Press Release - For Immediate Release

IronPort Invests in SMB Market to Deliver 10 Minute Out-of-the-Box, Maintenance-free Email Security

Channel Expands IronPort C10/C100 Market through Lead Generation Program, Compelling Prices and Easy Start-up

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - August 15, 2006

Core News Facts

Recognizing the SMB market's need for easy, maintenance-free, world-class email security, IronPort® has invested anew in growing the SMB market opportunity for its channel partners.

  • IronPort is shipping the IronPort C10/C100 for the SMB product with a QuickStart Wizard designed to take users from out-of-the-box to up and running in 10 minutes. The license key process, filter maintenance and intelligent reputation management of email threats are fully automated—freeing users from any maintenance responsibilities upon installation or ever.
  • New IronPort C10/C100 pricing for 100-user bundles includes the IronPort C10/C100 appliance, support, and one year subscriptions for IronPort Anti-Spam. The IronPort solution includes both email and web reputation filters based on renowned SenderBase data to prevent the range of spam attacks along with new phishing and fraud methods.
  • IronPort is supporting the channel with an inside sales team that generates leads in the SMB market.
  • The IronPort C10/C100 email security appliance is built on the same robust platform that powers and protects the most demanding networks in the world.
  • By securing the network at the gateway level, the IronPort C10/C100 acts as a "shock absorber," in front of the groupware server(s). This ensures that end-users are not bogged down by spam, viruses and other threats. Unlike other solutions, IronPort security services do not rely on end-users to "train" the system. Instead, high accuracy is maintained through continuous and automatic rule updates.

Pre-Approved Quotes

"The IronPort C10/C100 has always been incredibly easy plug, play and forget it appliance. IronPort's investment in making the powerful, reliable IronPort C10/C100 even faster and easier to install and affordable for virtually any small business, is opening new doors for us to continue capitalizing on the SMB market's particular need for the best in email security without time-consuming expenditures of resources." -- Tom MacArthur, CEO of IronPort Channel Partner Storbase of Waltham, MA.

"Every business, regardless of size, must protect itself from spam, viruses and email infrastructure problems. Small and mid-sized business, which represent more than 90% of all businesses in the United States, are particularly vulnerable to the loss of resources and productivity," said Michael Osterman of Osterman Research. "IronPort protects some of the largest enterprises in the world--the IronPort C10/C100 is an effective, easy-to-configure and inexpensive appliance that can offer the small and mid-sized market the same level of protection."

Multimedia Links

The IronPort C10/C100:
http://www.ironport.com/products/ironport_c100.html

The IronPort C10/C100:
http://www.ironport.com/products/ironport_c100.html

IronPort Anti-Spam Data Sheet:
http://www.ironport.com/pdf/ironport_anti-spam_datasheet.pdf

IronPort Reputation-based Email Security White Paper
http://www.ironport.com/pdf/ironport_reputation_based_control_whitepaper.pdf

About IronPort Systems

IronPort Systems is the leading gateway security provider for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. The company has developed a family of security gateway appliances, including the IronPort C-Series email security appliance, and the IronPort S-Series™ Web security appliance. All IronPort application-specific security gateway appliances offer breakthrough performance, and utilize SenderBase, the world's largest email and Web threat detection network and database. For more information on IronPort products and services, visit: http://www.ironport.com/.

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