significant cost implications," said Maurene Caplan Grey, Research Director at Gartner Research. "An effective email security solution must be able to respond instantly to the dynamic and changing nature of threats such as viruses and spam. This strengthens the case for a centralized managed service that has the economies of scale to make the necessary investment in resources, support and technology." Several members of MessageLabs' management team have relocated from the U.K. to support the US expansion, including co-founder and now president of the Americas for MessageLabs, Jos White; chief technology officer, Mark Sunner; and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Michelle Macfarlane MacFarlane or Macfarlane is a surname shared by:
The management team is also bolstered by the recent appointments of Randy Skipper as Vice President, Sales-Enterprise Group and Marc Kaplan as Vice President, Sales Operations. Skipper joins the company after a successful period at Marimba marimba: see xylophone. marimba Xylophone with resonators under each bar. The original African instrument uses tuned calabash resonators. In Mexico and Central America, where it was brought by African slaves, the wooden bars may be affixed to a , Inc. where he built the company's east coast sales operations. Kaplan joins MessageLabs after working as the U.S. Director of Sales Operations and Channel Development for Globix Corporation This article or section has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. where he was instrumental in developing and executing its global business strategy. Additional executive appointments include Lorien Gabel as Vice President, Business Development and Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Carey as Vice President, Customer Operations. Gabel is an entrepreneur who founded one of Canada's largest business ISP's and built a hosting division for Micron Electronics in the U.S. that was later merged with Interland and is now one of the most successful hosting companies in the U.S. Carey previously spent several years at leading consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a Broadvision, where she was most recently VP of Global Services and responsible for managing a number of the company's Fortune 1000 customers. MessageLabs' proprietary technology puts the company at the forefront of the fast growing email security market, due largely to Skeptic(TM), the company's groundbreaking artificial intelligence. As utilized in MessageLabs' portfolio of services, Skeptic proactively analyzes email "DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. " in order to recognize and intercept virus code, unsolicited spam and pornographic emails at the Internet level, preventing the threats from penetrating the customer's network boundaries. MessageLabs' service comes with an unprecedented 100% Service Level Agreement against email viruses as proof of its unrivaled effectiveness. MessageLabs customers have been protected from every recent major email virus outbreak, including Klez, BugBear, Yaha and Sircam. Similarly, MessageLabs' service was shown in a recent PC Magazine comparison test to be the most effective anti-spam solution in the world, capturing 96.03% of spam with a remarkable 0.04% false positive rate. About MessageLabs MessageLabs (http://www.messagelabs.com) is the leading provider of managed email security services to businesses worldwide. The company's unique predictive technology, Skeptic(TM), delivered through a global infrastructure, acts as a first line of defense by scanning email and eliminating threats such as viruses, spam and other unwanted content before they reach the customer and without the need for any additional hardware or software costs. The MessageLabs service is powered by a global network of 'control towers,' currently spanning the US, UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . The network is centrally managed from a Global Operations Centre and scans millions of emails a day with no discernible impact on delivery times. MessageLabs currently has more than 6000 business customers globally, including: The British Government, Air Products, The Bank of England Bank of England, central bank and note-issuing institution of Great Britain. Popularly known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, its main office stands on the street of that name in London. , SC Johnson, Conde Nast Publications, Fujitsu, Lloyds TSB and Rentokil. The company's partners include: BT, Cable and Wireless, Energis, Royal KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) NV, Telia, WorldCom, CSC, EasyNet/Ision and Atomwide. For further information, please visit http://www.messagelabs.com. |
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