Lynnfield/Framingham, MA - Sophos, a global leader in network
security and Process Software, a Platinum Equity company and
supplier of communications software solutions to mission-critical
environments, announced today a formal strategic partnership. With
this agreement, Process Software offers its messaging customers an
industry-leading virus scanning add-on module for both its PMDF
messaging server and PreciseMail Anti-Spam Gateway software
products. The companies formed a partnership in response to Process
Software customers' demand for a complete messaging and security
solution at the Internet gateway.
Process Software first entered the messaging market in 2000 when
it began developing and supporting PMDF messaging suite, a product
previously developed by Innosoft. "To remain competitive and expand
our market presence in the messaging market, Process Software saw
an opportunity to combine both spam and virus protection," said
Brian P. McDonald, Process Software president and chief executive
officer. "Customers are viewing spam and viruses as a growing
security threat to their business and are seeking an integrated
solution to address this serious issue. This partnership will allow
us to meet these security challenges more efficiently.
Leveraging Process Software's 20-years of experience with email
technology and network security of mission critical networks, the
company developed and introduced PreciseMail Anti-Spam Gateway in
2003. Its multi-layer filtering technology has a proven
out-of-the-box spam detection accuracy rate of 98% without losing
legitimate messages. PreciseMail Anti-Spam Gateway was first sold
as an add-on product to PMDF, Sendmail, and Sun Java System
Messaging Server. Since 2004, it is also being sold to the larger
messaging market as a standalone anti-spam solution, working with
any email server.
Process Software pursued Sophos for its industry-leading virus
scanning technology and their support for the same platforms as
both PMDF and PreciseMail Anti-Spam Gateway operate on including
Linux, Solaris, Tru64, and OpenVMS. Prior to the partnership,
Process Software and Sophos shared some common customers,
especially in the educational and OpenVMS market. Now customers
will benefit from the integration of these solutions.
"As threats such as viruses, spam, phishing, spyware and other
malware converge, increase in volume, maliciousness, complexity and
speed, businesses require robust protection," said Richard Baldry,
head of strategic alliances at Sophos. "Process Software's
messaging clients will benefit from SophosLabs™, Sophos's global
network of security threat analysis centers, to provide proactive
and rapid virus protection. We are very pleased to partner with
Process Software."
About Process Software
Process Software has been a premier supplier of communications
software solutions to mission critical environments for twenty
years. We were early innovators of email software and anti-spam
technology. Process Software has a proven track record of success
with thousands of customers, including many Global 2000 and Fortune
1000 companies.
About Platinum Equity
Platinum
Equity is a global M&A&O® firm specialized in the
merger, acquisition and operation of mission-critical services and
solutions companies. Since its founding in 1995, Platinum Equity
has acquired more than 50 businesses and built a portfolio of
companies with nearly 40,000 employees and more than 600,000
customer sites. With revenue approaching $8 billion, Platinum
Equity in 2004 was named the 32nd largest private company in the
United States by Forbes magazine.
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.