Trend Micro offers Kelkea-based services
Trend Micro this week announced an anti-spam offering based on the reputation services of Kelkea, which it acquired in June.
Stories by Cara Garretson
E-mail security vendors look beyond spam
With spam blocking becoming a checklist item for network managers, antispam companies are developing complementary features and turning to new ways to deliver their technology with hopes of distinguishing themselves in this heavily crowded market.
Postini to promote reputation services
E-mail security provider Postini last week said it has been awarded a patent covering its approach to identifying threat patterns in IP traffic, underlining the growing popularity of such reputation services to help block spam, viruses and other Internet-borne attacks.
Return Path takes over IronPort's white list service
E-mail security gateway maker IronPort announced Tuesday it has struck a deal for e-mail performance management company Return Path to take over its Bonded Sender white list service.
FrontBridge boosts e-mail disaster recovery feature
E-mail hosting company FrontBridge Technologies Inc. this week updated its disaster recovery service that lets customers continue to send, receive and access e-mail even when their corporate mail servers are down.
RSA Conference spotlights secure messaging
Messaging vendors have flocked to the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week to announce products designed to help enterprises protect themselves from e-mail threats.
Firms bank on identity management
About four years ago, Chief Information Security Officer Denise DeAmore took a hard look at the number of people accessing State Street Bank's applications and told herself there had to be a better way. Keeping tabs on user access had become unmanageable.
Venture investments bounced back in 2004
Venture capitalists invested more money in privately held technology companies during 2004 than in 2003, according to a report released Monday, marking the first year-over-year rise in investments since 2000.
SurfControl turns a trick on phishers
In response to the growing threat that phishing poses to e-mail users, SurfControl plans to upgrade its e-mail filter to catch these attacks, and flag more spam and other abuses.
CipherTrust unveils reputation-based e-mail spam tool
E-mail security vendor CipherTrust Monday announced version 4.1 of its IronMail gateway appliance that includes a reputation-based authentication tool designed to weed out spam by identifying "good" senders.
Brightmail tries to ID spam sources
With the deluge of unwanted e-mails that flow into corporations showing no signs of easing, antispam software maker Brightmail is offering a new service designed to identify IP addresses that send mostly junk mail.
Network, telecom funding drops off
With 2003 marking the lowest venture-capital investment levels for the network and telecom sectors in recent years, these categories could certainly benefit from an increase in corporate IT spending.
Venture funding up, but not for network and telecom
While 2003 ended on a positive note for start-ups in search of venture funding, networking and telecommunications companies continue to lag behind other companies in attracting dollars.
Anti-spam market braces for shakeout
With the onslaught of vendors jumping on the spam-fighting bandwagon, choosing the right anti-spam product can be almost as tedious as wading through an in-box of junk mail. But signs are pointing to a shakeout in the anti-spam market over the next year or two that will eliminate many of today's players.
Vendors bolster antispam packages
More anti-spam vendors are expanding their offerings beyond blocking unwanted e-mail, as FrontBridge Technologies Inc. promotes its disaster-recovery services and MailFrontier Inc. adds fraud protection to its anti-spam software.