Email Anti Spam And Virus Protection For Businesses - There Is Hope
By John Tourloukis
With anti spam vendors offering minimal cost licensing, businesses can now afford advanced email spam and pathogen protection with a straightforward simple to use interface at a significantly lower cost. The great thing about technology is that as it develops it becomes quicker, extra features and cheap. Over the last few years the same evolution has taken place with anti spam technology and services. Largely this is assigned to the opensource software community plus enterprising companies augmenting the capacities of this software and packaging it into easy to use anti spam appliances.

it's not practical to have anti spam software running on desktops in a networked business environment. Handling all employee junk email software at the desktop isn't practical. It can be a nightmare and costly in terms time and licensing.

Spam appliances sit in front of your email server so that when email comes in it'll first go to the spam appliance and the e-mail will be scanned for spam as well as viruses. The filter will block the message if it identified as know spam. If the filter isn't sure if the e-mail is real it'll quarantine and hold the email at the filter and it will be stored until the recipient deletes it, releases it to their email box, or they can white list a trustworthy correspondent so that future emails will not be held back. This will greatly scale back the load on your email server and scale back your bandwidth wants. We have seen anti spam systems block up to 83% of incoming messages. This can help extend the life of your e-mail server and push back the need for upgraded capacity.

Most pathogen outbreaks happen thru e-mail and for small cost an appliance can block viruses before they reach your network and user's inboxes. This provides an extra layer of defense as well as your current anti virus solution.

businesses have two options if they use an appliance based solution for their spam and virus control. They can buy and administer their own filter. This is a good option if you've a enormous number of employee mailboxes to guard and the technical staff to administer the spam appliance. Companies also have the option to outsource their spam control as a hosted service. This is a good choice for smaller firms and if information technology isn't your specialty.

If you purchase your own spam filter, a subscription to updates might also be needed. Ensure you get upfront pricing for the add-ons that you'll need. If you've got more than 100 email users and the technical staff to maintain the spam appliance, buying your own filter could be your best option. Generally the basic model will work for most setups. Large organizations with thousands of users will require a spam filter appliance with increases capacity and features. Spam appliances are designed to work with all mail systems but some do have precise enhancements for Exchange server Microsoft's preferred partnership software and mail servers that support LDAP ( light weight index access custom ). Spam appliances use the LDAP custom to determine recipients before delivering messages to your e-mail server, this avoids consuming server resources.

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The Kansas Bioscience Authority on Tuesday approved about $1.7 million in investments to help local entities with construction projects and personnel.
HITT to build GSA data center
Falls Church-based HITT Contracting Inc. will design and build a $62 million, 110,000-square-foot data center for the General Services Administration.
Convergys, Mexican supplier ink agreement
Convergys Corp. said Tuesday it signed a deal with Sonda, an IT services provider, to market several Convergys software products in Mexico. (CVG)
Austin game startup releases Web plug-in
An Austin Web game start-up today unveiled a browser plug-in meant optimize game play through Facebook, Myspace and other social media.
Cisco touts new higher capacity routing system
Cisco Systems Inc.'s big announcement Tuesday turned out to be about a new routing system that it says will "serve as the foundation of the next generation Internet." (CSCO) (T) (GOOG) (VZ)
General Dynamics updates FAA phone network
The information technology division of Falls Church-based General Dynamics Corp. has been hired to move the Federal Aviation Administration from its old phone network system to a new one. (GD)
Netezza details bonus targets for execs
Roughly a week after <a href=" http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2010/03/01/daily31.html ">predicting 20 percent revenue growth</a> for the current fiscal year, network equipment maker and services provider Netezza Corp. has set hefty executive bonus targets that largely hinge on the company's top-line expansion. (NZ)
FMC Technologies scores another Statoil contract
FMC Technologies Inc. has won its second contract in two months from Statoil ASA. (FTI)
SAIC gets $21M biomass contract
McLean-based Science Applications International Corp. will help the Department of Energy keep an eye on biomass projects that the agency is helping to fund. (SAI)
Austin's WebWars now Electric Bat Interactive
Austin game maker WebWars LLC changed its name to Electric Bat Interactive LLC to reflect plans to diversify, officials said today.
II-VI withdraws acquisition bid for Zygo
After two months of volleying, II-VI Inc. is withdrawing its proposal to acquire Middlefield, Conn.-based <a href="http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2010/02/15/daily14.html" target="_blank">Zygo Corp, after the company rejected the offer</a>. (IIVI) (ZIGO)
EA to publish 38 Studios' first video game
Electronic Arts Inc. on Tuesday announced an agreement with 38 Studios LLC to publish the company’s first video game. (ERTS)
Venture deals plummet for mobile firms
Venture capital investments in mobile technology companies fell precipitously in 2009, according to a new report issued this week by the industry group Mobile Monday Boston. According to the report, investors put $ 338.65 million into mobile startups in 2009, down 40 percent from 2008’s total of $565.28 million.
Glycos Biotechnologies has success at pilot plant
Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. is moving closer to worldwide commercialization of its microbial technology.
UK software firm makes Houston new U.S. headquarters
British firm Active Navigation Ltd. has tapped Houston and Reston, Va., to serve as the locations of its new U.S. headquarters.
Bexar County JP Courts going all electronic
The Bexar County Justice of the Peace Courts have implemented an automated case management, scheduling and document filing system that is designed to improve staff productivity and streamline workflow.
Austin enters bidding for Google's Internet pilot
Austin entered the race to become Google Inc.'s first test city for a super-fast fiber Internet network.
Raytheon space and airborne president dies at 55
Defense contractor Raytheon Co. said Jon C. Jones, the president of its space and airborne systems division, died this past weekend of an apparent heart attack. He was 55. (RTN)
Intevac gets $18M purchase order
Intevac Inc. said Tuesday that its photonics business received a multi-year, $18 million purchasing agreement for its digital night vision module. (IVAC)
SiBEAM raises $36.5M in 4th round
Fabless semiconductor company SiBEAM Inc. said Tuesday it closed a fourth round of funding with $36.5 million. (CSCO)
HP Slate counters iPad ad, with Flash
A day after Apple Inc. debuted<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiUs8HQu_1o" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiUs8HQu_1o">its first iPad ad during the Oscars,</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiUs8HQu_1o"> </a>Hewlett-Packard Co. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3MSjwUrxT0" target="_blank">has rolled out an ad for its Slate tablet computer.</a>
Harris, Jotron pursuing $200M contract
Harris Corp. and Jotron AS are partnering to pursue a five-year, $200 million Federal Aviation Administration contract for next-generation radios. (HRS)
HomeAway buys another vacation site
Less than a week after buying an Austin-based competitor, HomeAway Inc. today breached the South American market for the first time, acquiring a Brazilian vacation rental site.
Adobe co-founder Charles Geschke gets USF chair
Adobe Systems Inc. co-founder Charles Geschke has been appointed to a newly created endowed "Chair of Entrepreneurship" at the University of San Francisco's School of Business and Professional Studies. (ADBE)
Golden State officials say new nonprofit Cal eConnect will oversee HIE exchange
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Kim Belshé said late Monday the state is naming a new nonprofit entity called Cal eConnect to oversee the development of Health Information Exchange services in the Golden State.
YTB names Saunders to board, boosts Van Patten’s pay
YTB International Inc.’s board of directors appointed Burt Saunders as a director, as well as to the board’s investment committee, the company said in a regulatory filing Monday.
Savvis interim CEO takes post permanently
Savvis Inc. said Monday that its Chairman James Ousley, who’s been serving as interim CEO, will serve as its chief executive, and its board has ended its search for a new CEO.
Calix Networks hopes to raise up to $53.1M in IPO
Calix Networks Inc. said Monday it now hopes to raise from $42.5 million to $53.1 million in an initial public offering.
Qwest expanding high-speed Internet through Phoenix, Tucson
Qwest Communications International Inc. is expanding its newest version of high-speed Internet to areas of the Phoenix and Tucson metros, the company announced Monday. (Q)
CombinatoRx pays execs on drug's success
Drug developer CombinatoRx Inc. said Monday it will pay its new CEO an annual salary of $450,000 and dole out $325,000 in cash bonuses to several senior executives following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of its pain drug Exalgo.
Charter, One Economy to provide free Internet to 1,000 St. Louis families
Charter Communications plans to partner with nonprofit One Economy on a pilot program to provide up to 1,000 St. Louis area households with free Internet service, training and affordable technology.
Sun exec named technology chief at The Armada Group
Technology consulting group The Armada Group on Monday named Vasanthan Dasan chief technology officer and executive vice president of engineering.
Mako Surgical boosts revenue 817%
Mako Surgical Corp.’s revenue surged 817 percent as it narrowed its losses. (MAKO)
WTA retains Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson, which is <a href="http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/11/16/daily48.html" target="_blank">moving its North American headquarters to Atlanta</a>, will remain the WTA Tour’s lead financial backer but will drop its title sponsorship of the tour under terms of a new deal that stretches through 2012.
QuinStreet signs lease with a year's free rent in Foster City
QuinStreet Inc., a provider of online marketing and media services, is moving its headquarters to an new office in the same city.
Atlantic Marine nabs Navy overhaul pact
Atlantic Marine Philadelphia LLC has received a nearly $12.8 million contract that could be worth almost $15.5 million if all the options on it are exercised, the Defense Department said.
Exelixis to cut 270 employees
Exelixis Inc. said Monday it will cut 270 employees -- or about 40 percent -- from its work force in a restructuring. (EXEL)
Google seen testing TV program search
Google Inc. is reportedly working on a new service with Dish Network Corp. that searches for TV programs.
Starkey Labs partners with SpongeBob
Starkey Laboratories Inc. has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Nickelodeon &amp; Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) to launch co-branded pediatric hearing aids.
HealthCentral promotes Sastry Nanduri to CTO
Arlington-based The HealthCentral Network Inc. has named Sastry Nanduri chief technical officer.
AT&T launches new campaign on dangers of texting while driving
Wireless telecommunications giant AT&amp;T Inc. has launched a new campaign to warn cell phone users about the dangers of texting while driving. (T)
Northrop officially bows out of 'tanker war'
Northrop Grumman Corp. will not submit a bid for the controversial KC-X U.S. Air Force refueling tanker contract, the company said Monday while still maintaining that its would-be entry was "the best value for the military and taxpayer."
Rcadia Medical wins EU approval for coronary system
Rcadia Medical Imaging Ltd. has won European regulatory approval for its technology to detect coronary-artery disease using a coronary CT scan.
Associated Builders and Contractors hands out awards
The Kentuckiana Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. recently handed out its 2009 Building America Construction Awards of Excellence.
Northrop won't fight Boeing for tanker contract
Northrop Grumman announced Monday that it will not compete for the long-contested, $35 billion Air Force air tanker contract. (BA) (NOC)
Lineup set for W-S Tech Briefing
The Ninth Annual Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce Technology Briefing will introduce ten promising technology firms from a variety of industry niches ranging from regenerative medicine to information security, according to an announcement from the chamber.
Acetylon licenses drug platform from Harvard, Dana-Farber
Acetylon Pharmaceuticals Inc. has licensed a drug discovery platform and a group of enzyme inhibitors from Harvard University and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
UTSA opens New Venture Incubator on campus
The University of Texas at San Antonio has opened a new facility on campus that will offer office and laboratory space to technology entrepreneurs as a way to help them grow their companies.
Penn National finalizes deal for Beulah Park
Penn National Gaming Inc. wants to establish another foothold in the Central Ohio gambling market with the purchase of Beulah Park racetrack in Grove City. (PENN)
Postabon launches venture capital round
Postabon Ic., a developer of software that identifies local shopping deals for consumers, has raised $1 million of a planned $1.5 million round of venture capital, according to regulatory filings.
Gowalla goes Android, Palm
Austin-based social networking developer Gowalla Inc. released this week an Android- and Palm-optimized version of its mobile site.
Sony launches first-ever Facebook game
Sony Online Entertainment LLC, which operates an Austin development office, launched its first-ever Facebook Inc. game, officials said today.
AirStrip appoints new executive to oversee risk management
AirStrip Technologies LP has hired a former analyst with the Harvard Risk Management Foundation to become its newest executive.
DeltaPoint wins $170K at Angel Oregon
DeltaPoint Inc. emerged as the big winner in this year’s annual Angel Oregon event hosted by the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network.
Bernstein cuts estimate for Fifth Third
Bernstein Research has cut its 2010 earnings estimate for Fifth Third Bancorp. (FITB)
Round Rock wants to be Google test market for super high speed service
Round Rock could be the first to test a new Google Inc. broadband communications network.
Microchip Technology again ups offer for SST
Microchip Technology Inc. is upping its offer again to purchase Silicon Storage Technology Inc., this time nearing $300 million, to fend off another bidder.
SolarCity opens new office as it expands local efforts
SolarCity has moved into expanded facilities in Phoenix as the system installer prepares to step up work.
Parametric reelects directors, hires PricewaterhouseCoopers
Parametric Technology Corp. said shareholders last week reelected directors Paul A. Lacy, Michael E. Porter and Robert P. Schechter to the company’s board, while also endorsing a slate of compensation- and auditing-related measures.
Taser marks first deal for evidence system
Taser International Inc. has sold its first computerized system for evidence collection and storage in the U.S. to a South Dakota police department.
Ciena to sell $250M in bonds to help cover cost of Nortel deal
Ciena Corp. is raising $250 million in bonds to help pay for its $769 million purchase of part of Nortel Networks. (CIEN)
BigPoint subsidiary opens in San Francisco
BigPoint, a fast growing German online gaming company that is partly owned by a GE/NBC Universal venture fund, is opening a San Francisco subsidiary that executives say could employ nearly 40 people by the end of the year.
Scottsdale wants to be Google test market for super high speed service
Scottsdale could be in line for a new super high-speed broadband communications network being developed by Google Inc.
Sonus exec lines up big stock sale
Sonus Networks Inc. said Mohammed Shanableh, its vice president of worldwide sales, has taken steps to incrementally sell up to 456,570 shares of his common stock — virtually his entire stake in the telecommunications-technology company, according to regulatory filings.
Moe’s welcomes Radiant to the fold
Radiant Systems Inc. has expanded its relationship with Atlanta-based FOCUS Brands, adding Radiant point-of-sale terminals and software to Moe’s Southwest Grill restaurants. (RADS)
Tilera raises $25M in 3rd funding round
Tilera Corp. said Monday it closed a third round of funding with $25 million.
Ebix profit rises 42% to record level
Ebix Inc. had a record year for earnings in 2009, propelled by a nearly 31 percent revenue spike.
DataXu lands $11M round of venture money
DataXu Inc., a developer of online advertising-analytics software, has raised $11 million in venture capital.
Innovalight names Michael Johnson CFO
Innovalight Inc., which sells silicon ink-based solar cell materials and technology, on Monday named Michael Johnson chief financial officer.
ThermalTherapeutics device receives FDA clearance
ThermalTherapeutic Systems Inc., Pittsburgh, said Monday that it has received FDA clearance to market its VERATHERM Portable Hyperthermic Perfusion System. The small, lightweight, portable device heats and circulates warm, sterile fluids used in a number of medical procedures.
Phoenix Technologies names interim CFO
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. on Monday named Robert Andersen interim chief financial officer. (PTEC)
Digital Chocolate launches NanoTowns on Facebook
Digital Chocolate Inc. said Monday it launched NanoTowns on social networking site Facebook Inc.
RF Micro projects 41% growth
RF Micro Devices expects to generate quarterly revenue of $240 million to $245 million in the current quarter, according to an update the company provided for financial analysts.
Microchip Technology ups offer for SST
Microchip Technology Inc. said Monday it increased its offer to buy Silicon Storage Technology Inc. from $3 per share to $3.05 per share. (MCHP) (SSTI)
Applied Materials plans $2B stock repurchase
Applied Materials Inc. said Monday it plans to repurchase another $2 billion of its stock. (AMAT)
Oudin inks Virgin Mobile endorsement
Melanie Oudin, the surprising 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinalist from Marietta, Ga., has agreed to an endorsement deal with cellular phone service provider Virgin Mobile. (AAI)
Neurometrix locks up credit facility
Medical device developer Neurometrix Inc. has secured a $7.5 million line of credit with Comerica Bank.
TiVo Q4 loss widens to $10.2M
TiVo Inc. on Monday reported a fourth quarter loss of $10.2 million, or 9 cents a share, widened from a loss in the same period last year of $3.5 million, or 4 cents a share. (TIVO) (DISH) (SATS)
Harris Corp. gets $10.7M Navy order
Harris Corp. has received a $10.7 million follow-on order from the U.S. Navy for 23 shipboard terminals to help sailors stay better connected to their families and handle routine activities online. (HRS)
Energy: Power play advantage?
The Capital Region is in the race for a better energy source.
Energy: Will ‘green battery’ market lose its charge when stimulus runs dry?
The green battery and fuel-cell market has a money problem. There’s not enough to go around, even with a $2.4 billion boost from the federal stimulus package.
Social media grows as messenger in Triangle
RALEIGH – When snowstorms hit the Triangle in January, emergency room doctors at WakeMed Health &amp; Hospitals noticed a spike in sled-related injuries. So in the interest of safety, the hospital got out a precautionary notice, not by press release but via social media.
AT&T illegally collecting tax, users claim
DURHAM – Mobile phone customers who turn to their devices for data-intensive services such as video and Internet access have watched their monthly bills creep higher and higher as new services usher in additional fees.
Healthier Qwest ready to pay off $3.5B in debt
Less revenue. Fewer employees. Decreasing numbers of phone lines. (Q)
Liberty Media grabbing control of satellite radio companies
Liberty Media Corp. is on the verge of controlling the assets of a second satellite radio company — this one with a global reach — one year after rescuing Sirius XM, the U.S.’s sole satellite radio provider. (LCAPA) (DISH)
Austin home to three new online business directories; field getting crowded
It’s been 15 years since online search directory Citysearch was founded, but entrepreneurs haven’t given up on tweaking the concept to develop the newest and latest versions.
Area cities race for Google’s speedy Internet plan
California’s Google Inc. has created a new gold rush — not for the mineral resources of the Golden State, but for a limited number of planned super-high-speed Internet connections that would be 200 times faster than the average connection in the United States.
ADT to take Lockheed unit’s voice technologies to market
A King of Prussia unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. has selected a Plymouth Meeting company to help it market technology that could ease congestion on cell-phone networks and improve call quality.
Intuit co-founder Tom Proulx quickens pulse with health club tech
Tom Proulx remembers when he co-founded financial software giant Intuit in 1983. Times were tight: For nine months, staff worked with no paychecks. Now the company’s worth $10 billion.
Counter strike: Fearing attacks, businesses boost cyber security
A few years ago, 4 percent of etransmedia’s IT staff worked network security. Today, it’s 20 percent, and the number of people devoted solely to security issues will grow 15 to 20 percent over the next few years.
Local tech company offering college sports SuperFan app
A Jacksonville mobile application publisher said it’s building the first officially licensed college sports applications for more than 80 universities to bring custom mobile sports applications to iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices.
GlobalFoundries’ successful year includes acquisition, construction
GlobalFoundries battled through a tumultuous first year in which it acquired a competitor, partnered with computer-chip designers and began building a $4.2 billion chip plant in Saratoga County.
Alpha & Omega translation company adds online interpreter service
A Shawnee company is teaming up with a West Coast software developer to provide online interpreters for Kansas City-area hospitals and courts.
Sacramento cyber security firm extends contract with DHS
A local cyber security firm has landed a $225,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to help detect computer hackers.
Stimulus funds available to help health providers pay for switch to electronic records
CommuniCare Health Centers plans to go live with an electronic health records system in June, but the network of safety-net clinics has questions about the massive undertaking and projected $1 million cost.
Vault of inventions takes key role in recent deals involving Seattle tech firms
A recent flurry of deals and disputes involving Seattle-area companies is drawing attention to the growing role of patents in brokering peace and establishing battle lines in the technology industry.
TECH WRECK PACKAGE: 10 Years after the tech and telecom bubble in North Texas
It was almost surreal. Signing bonuses worth thousands of dollars, new-car giveaways for employee referrals, landlords taking stock options in lieu of office rent — and venture capitalists throwing millions of dollars at nothing more than someone’s bright ideas.

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