Sybari s NewProducts Deliver Advanced Protection And Anti-spam Component For Exchange 2003 Users
East Northport, NY (Oct 21, 2003) Sybari Software, Inc., Sybari Software, Inc., the authority in secure messaging and collaboration, today announced the availability of Antigen 7.5 for Microsoft Exchange, the Sybari Spam Manager and Antigen for SMTP Gateways. Antigen 7.5 for Exchange and the Sybari Spam Manager will be compatible with all versions of Exchange and will support Exchange 2003. All three products incorporate a number of critical, customer-driven functional enhancements including the ability to filter unwanted e-mail, such as Spam, scan e-mail at the SMTP Gateway, and enhancements to the Antigen Central Manager (ACM).
At Sybari we realize that protecting users and servers from viruses, malicious code, and Spam, is essential to maintain server uptime and increased productivity, said Tom Buoniello, vice president of product management for Sybari Software, Inc. With our enhanced Antigen product line, and the new anti-spam component, Exchange 2003 users can extend Antigen s intuitive, unparalleled protection to their organizations most critical servers.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, the next major release following Exchange 2000, boosts information worker productivity through ubiquitous access to business-critical messaging and calendaring information, as well as enhancements in security, manageability, availability and reliability to help further drive down TCO.
Sybari has once again proven its commitment to Microsoft s platforms with Antigen 7.5 for Exchange and the Sybari Spam Manager and Antigen for SMTP Gateways, said Kevin McCuistion, director of marketing for Exchange at Microsoft Corp. Sybari s knowledge of our messaging and collaboration platforms enables the company to continue to provide our users with robust solutions for minimizing the impact of e-mail viruses and spam messages entering our customers messaging environments.
Antigen is a server-level antivirus solution that protects Exchange Server 2003, Exchange 2000, and Exchange 5.5, delivering multiple virus scan engine support with five of the leading scan engine technologies. The multiple scan engine manager is available for all Antigen scan jobs and allows administrators to customize and configure a variety of settings and options at each level. Antigen for Microsoft Exchange includes two robust content management features: Antigen File Filtering (AFF) and Content Management message filtering by sender, domain, and subject line. AFF enables administrators to proactively filter e-mail based on several filters including attachment filename, wildcards, file type, and file size. Content Management filters allow administrators to filter messages based on subject line content and/or the Sender/Domain. Antigen also includes Antigen Worm Purge , a proactive safeguard tool that allows network administrators to prevent the overload of virus-generated messages churned out when worm viruses are unleashed in an environment. Worm Purge deletes messages containing worm viruses in their entirety and prevents new worm threats from spreading.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Antigen is available for Microsoft products including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003. The Sybari Spam Manager is currently available for all versions of Antigen. The suggested retail price for Antigen, to protect 250 users within an organization, is $5,750.00 with a two-year renewable license (prices are quoted in US dollars, for local pricing please contact your local Sybari office). Discounted pricing is available based on volume. The Sybari Spam Manager is available as an optional component for an additional per user cost. For product “trade-up” from vendors such as Network Associates (NYSE: NET), Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC), and Trend Micro (NASDAQ:TMIC), Sybari offer’s additional pricing and support options. For more information on Antigen and its award-winning features, contact Sybari at info@sybari.com or download an evaluation copy at www.sybari.com.
ABOUT SYBARI
Since 1995, Sybari has led the market in providing innovative solutions that protect leading messaging and collaboration environments from viruses and security threats. Today over 8 million messaging and collaboration platform users are virus and spam free as a direct result of Sybari’s flagship Antigen technology. Sybari’s Antigen is unsurpassed in providing protection of critical messaging environments, and its unique architecture institutes a preemptive line of defense from viruses and malicious code. As messaging and collaboration systems advance so do the threats plaguing them, leading Sybari to establish a set of enterprise level anti-spam tools to further secure corporate networks. Antigen and Sybari solutions for Microsoft Exchange, Antigen for SharePoint Portal Server, and Antigen for Lotus Domino are distributed in more than 50 countries via Sybari’s worldwide locations and distribution network. Sybari is headquartered in East Northport, New York with an EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and additional offices in Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Dubai, Singapore, Australia, and Japan. Sybari s clients include Amazon.com, HP, Con Edison, Dell, Deloitte & Touche, Eastman Chemical, Getronics, JD Power, London Underground, Lufthansa, Mayo Foundation, Merrill Lynch, Nortel, Pirelli, Reckitt Benckiser, Sony, Superdrug, ConocoPhillips, US Federal Government, and Visa. Sybari s many strategic partners include Lotus Development (NYSE:IBM), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Commtouch (NASDAQ: CTCH), Dell Computer Corporation (NASDAQ: DELL), IMLogic, Inc., Computer Associates (NYSE:CA), HP (NYSE:HPQ), Kaspersky Labs, Sophos, Inc., Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) and Norman Data Defense Systems (Oslo Bors: NOR).