Tumbleweed MailGate Appliance Wins ``Recommended'' Product Rating in SC Magazine Test of 9 Anti-Spam Solutions; Test Finds Tumbleweed's MailGate Appliance Effectiveness and Ease-of-Use as Key Strengths Among Security Vendors.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- Tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as (R) Communications Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :TMWD), a leading provider of email security, managed file transfer A managed file transfer (MFT) application is a software product that provides organizations with a holistic solution to their file transfer needs. The responsibilities of a MFT suite include securing the data by encrypting the transmission channel or the data itself, managing , and identity validation appliance and software products, announced today that the Tumbleweed MailGate(R) Appliance 5550 received a "Recommended" rating from the editors of SC Magazine based on the results of a recent anti-spam appliance group test. "We are honored that the SC Magazine editors have chosen to award the Tumbleweed MailGate Appliance(TM) with the only 'Recommended' product rating among all of the vendors involved in the recent group test," said John Thielens, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Tumbleweed Communications Tumbleweed Communications Corp. provides messaging security solutions for enterprise and government customers of all sizes [1]. Organizations use their products to block security threats, protect information, and conduct business online. . "Spam is a costly problem for the enterprise, and Tumbleweed is committed to providing effective and easy-to-use products to eliminate spam and other email threats." The SC Magazine group test reviewed the performance of 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. from nine different vendors including the Tumbleweed MailGate Appliance 5550. The goal of the SC Magazine anti-spam test was to look at each appliance and its ability to filter email, both in-bound and out-bound, in addition to the techniques used by each vendor, as well as the overall functionality of each appliance, all of which was based on each manufacturer's recommended settings. In addition to Tumbleweed, other vendors included in the group test were IronPort Systems, CipherTrust, Barracuda Networks Barracuda Networks, Inc. is a privately held company providing firewall products to block e-mail spam, viruses, spyware, load balancing and instant messaging software. Barracuda Networks was established in 2002[1] , CyberGuard, PineApp, Vircom, SendMail and SurfControl. The complete article and vendor-by-vendor breakdown of the review is available in the January 2006 issue of SC Magazine. About the Tumbleweed MailGate Product Suite The Tumbleweed MailGate Suite is a family of products for protecting, filtering and monitoring corporate email. These best-in-breed products enable businesses to manage inbound and outbound traffic, block threats, encrypt messages and optimize network performance. MailGate products include MailGate Email Firewall(TM), MailGate Appliance(TM), MailGate Edge(TM), and MailGate Secure Messenger(TM), each optimized for specific environments and security challenges. --MailGate Email Firewall: A comprehensive email security offering, with functionality ranging from inbound threat prevention to outbound content filtering, monitoring and encryption. --MailGate Appliance: A powerful and easy-to-deploy hardened Linux appliance, providing integrated network edge defense, antispam, antivirus, content filtering, policy management, and outbound encryption. --MailGate Edge: A secure email relay appliance that delivers state-of-the-art network-based email defense against Directory Harvest (DHA DHA docosahexaenoic acid. DHA, n.pr See acid, docosahexaenoic. ) and Denial of Service A condition in which a system can no longer respond to normal requests. See denial of service attack. (DoS) attacks. --MailGate Secure Messenger: A policy-based, secure message delivery solution that inspects incoming and outgoing mail and dynamically applies user-defined encryption and routing preferences. About Tumbleweed Communications Corp. Tumbleweed provides security solutions for email protection, file transfers, and identity validation that allow organizations to safely conduct business over the Internet. Tumbleweed offers these solutions in three comprehensive product suites: MailGate, SecureTransport(TM), and Validation Authority(TM). MailGate provides protection against spam, viruses, and attacks, and enables policy-based message filtering, encryption, and routing. SecureTransport enables business to safely exchange large files and transactions without proprietary software. Validation Authority is the world-leading solution for determining the validity of digital certificates. Tumbleweed's enterprise and government customers include ABN Amro, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. Securities, Catholic Healthcare West Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that operates hospitals in California, Arizona, and Nevada[1]. As such, it is exempt from federal and state income taxes. , JP Morgan Chase & Co., The Regence Group (Blue Cross/Blue Shield), St. Luke's Episcopal Healthcare System, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense, and all four branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. Tumbleweed was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. For additional information about Tumbleweed go to www.tumbleweed.com or call 650-216-2000. Tumbleweed, MailGate, MailGate Email Firewall, MailGate Appliance, MailGate Edge, MailGate Secure Messenger, SecureTransport and Validation Authority are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Tumbleweed Communications Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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