Sunnyvale, Calif. and Istanbul, Turkey – June 3, 2009 – Mynet, Turkey’s largest and first established Turkish Internet portal, has selected Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) technology to protect its email users from spam and email-borne malware.
Commtouch technology is replacing Mynet’s own email filtering solution that was based on widely used other available tools. Inboxes of Mynet’s over 5 million active email users are being filtered by Commtouch’s email security suite, including:
“Our email filtering infrastructure was costing us dearly in IT resources and hardware, and we were searching for better solutions which would increase the level of our users’ satisfaction and provide them with excellent service,” said Sabire Ercan, General Manager of Mynet. “After extensive benchmark testing against other leading commercial anti-spam and anti-malware solutions, we determined that Commtouch provided superior detection levels and performance. In particular, Commtouch’s reputation service was more than three times more effective than the leading block lists.”
With 26.5 million Internet users, Turkey ranks 14th worldwide according to Internet World Stats, and Mynet is among the top 15 portals worldwide.
“The Turkish market is starting to draw the attention of the multi-national companies, with global players like MSN and Google trying to stake a claim here,” continued Ercan. “With Commtouch’s best-of-breed messaging security technology, we are better equipped to compete for this valuable market by providing a superior user experience and highly effective mail services. This helps us maintain and even grow our majority market share.”
“Commtouch’s messaging security suite has been adopted by a broad range of consumer portals and Web mail providers, since it effectively handles large volumes of consumer-oriented email messages and delivers spam-free and virus-free email messages,” said Ido Hadari, Commtouch vice president of international business development and sales. “Clean inboxes means more satisfied end-users, which translates into additional portal traffic and the potential for increased ad revenue,” he continued. “We are pleased to be working with Mynet to enhance its email service offerings, reduce IT expenditures and increase its revenue streams.”
About Mynet
Mynet is among the most popular and widely used internet destination in Turkey with over
9 million registered active members and 18 million monthly unique visitors.
Mynet offers more than 45 different products and services fulfilling all the needs of Turkish online community.
For more information, visit http://www.mynet.com
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 all quarter long 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.
Commtouch Contact:
Rebecca Steinberg Herson
US: 650-864-2112
Int'l: +972-9-863-6877
rebeccah@commtouch.com
Mynet Contact:
Yıldız Özer
byildiz.ozer@mynet.com
+90 212 265 95 62
