Sophos Anti-Virus offered in world's first anti-virus and
content filtering solution for GroupWise 5.x -6.x
Lynnfield, MA - Sophos a world leader in corporate anti-virus
solutions and The Messaging ArchitectsTM, leading manufacturer of products that secure,
accelerate and enhance Novell's GroupWise, today announced a
partnership that will offer its GWAVATM (GroupWise Anti-Virus Agent) customers
increased protection against email-borne viruses through Sophos's
dependable anti-virus technology.
Under this agreement, GWAVA customers will be given the option
of selecting Sophos Anti-Virus for virus scanning to work in
conjunction with its other features such as attachment blocking,
content filtering and anti-spam. GWAVA scans not only messages
coming in from the Internet, but also messages sent and received
within one's domain.
"Offering GWAVA customers an anti-virus solution that provides
dependable virus scanning is crucial, especially when the threat of
viruses continue to increase," said Charles Nguyen-Huu, client
communications manager for The Messaging Architects. "What
attracted us to Sophos's technology was the company's dedication to
research and development and its impressive reputation within the
anti-virus industry for providing a first-rate product."
"GWAVA fulfills a critically needed layer of protection for
GroupWise users and we are very pleased to partner with The
Messaging Architects to bring comprehensive virus protection to its
GWAVA users," said Ralph Pisani, Jr., director of business
development for Sophos Americas.
About The Messaging ArchitectsTM
The Messaging Architects was formed with a vision towards
helping GroupWise users to leverage and extend the investment they
have made in their Messaging & Collaboration system. This
vision turned into reality by launching a family of products that
help Secure, Accelerate & Enhance GroupWise. From Anti-Virus to
Instant Messaging to Address Book Agents, over 5,000 corporate and
governmental accounts and millions of individual GroupWise end
users work with The Messaging Architects products on a daily basis.
For more information, visit www.groupwisesolutions.com.
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.