PureMessage is a new product from Sophos that is integrated with the Sun JavaTM System Messaging Server and designed to defend IT infrastructures against viruses and spam. The collaboration between Sophos and Sun addresses the threat of exploitation faced by high-volume messaging environments such as telecommunication carriers, universities and large enterprises.

"The very open environment in which universities operate makes spam management a particular challenge. Left unaddressed, a spam attack, combined with our normal volume of email, can overburden our mail system and distress our 60,000 computer users. The Sun and Sophos integration will certainly help us to better manage the email security threats and chaos they create, providing users with unobstructed access to legitimate email, even on spam attack days," said Annie Stunden, chief information officer for the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

"Given the business-critical nature of email, organizations must develop a comprehensive approach to mail hygiene and message control, while also ensuring compliance with internal and federal communication policies and regulations," said Matt Cain, vice president with analyst firm META Group's Technology Research Services. "Ideally, they should choose a solution that provides multiple areas of protection at the server or gateway level. This type of approach to email management creates procurement, operational and functional efficiencies and results in the lowest TCO for large organizations."

The integrated Sophos and Sun solution enables the Sun JavaTM Enterprise System to communicate directly with PureMessage via channel architecture in the Sun Java System Messaging Server without the introduction of additional layers of management or communication bottlenecks in the network. Neither does the solution require a third-party Message Transfer Agent to broker the communication. Organizations can get up-to-date protection against messaging threats using one of the fastest, most comprehensive and easy-to-deploy solutions on the market.

"Deploying systems with scalability and high availability services capable of delivering millions of email messages per day, while simultaneously helping to protect users from unwanted spam and viruses enables organizations to realize the full potential of their messaging and collaboration systems," said Patrick Dorsey, marketing director, Communication and Collaboration Products for Sun. "This new solution from Sun and Sophos further enhances the proven scalability and content filtering capabilities of the Java Enterprise System, enabling enterprises and ISPs alike to increase user productivity through the reduction of spam in their inbox."

"Sophos customers have come to expect the highest level of email-borne threat protection, including scalability that meets the demands of the highest-volume messaging environments," said Shawn Thomas, director of market development for Sophos. "The combination of Sophos PureMessage with the Java Enterprise System high-volume messaging component provides greater infrastructure choice to our largest customer environments."

The Sun Java Enterprise System provides extensive security features that help ensure the integrity of communications through user authentication, session encryption and content filtering to help prevent spam and viruses.

Sophos PureMessage, which combines industry-leading anti-virus and anti-spam technologies with flexible policy management and world-class support, is the most comprehensive, flexible and mature mail filtering solution for businesses.

Protecting against network downtime, productivity loss and vulnerability of informational assets, PureMessage safely removes up to 98 percent of spam at the gateway, using the latest anti-spam techniques. Quarantine digests enable end-users to easily access blocked messages, eliminating the business impact of false positives.

For more information on PureMessage, visit:

http://www.sophos.com

salesus@sophos.com

(888) 767-4679

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