IronPort Systems(TM) Announces Expanded Partnership to Stop Spam and Viruses

IronPort Systems(TM) Announces Expanded Partnership to Stop Spam and Viruses 4-Year Premiere Partnership With Symantec Enables Enterprises Worldwide to Ensure the Highest Levels of Protection With Industry Leading, Best-of-Breed Technology SAN BRUNO, Calif., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- IronPort Systems, the market share leader in email security, today announced an expanded relationship with Symantec Corporation to combat spam, viruses, and all email security threats. IronPort Systems and Symantec Corporation have agreed to a 4-year OEM relationship that will allow customers worldwide to deploy either or both of Symantec's award winning Brightmail AntiSpam engine and Symantec AntiVirus engine on the industry leading IronPort C-Series email security appliances. "We are pleased to be working with an industry leader like Symantec," said Scott Weiss, Chief Executive Officer of IronPort Systems. "This agreement means that the world's largest ISPs and corporations can rely on IronPort and Symantec for industrial strength email security for years to come." "The combination of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam and IronPort and is a proven performer in the market," said Enrique Salem, Senior Vice President, Network and Gateway Security Solutions at Symantec. "Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam has won numerous product reviews and analyst endorsements, and has been widely deployed on the IronPort platform globally. This expanded, multi-year agreement will also introduce the Symantec AntiVirus engine on the IronPort appliance allowing enterprises large and small to access best-of-breed technology to protect their email systems." IronPort has developed the world's most powerful email security appliance. In use at 6 of the 10 largest ISPs and hundreds of the largest corporations in the world, the IronPort appliance received the highest overall ranking in email security by META Group. IronPort appliances are powered by AsyncOS, IronPort's high performance operating system optimized for perimeter security. In addition, IronPort's unique Reputation Filters and Virus Outbreak Filters are the perfect compliment to the Symantec security engines. The IronPort email security appliance with Brightmail AntiSpam engine is immediately available. The IronPort appliance with the Symantec AntiVirus engine is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2005. More information on the IronPort C-Series email security appliances can be found at www.ironport.com. More information on the Symantec security products can be found at www.symantec.com. ABOUT IRONPORT SYSTEMS IronPort Systems is the leading email security provider for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000. The company has developed a family of email security appliances, the IronPort C-Series(TM), that offer breakthrough performance, unprecedented ease of use and reduced total cost of ownership. IronPort is driving new standards and providing innovative products for those faced with the monumental task of managing, protecting, and growing mission-critical email systems. For more information on IronPort products and services, visit: http://www.ironport.com/ . Source: IronPort Systems CONTACT: LIZ LANDIS of IRONPORT SYSTEMS, +1-415-828-4801, or LLANDIS@IRONPORT.COM; or Brooke Chilen of bite communications, +1-415-365-0397, or Brooke.Chilen@bitepr.com, for IronPort Systems Web site: http://www.symantec.com/ Web site: http://www.ironport.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment