Iomart to provide Trend Micro anti-virus solution to its 'ThinkMail' messaging customers

SecureData, an ERP.com company and the exclusive sub-Saharan distributor of Trend Micro, a global leader in network anti-virus and Internet content security solutions, announced today that Trend Micro has entered into an alliance with iomart, a major Internet and application service provider (xSP).

Iomart provides business customers across Europe with a suite of seamless solutions to bring together telecommunications and the Internet into one integrated, versatile and flexible messaging solution called ThinkMail.

The agreement allows iomart to include Trend Micro's award-winning InterScan VirusWall technology as part of its integrated ThinkMail Messaging solution suite.

As an outsourced e-mail service, ThinkMail is aimed at businesses across the spectrum, from the largest enterprise to the smallest company. Designed specifically to meet the emerging market demand for tailor-made business e-mail services, ThinkMail is fast and reliable with uptime guaranteed. Utilising Trend Micro's InterScan VirusWall technology to scan and clean e-mail messages and attachments for viruses and malicious code addresses the threat posed by Internet-borne viruses.

Given the ability of computer viruses and other malicious code to spread rapidly via the Internet, virus scanning, malicious code detection and content filtering at the service provider level is a cost-effective way to provide for business customers' security needs. Customers buying iomart's ThinkMail solution have the peace of mind of knowing that the service is backed-up by Trend Micro's global 24/7 Red Alert response, allowing them to focus on their business needs, leaving iomart and Trend Micro to address security issues.

"We see e-mail as the true backbone of e-commerce," said Daniel Smith, Director of ASP Business at iomart. "ThinkMail will appeal to clients who want a discreet, tailor-made mail service without the cost of having to build their own network. In terms of security, Trend Micro's innovative anti-virus technology allows us to provide our customers with the enhanced level of virus and malicious code protection expected from the ThinkMail service."

"Trend Micro has seen enormous growth in the service provider marketplace recently," says Dean Brazier, SecureData Managing Director. Iomart is a leading service provider to the business community and it is crucial that the Internet security they offer as part of their e-mail messaging service is of the highest standard. By using Trend Micro's technology, iomart is able to fulfil customer expectations with regard to the high level of virus protection required in today's Internet environment.

Iomart joins a host of other service providers around the world that have selected Trend Micro technology to offer their business and consumer customers virus protection as a value-added service.