Crossbeam partners with Sophos

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Crossbeam Systems and href="http://dqchannels.ciol.com/content/reselleralert/110061506.asp">Sophos
announced
a strategic partnership that delivers high-performance

e-mail security to large enterprises
and service providers. Crossbeam's X-Series platform customers now
have the ability to run Sophos's e-mail security gateway software,
Sophos PureMessage, to proactively protect users against the growing
volume and sophistication of spam, malware, phishing, and other
e-mail-borne threats.

Sophos joins a list of leading security
vendors, whose software is certified to run on the X-Series,
including Check Point, IBM, Imperva, Sourcefire, Trend Micro and
Websense.

“In 2010, businesses will have to
improve their defenses by improving outbound spam detection and
e-mail throttling policy options, as well as improving effectiveness
against highly targeted phishing attacks,” said Peter Firstbrook,
Research Director, Gartner, in the recent research note, 'A Buyers
Guide to Secure E-Mail Gateways.'

“Crossbeam has a proven track record
for delivering high-end security virtualization platforms that give
large customers the best of both worlds-solid adaptable software
and hardware platforms, and the ability to select their preferred
security technologies that are most suited for their requirements,
environment, and future plans,” said Steve Munford, CEO, Sophos.
“By certifying and delivering Sophos PureMessage on Crossbeam's
X-Series, we're further extending our reach into these key market
segments with an experienced and trusted partner.”

Crossbeam's X-Series platform
virtualizes the delivery of some of the industry's most recognized
security applications, enabling customers to consolidate up to 50
security appliances and network devices onto a single, carrier-class
chassis. The X-Series delivers high-performance, low-latency security
at the industry's lowest total cost to operate-up to 70 percent
lower than competitors-and provides the scalability, adaptability,
and built-in redundancy to reliably manage traffic as security and
network demands change. More than 900 leading enterprises and service
providers-including 10 of the top 11 carriers worldwide-rely on
Crossbeam for security services delivery.

Scanning all inbound, outbound, and
internal e-mail, Sophos PureMessage blocks more than 97 percent of
spam at the connection level with Sender Genotype Technology and
defends companies from the latest malicious, Web-based attacks with
live anti-spam real-time updates. Sophos's e-mail security also
guards against targeted malware threats with Sophos's unique
real-time Behavioral Genotype. All proactive intelligence within
Sophos PureMessage is backed by SophosLabs.

“Sophos is an important addition to
Crossbeam's portfolio of best-of-breed security partners,” said
Michael Ruffolo, President and CEO, Crossbeam. “The challenge of
managing a growing volume of messages while protecting users is
increasingly difficult, particularly in complex, latency-sensitive
network environments. Now, our joint customers can leverage all the
management, cost-savings, and performance benefits of the X-Series
platform to deploy a best-in-class solution for stopping spam,
phishing, malware, and data loss.”