Sunnyvale, Calif., and Seoul, Korea – March 11, 2008 – Jiransoft and Commtouch (NASDAQ: CTCH) today announced that Korea’s Jiransoft has licensed Commtouch Anti-Spam for integration into its SpamSniper software product line.
“We decided to try RPD™ technology because of Commtouch’s strong reputation in Asia, and we were very happy with the results of our tests,” said Chi-Young Oh, Jiransoft’s Chief Executive Officer. “The spam detection level for Asian languages and attachment spam is far higher than other solutions we considered.”
Jiransoft solutions are currently sold in Korea, Japan, and throughout Asia. The SpamSniper solution is available in three versions, for enterprises, service providers, and consumers.
“We are pleased to be working with Jiransoft,” said Ido Hadari, Commtouch’s Senior Director of International Business Development and Sales. “The integration of Commtouch Anti-Spam into SpamSniper protects Jiransoft’s customers from all types of spam, including future outbreaks that may use new tools of deception to hide themselves from traditional email content filters.”
Jiransoft Co. Ltd, (www.jiran.com/en) focuses on software development that can provide companies with enhanced efficiency and absolute security. The Company's main products are SpamSniper, an anti-spam solution, CoolMessenger, a business communication solution and OfficeHard for business web storage. Currently, SpamSniper and CoolMessenger have the No. 1 market share in Korea according to the Korean Information Security Agency (KISA).
Commtouch Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CTCH) is dedicated to protecting and preserving the integrity of the world's most important communications tool -- e-mail. Commtouch has over 17 years of experience developing messaging software and is a global developer and provider of proprietary anti-spam, Zero-Hour virus protection and Reputation Service solutions. Using core technologies including RPD (Recurrent Pattern Detection™), the Commtouch Detection Center analyzes billions of email messages per week to identify new spam and malware outbreaks within minutes of their introduction into the Internet. Integrated by scores of OEM partners, Commtouch technology protects thousands of organizations, with hundreds of millions of users in over 100 countries. Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information, see: http://www.commtouch.com. The site includes the Commtouch online lab detailing spam statistics and charts.
Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.
Commtouch Contact:
Rebecca Steinberg Herson
US: 650-864-2112
Int'l: +972-9-863-6877
rebeccah@commtouch.com
