Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection,
announced today that its award-winning virus finding technology has
been deployed by LYNX Express, the UK's largest independent parcel
carrier.
Red Networks, a Sophos-certified partner, worked alongside
Sophos to complete the deal with LYNX Express. LYNX Express is
using Sophos Anti-Virus, MailMonitor and Enterprise Manager at 40
sites throughout the country to protect its workstations, servers
and email gateway from more than 78,000 viruses, Trojan horses and
worms.
Prior to Sophos's deployment, LYNX Express was relying on
Network Associates for its virus protection. LYNX Express selected
Sophos after an extensive evaluation of both products and due to
Red Networks's expertise in managing major software
deployments.
"Companies like Lynx Express often need a customised solution,"
said Sean Kelly, Southern Sales Director for Red Networks. "Our job
at Red Networks is to understand a customer's requirements and make
sure we meet every one of them."
"Computer systems are absolutely key to LYNX Express's core
business - any network downtime caused by a virus infection would
impact significantly on the service our customers receive," said
Rob Leadbeater, technical analyst at LYNX Express. "We chose
anti-virus protection from Sophos - not just because of its record
for blocking viruses - but because of the ease and frequency of its
updates and its 24 hour a day customer support. Red Networks was
instrumental in ensuring this protection met our specific
needs."
About Lynx Express
LYNX Express is today a major success story in the UK parcels
industry. Rapid expansion since a successful management buy-out in
1997 has subsequently positioned LYNX as the largest independent
parcel carrier and one of the leading carriers in the UK, Europe
and the World.
About Red Networks
Red Network Solutions limited is a software provider with one
simple aim, to deliver solutions that exceed customer's
expectations and provide customers with the ongoing support needed
to maintain software in today's ever changing climate. Red Networks
provide solutions that are designed to ensure IT departments have
an easier life.
Red Networks achieve this goal by working closely to and fully
understanding their clients' unique requirements. Red Networks are
committed to finding the solutions that best suit individual
clients and thus do not have a small or limited software
portfolio.
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.