17 June 2005
E-mail security appliances are good news for users
The announcement by value-added distributor AmVia that it has released a range of high performance e-mail security appliances to the local market is music to the ears of those seeking a maintenance-free answer to securing enterprise mail servers.
The IronPort C-Series of Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) gateway appliances provide advanced threat protection against virus attacks, spam, false-positives, denial of service (DoS) attacks, misdirected bounces and phishing (fraud), and enable corporate e-mail policy enforcement, all from a single, centralised box.
Comments Kevin Hurwitz, MD of AmVia: "IronPort boxes are geared to provide the CIO with a single solution for a multi-faceted problem. The C-Series offers solutions for small through large businesses, serving as a gateway to send and receive e-mail, while filtering incoming messages for spam and viruses, and outgoing mail for adherence to corporate and regulatory policies. You simply plug it in, set it up and then it is pretty much maintenance- and administration-free thereafter."
IronPort uses Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam to detect spam, while Sophos Anti-Virus with its unique DoS prevention, powers its virus protection functionality. Updates are pushed to the box automatically, to ensure up to date protection.
The C-Series appliances are built on IronPort Systems' high performance MTA platform, to address the requirements of modern e-mail gateways and to position customers for the future of SMTP. This platform ensures the user's e-mail infrastructure can withstand even the largest virus outbreaks or spam attacks. At the same time, it is cost-effective, compact and saves users countless hours of IT administration time.
In a typical installation, IronPort would be integrated between the firewall and the Groupware layers. From this location, it is easily administered, even in a complex network, thanks to IronPort's E-mail Security Manager, which provides administrators with total control, at their fingertips, to manage all e-mail security, including preventative and reactive anti-spam and anti-virus filters, e-mail encryption and content filtering.
The IronPort C-Series is available in three incarnations, the C10, C30 and C60, for companies up to 500 employees, small and medium enterprises and large enterprises and ISPs, respectively.
Hurwitz concludes: "IronPort e-mail security appliances are exciting new offerings in the e-mail hygiene space and have taken the world by storm. In a recent report evaluating e-mail security vendors, the Meta Group awarded IronPort the leading position. Of all the vendors featured, only IronPort received a perfect score for spam blocking, virus blocking and MTA/anomaly detection. All told, we fully expect the products to fare very well indeed in the local market.
The IronPort C-Series of Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) gateway appliances provide advanced threat protection against virus attacks, spam, false-positives, denial of service (DoS) attacks, misdirected bounces and phishing (fraud), and enable corporate e-mail policy enforcement, all from a single, centralised box.
Comments Kevin Hurwitz, MD of AmVia: "IronPort boxes are geared to provide the CIO with a single solution for a multi-faceted problem. The C-Series offers solutions for small through large businesses, serving as a gateway to send and receive e-mail, while filtering incoming messages for spam and viruses, and outgoing mail for adherence to corporate and regulatory policies. You simply plug it in, set it up and then it is pretty much maintenance- and administration-free thereafter."
IronPort uses Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam to detect spam, while Sophos Anti-Virus with its unique DoS prevention, powers its virus protection functionality. Updates are pushed to the box automatically, to ensure up to date protection.
The C-Series appliances are built on IronPort Systems' high performance MTA platform, to address the requirements of modern e-mail gateways and to position customers for the future of SMTP. This platform ensures the user's e-mail infrastructure can withstand even the largest virus outbreaks or spam attacks. At the same time, it is cost-effective, compact and saves users countless hours of IT administration time.
In a typical installation, IronPort would be integrated between the firewall and the Groupware layers. From this location, it is easily administered, even in a complex network, thanks to IronPort's E-mail Security Manager, which provides administrators with total control, at their fingertips, to manage all e-mail security, including preventative and reactive anti-spam and anti-virus filters, e-mail encryption and content filtering.
The IronPort C-Series is available in three incarnations, the C10, C30 and C60, for companies up to 500 employees, small and medium enterprises and large enterprises and ISPs, respectively.
Hurwitz concludes: "IronPort e-mail security appliances are exciting new offerings in the e-mail hygiene space and have taken the world by storm. In a recent report evaluating e-mail security vendors, the Meta Group awarded IronPort the leading position. Of all the vendors featured, only IronPort received a perfect score for spam blocking, virus blocking and MTA/anomaly detection. All told, we fully expect the products to fare very well indeed in the local market.
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