Sunnyvale, Calif. – April 6, 2009 – Commtouch® (Nasdaq: CTCH) announced today the signing of five new OEM partners in the first quarter of 2009, resulting in a total of 121 OEM partners using Commtouch messaging and/or Web security technologies. During the quarter, Commtouch signed two agreements for its GlobalView™ URL Filtering Web security product, one of which was with a new OEM partner and the other with an existing partner, bringing the total number of OEM partners using Commtouch Web security solutions to five.
“Our ability to sign five new customers, and two deals for the Web security product, demonstrates our strong position in the market, as well as the high growth potential represented by the Web security market segment,” said Gideon Mantel, Commtouch’s chief executive officer and chairman of the board. “We are entering the second quarter with a strong pipeline for both our messaging and Web security offerings; this, together with indications from our current OEM partner-base, increases our confidence for a healthy 2009 and 2010.”
About Commtouch
Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) provides proven messaging and Web security technology to more than 100 security companies and service providers for integration into their solutions. Commtouch’s patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD™) and GlobalView™ technologies are founded on a unique cloud-based approach, and work together in a comprehensive feedback loop to protect effectively in all languages and formats. Commtouch technology automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time in its global data centers to identify new threats as they are initiated, protecting email infrastructures and enabling safe, compliant browsing. The company’s expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in mitigating Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in 190 countries. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif.
Stay abreast of the latest messaging and Web threat trends at the Commtouch Café: http://blog.commtouch.com. For more information about enhancing security offerings with Commtouch technology, see www.commtouch.com or write info@commtouch.com.
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.
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