NetXactics, local distributor for Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses from spam and viruses, has announced the release of PureMessage for Windows/Exchange, a consolidated anti-spam and anti-virus solution for enterprise users running Microsoft platforms.
PureMessage combines Sophos`s industry-leading virus and spam protection to safeguard networks, improve e-mail productivity and reduce the risk of legal liability from employees viewing offensive spam.
Designed for companies with more than 100 desktops, PureMessage for Windows/Exchange is fully configurable, helping network managers stay in control of their system security. Advanced e-mail threat reduction features are designed to stop new, unknown viruses from entering company networks, even when the e-mail attachment names have been changed or files have been hidden in compressed files.
"As malicious code writers converge spam, worms and viruses, they constantly spawn new and more disruptive threats. To stem this tide, businesses need a unified approach to messaging security for inbound, outbound and internal mail streams," said Chris Christiansen, VP Security Products, IDC. "Sophos`s integrated new product offers a robust solution for combating this explosive growth in unsolicited and dangerous e-mail."
Virus and spam protection is automatically updated from the Sophos databank and messages are scanned regardless of how mail is sent or received. Suspicious attachments are removed and quarantined before the e-mail is delivered to the recipients. Multiple language message processing makes it ideal for multinational organisations.
In a recent Sophos poll of more than 5 800 companies*, 96% of respondents indicated that e-mail was critical to their jobs, 78% believed that they would be more productive without spam. This, combined with an increase in e-mail scams such as `phishing` and the virus plague which shows no signs of abating, shows that companies need a robust anti-virus and anti-spam solution to protect their employees.
"Keeping up with virus and spam threats is a constant battle for network administrators," said Brett Myroff, CEO of NetXactics. "Sophos`s new PureMessage solution helps enterprises tackle the problem head-on, with a scalable solution to protect corporate credibility and improve productivity."
PureMessage for Windows/Exchange offers support for clustered Exchange installations to make use of failover capabilities of the Windows Server System.
PureMessage also provides end users with powerful, Web-based quarantine management tools to retrieve e-mail from the quarantine area without contacting the system administrator.
* Web survey of 5 856 businesses conducted by Sophos, February 2004
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NetXactics is a South African-based company, focused on the provision of security solutions. It is the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for UK-based Sophos Plc, one of the leaders in the provision of anti-virus and anti-spam software for the corporate environment. For more information, visit NetXactics at www.netxactics.co.za.
Sophos
Sophos is one of the world`s largest specialist developers of anti-virus and anti-spam software. Headquartered in the UK, the company designs solutions specifically to protect businesses and organisations, including large corporations, banks and governments, from viruses and spam.
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