Flero, Italy, and Sunnyvale, CA – April 21, 2010 – Commtouch® and Syneto announced today that Syneto, a networking security company offering email and web protection and data backup, has added Commtouch's email security suite, including Commtouch Anti-Spam, Zero-HourTM Virus Outbreak Protection, and GlobalViewTM; Mail Reputation Service technologies to its Total Email Security Solution, a new unified threat management (UTM) service.
“Commtouch was our clear choice after having carefully studied the market,” says Syneto chief executive officer Marco Lorenzi. “Integrating the Commtouch technologies is a key strategic choice for Syneto in developing our email market segment. We are confident we raised the bar with Total Email Security, our premium, feature-rich email protection service that comes with an unbeatable price. The Commtouch solutions boosted the performance of our UTM to heights we are very proud of.”
Syneto’s Total Email Security Solution is a subscription-based enterprise-level email security solution for medium and large businesses, combining advanced protection against spam, phishing and malware with powerful logging and reporting options and an easy-to-use configuration. The web-based and command-line interfaces are designed to be user friendly to enable a rapid learning curve.
The Commtouch technologies replaced an array of homegrown grey listing methodologies coupled with SpamAssassin and are now helping Syneto improve spam detection rates and reduce the delivery delays inherent in their self-developed setup. Now, Commtouch’s cloud-based technology detects and blocks spam, phishing and email-borne malware in real-time, protecting Syneto’s clients.
“Our accumulated experience and expertise as market leaders in the security vendor space in general and in unified threat management solutions specifically ensures that we are providing Syneto with a complete solution supporting their unique set of requirements,” said Ofer Tal, vice president, international sales and business development at Commtouch. “Furthermore, because our technology is language-agnostic, we are able to continue to provide quality comprehensive solutions to the Italian and other European markets in which Syneto operates.”
Commtouch’s Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD™) is the technology behind the Anti-Spam and Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection; it typically blocks more than 98% of spam and phishing schemes threatening email users, has negligible false positives and protects against malware even before traditional anti-virus signatures are available. GlobalView Mail Reputation fights unwanted mail at the perimeter, reducing more than 85% of incoming messages at the entry-point, before these messages enter the network. It also optimizes traffic flow so that legitimate sources gain optimal access, while blocking unauthorized sources attempting to abuse the network.
"We are managing an email server with more than 1,500 accounts and 350,000 emails per day, so naturally spam is a great challenge for us,” says Sergio Rossi, IT manager, Netribe Group. “We tried many solutions, but they all turned out to be ineffective or had performance problems. Syneto's new Total Email service reduced the spam to nearly zero; it is by far the most efficient system I have ever used."
Syneto’s customers will be accessing the Syneto UTM with integrated Commtouch technology via dedicated hardware or a virtualized image. The solution is scheduled to launch in later this month.
About Syneto
Syneto is an innovative player in the networking field, with an approach to developing products defined by the motto "Networking. Simple." - easy to work with, yet powerful products. With key solutions for network perimeter, email and web security, VPN connectivity or data backup and storage, Syneto is one of the leading providers of UTM products in Italy, but also serves customers throughout Europe, from the UK to Romania.
For additional information, please visit our web page: www.syneto.net.
About Commtouch
Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) provides proven messaging and Web security technology to more than 130 security companies and service providers for integration into their solutions. Commtouch’s GlobalView™ and patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD™) 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.
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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.
Syneto Contact:
Flavius Stef, Managing Partner
Tel: +40-771-443-480
flavius@syneto.net
Commtouch Contact:
Amy Kenigsberg
US: 1-913-440-4072
Int'l: +972-9-794-1681
amyk@commtouch.com
