Prudential Deploys the Tumbleweed Email Firewall to Fight Spam
and Viruses
Tumbleweed's Dynamic Anti-Spam Service Enables Prudential to
Detect over 35% Spam Emails Per Day
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004--Tumbleweed(R)
Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:TMWD), a leading provider of secure
Internet messaging software and hardware for
enterprises and
government agencies, announced today that Prudential has
implemented the Tumbleweed Email Firewall(TM) and Dynamic Anti-spam
Service(TM) to fight spam, detect and kill computer viruses, and
secure its corporate email communications. Since the
implementation, Tumbleweed's solution has successfully identified
more than 35% of emails per day as spam on average, and is catching
more than 3000 viruses a day before they enter the Prudential
networks.
Prudential is a leading life and pensions provider in the UK, with
7,400 employees and 7 locations internationally. The company was
already using a combination of solutions to protect itself from
spam including Realtime Blackhole Lists (RBLs). To boost the
company's protection, Prudential implemented Tumbleweed's Email
Firewall and Dynamic Anti-spam Service. Figures from Tumbleweed
show that Prudential is currently receiving around 40,000 emails a
day with the Tumbleweed Email Firewall identifying and blocking
around 14,500 spam emails on a daily basis.
Laptop Battery "The use of Tumbleweed DAS has significantly reduced the amount
of Spam entering our organization which has enabled the IT support
to focus their efforts on our core competencies," said Nick De
Silva, Web Hosting & Messaging Manager, PruTech.
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Yoggie equips the roaming workforce with the same level of security as inside the corporate network. carry, miniaturized personal security server that connects to the laptop via USB and packed with 13 different security software solutions including Firewall, VPN, IPS, Virus, Spam, and more. Yoggie fulfills the IT Manager desire to have full control of the roaming user security and to equip them with unmatched defenses that secure the actual laptop and also protect the corporate network.
Microsoft The Tumbleweed Email Firewall has been recognized as the #1
enterprise software solution for fighting spam according to Network
World (http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0915spam.html), and the
#1 email firewall software for large enterprises by Information
Security Magazine. Tumbleweed Email Firewall protects, filters and
secures email traffic at the Internet gateway with an integrated
set of anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-hacker, content filtering, email
relay, and encrypted messaging capabilities -- minimizing email
communications risks and reducing email management costs.
Tumbleweed Email Firewall is used by over 400 of the largest, most
demanding messaging infrastructures in the world, and is available
in both appliance and software editions. Tumbleweed's Dynamic
Anti-spam Service (DAS) is an Internet-based subscription service
that updates the Tumbleweed email firewall with new heuristic
defenses as they are published, similar to the way anti-virus
engines work. Tumbleweed's Message Protection Lab develops and
publishes the heuristic updates: the Lab is staffed by experts who
continually analyze spam to identify new spammer trends and
tactics, and create and publish new heuristics to stop them.
in on every mobile and remote workforce computer all users benefit from the same level of security as the corporate network. computer is revolutionizing how computers are protected. The Gatekeeper is packed with 13 different security software solutions including Firewall, VPN Client, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Virus, Spam, and more that block all Internet threats before they reach the PC or laptop.
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Yoggie Management Server offers centralized management and enforcement of the security policies. Policy setting can be as easy as setting High, Medium and Low protection settings or by setting the policy for each of the security packages, including Firewall, IDS, VPN, virus, spam, filtering policies. The security policies are effectively enforced thanks to the Yoggie Driver, which does not allow the connection of the laptop to the Internet without the Yoggie personal security server either Pico or Gatekeeper.
Laptop Computer Tumbleweed is a leading provider of mission-critical Internet
communications software products for enterprises, financial
services organizations and government. By making Internet
communications secure, reliable and automated, Tumbleweed's email
firewall, secure file transfer; secure email, and identity
validation solutions help customers significantly reduce the cost
of doing business. Tumbleweed products are used by millions of
end-users and tens of thousands of corporations. Tumbleweed
customers include ABN Amro, Bank of America Securities, Catholic
Healthcare West, JP Morgan Chase & Co., The Regence Group (Blue
Cross/Blue Shield), Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication (SWIFT), St. Luke's Episcopal Healthcare System,
the US Food and Drug Administration, and the US Navy and Marine
Corps. European customers include ABN Amro, Telewest
Communications, Foster Wheeler, Wolverhampton City Council, KPMG
Germany and AP Moeller. Tumbleweed Communications was founded in
1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. For additional
information about Tumbleweed go to www.tumbleweed.com or call +44
118 934 7100.
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Desktop Computer SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Notebooks Tumbleweed cautions that forward-looking statements contained in
this press release are based on current plans and expectations, and
that a number of factors could cause the actual results to differ
materially from the guidance given at this time. These factors are
described in the Safe Harbor statement below.
Lenovo Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters discussed in this press release may constitute
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected, particularly with respect to the features, performance,
and reputation of Tumbleweed's Email Firewall products and Dynamic
Anti-spam Service. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be
identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "should,"
"potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "intends,"
"plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions. For
further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we
refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed's
Form 10-K filed March 15, 2004 and Form 10-Q filed May 15,
2004.
Hard Drive Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained
in this press release, which represents the company's expectations
only as of the date of this release and should not be viewed as a
statement about the company's expectations after such date.
Although this release may remain available on either company's
website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate
that either company is reaffirming or confirming any of the
information contained herein.
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