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Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Founded by Syd Cassyd in 1946, the Academy of Television Arts & Science became both a place for serious discussion as well as a place to celebrate the television industry’s finest achievements with its annual Emmy® Awards ceremonies. The Emmy® Awards recognize excellence within various areas of the television industry and are a symbol of peer recognition from over 14,000 members of the Television Academy 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"Since upgrading to the latest version of Commtouch Enterprise Anti-Spam; we forgot what imaged-based spam is."
Stephen Laughlin, Director, Information Technology - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Business Layers

Business Layers is a leading provider of provisioning solutions, the cornerstone of security and identity management implementations. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"Commtouch catches nearly all the spam, and hasn't required any IT administration at all since installation."
James Bopp, Business Layers - Business Layers
Chicago Northwest Community Hospital

Northwest Community Hospital is a nationwide Top 100 Hospital located in Chicago Illinois. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"It was like night and day," said Heuman. "Our records show that Commtouch Anti-Spam 4.0 has caught upwards of 95 percent of spam coming in. Commtouch Anti-Spam 4.0 is superb."
Chris Heuman, Infrastructure manager - Chicago Northwest Community Hospital
Credit Union of Southern California

Founded in 1954 as Whittier Area Schools Federal Credit Union, CU SoCal is dedicated to providing members with world-class service, competitive products, and convenience. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"What used to be daily complaints from users about questionable spam content are now coming in maybe once a week. We have to look at problems very infrequently. Commtouch is a way for the end user to have a better on-line experience"
Ray Rounds, VP of Information Services - Credit Union of Southern California
Drexel University

Drexel University, founded in 1891, is home to nearly 15,000 undergrad and graduate students. The university offers a variety of degrees up through the doctoral level. The College of Information Science and Technology (IST) is ranked number one in the nation in information systems by U.S. News and World Report. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"Within days of installation I realized, WOW!, my spam problem is solved! John McNamara, Systems Administrator, Drexel University"
John McNamara, Systems Administrator - Drexel University
Emptoris, Inc.

The world leader in supply management and contract management software that enables companies to realize best value and accelerate profitable growth. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"People actually got up from their desks, walked over to IT, and thanked us personally for solving the spam problem."
Frank Gullotti, Director of Information Technology - Emptoris, Inc.
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin (HLHZ)

HLHZ is an international investment bank with offices in the US and the UK. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"In a 3-4 week side-by-side comparison test with our earlier system, Commtouch only missed only 2 spam messages, while other system missed 129 spam messages."
Michael Sharp, Network Administrator - Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin (HLHZ)
ITV

 ITV plc is a leading UK media company, owning all of the regional Channel 3 licenses in England and Wales. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"One of the key benefits of Commtouch is that it is immune to spammers' changing tactics."
Gareth Wright, CTO - ITV
Keesal, Young & Logan

Keesal, Young & Logan is a full-service business law firm with offices in the United States, and in Hong Kong. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"…strong, intelligent and extremely precise medicine to cure our spam disease."
Justin Hectus, Director of Information - Keesal, Young & Logan
North Island Credit Union

North Island Credit Union, established in 1940, is one of the largest financial institutions in San Diego. More than 500 email users are spread over 17 branch locations in San Diego and Riverside counties. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"With Commtouch Enterprise Anti-Spam Gateway, we have effectively curtailed spam, eliminating the storage burden on our Exchange server."
Russell Manaois, Network Security Administrator - North Island Credit Union
Retalix

Retalix provides integrated enterprise-wide software solutions for the retail food industry worldwide, including supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"Commtouch provides impressive protection irrespective of the language or formatting in which the spam arrives...we've had spam in pictures and various languages successfully blocked by Commtouch's solution, allowing our users to control their filtering rules easily."
Ofer Nimtsovich, CEO - Retalix
University of Utah

Active since 1850, the University of Utah offers 75 undergraduate degree programs, more than 50 teaching majors and minors, and 96 graduate majors. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"Commtouch's Anti-Spam solution does an outstanding job of detecting and blocking all forms of spam and makes it easy for a network administrator to quickly get the solution up and running without taxing human resources and requiring additional IT infrastructure."
Richard Waters, IT Systems Engineer - University of Utah
Vanguard University

Vanguard University of Southern California (VUSC), founded in 1920, is a Christian Comprehensive University of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"We are absolutely thrilled with the Commtouch solution – it has provided a superior level of detection with virtually no false positives."
Josh Harrison, IT Director - Vanguard University
William A. Hazel, Inc.

William A. Hazel, a premier Total Site Development Contractor, has been serving the finest builders and developers throughout Virginia for the past 45 years. 
 
About Commtouch Solution:

"We tried it for 30 days, but were sold on it after about three!. We were thrilled to see spam-block rates of 98% the very first day."
Ken Holsopple, Senior Network Administrator - William A. Hazel, Inc.