Dear
Valued Partner or Friend,
As we start a new year we'd like to take the
opportunity to
introduce our new CEO.
Ido Hadari took over from Commtouch co-founder
Gideon Mantel, who retired on January 1. Ido has
been with Commtouch for over three years, most
recently in the role of COO.
In the six months since Commtouch acquired
Command Anti-virus,
we're seeing increased interest in our "Triple
Play" Internet security suite - messaging
security, Web security and antivirus. This
“three-in-one” approach enables our solutions to
protect against multiple attack vectors, while
simplifying life for our vendor and service
provider customers. The cross-enhancement of the
three product lines is evident, too, in our
Quarterly Threat Report,
which now includes even more malware and blended
threat data.
Also in this newsletter are some new documents,
such as
AV Myths and Facts,
that analyzes differences among AV testing
methodologies, and a
case study
about how a leading hosting provider, Hostway,
solved its outbound spam problem.
Finally, we have several events coming up in
February and March. Commtouch will be meeting
with partners and new prospects at
RSA in San Francisco, in Hannover or at Europa-Park in Germany.
Please
let us know if
you'd like to meet at one of these events.
Regards,
Rebecca Steinberg Herson
Vice President
Marketing
The
Commtouch Quarterly Trend
Report was published in mid-January.
In the report you'll find a complete overview of
the latest statistics and trends on messaging
and Web threats that Commtouch identified and
analyzed from October through to December 2010.
Highlights the
report includes:
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The average number of daily
spam/phishing emails sent was down
in Q4 to 142 Billion.
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The daily turnover of zombies went
down to 288,000
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India was the country with the most
zombies, up to 17% of all zombies.
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Pharmacy ads was once again the most
popular spam topic, though it dropped to 42% of all spam. |
Commtouch partners can receive a co-branded version of the quarterly report
for use as a sales tool by contacting their Commtouch representative.
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Commtouch has just introduced it's new Partner Marketing
Portal. The portal is designed to provide quick
and easy access to the wide variety of marketing
tools and materials that Commtouch has to offer its partners.
The portal also provides an overview of
Commtouch and the various solutions we provide.
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Last quarter we introduced our new
Command
Antivirus solution, which Commtouch acquired
from Authentium in September. This quarter we provide a few highlights on what makes
Commtouch Command so unique and how it
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Leading Detection
Not only is Commtouch Command
used by major industry heavyweights, such as
Google, Microsoft and McAfee, but it also
demonstrates its leadership in the most
respected industry tests:
Command
places 4th out of 26
with
99.5% detection
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In November 2010, Command Antivirus placed 4th out of
26 antivirus products tested by the well known
AV-Test. You can
see the results below.
Modular Design for faster
protection and faster deployment
When Command's creators first designed
the solution, they knew that threats would
continue to evolve, get more sophisticated, and
all at an ever increasing pace. So they employed
a modular design so that it could adapt to new
threats very quickly. This differs from other AV
engines, which use a monolithic approach -
basically one large piece of code.
Command is comprised of a number of modules,
each designed to address different types of
threats (see diagram below). As new threats
emerge, new modules can be quickly developed and
plugged in.
A modular antivirus engine provides a
number of benefits:
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Faster protection from
evolving threats.
The modular design provides increased
flexibility - new Module types can be added quickly to combat
new threats without having to change existing
modules.
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Faster and easier deployment for partners who
use the engine.
Quality assurance (QA) testing of the AV
engine may be completed far quicker
after the addition of new modules, or
after updating existing modules, as the
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The unique modular design of Command Antivirus
offers a number of other benefits.
Click here to
learn more about Modular vs. Monolithic AV
engines.
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Antivirus Myths & Facts
There are many myths about antivirus software
that have persisted over the years. These myths
can cause misunderstandings, and even cost a lot
of money and resources.
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Find out about the most
common antivirus myths and hear some seasoned
advice on the most objective and effective ways
to judge your antivirus engine.
Antivirus Myths & Facts
was written by one of the pioneers of the
antimalware industry. Helmuth Freericks,
Commtouch's General Manager Anti-Malware
Solutions and co-founder of Command, has been
building antivirus solutions since 1984, long
before many of us knew what a virus even was.
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When using their own homegrown tools was
not solving their problem with outbound spam,
Hostway turned to Commtouch.
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Hostway |
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Hosting Provider |
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Customers: |
600,000 |
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Outbound messages: |
1 million per day |
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Spammers sending spam from
compromised accounts, resulting
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Read this case study
and learn how Hostway was able to significantly
reduce blacklisting, save money, improve
customer satisfaction and increase efficiency
with outbound spam protection.
What Hostway has to say:
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“Commtouch’s Outbound Spam Protection
helped Hostway identify many
compromised/ phished accounts as well as
“trickle spam” that we otherwise
couldn’t detect because it was below our
rate limits. Blocking outbound spam in
real-time has prevented us from being
blacklisted by any major ISPs.”
John Martis
Executive Vice President, Hostway
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Commtouch will be taking part in the following events in Q1:
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RSA Conference
2011
Moscone Center - San Francisco,
California
February 14-18, 2011
Come meet with us at our Hospitality
suite at the Marriott Hotel. Contact
Melissa Hastings at (650) 265-2345
or by email at
melissah@commtouch.com if
you would like to set up a meeting.
And don't miss out on our annual
Happy Hour cocktail party.
Find out more.
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CeBIT
Hannover - Germany
March 1-5, 2011
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World Hosting Days 2011
Europa-Park - Germany
March 22-25, 2011
Come check out Commtouch's speaking
session on "Reducing costs while
future proofing your messaging &
virus security."
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Please
contact us if
you'd like to schedule a meeting at one of these
events.
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Commtouch Scheduled to Release Fourth Quarter
Results
Commtouch will be releasing
its fourth quarter 2010 results on Wednesday,
February 9, 2011. Commtouch management will be
hosting a conference call, to review and discuss
the results, on the same day at 10am Eastern /
7am Pacific / 3pm UK / 5 pm Israel time.
It is possible to
participate in the conference call via telephone
or via webcast using a link found on the
Commtouch homepage
(on the day of the conference call).
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Below are some highlights of recent blog
posts at the
Commtouch Cafe:
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Special thanks to our partners
Cyberoam
and
Openfind,
who provided timely and unique
information for blog posts.
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Have some great bloggable ideas about messaging
and Web security? Please
send us an email, and if it's a fit,
we will be happy to have you post on the
Commtouch blog. We also welcome comments and
feedback on the blog posts!
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In this Issue
Q4 Trend Report
Partner Marketing Portal
Product Spotlight
Reports & Documents
Case Studies
Upcoming Events
Investor's Corner
Commtouch Cafe Blog
Recent News
January 18, 2011
Commtouch Schedules Release of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results for Wednesday, February 9, 2011
January 12, 2011
Spam Increases 45% this Week after Significant Decrease in Q4 2010, says Commtouch Report
January 11,
2011
Commtouch Leverages Authentium Command Acquisition: Signs First Antivirus Deals and Improves Benchmark Ranking
December 14, 2010
Commtouch Releases Seventh Generation Messaging and Web Security Technology
December
1, 2010
New MailChannels Outbound Email Filtering Solution with Commtouch Technology Protects Service Providers from Being Blacklisted
November 3, 2010
Commtouch Reports Strong Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results, Updates FY2010 Outlook
October 26,
2010
Commtouch Announces Gideon Mantel to Retire in 2011, Ido Hadari to Succeed as CEO
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