MailGate receives coveted 'Recommended' rating by SC Magazine's staff
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tumbleweed(R)
Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: TMWD), an industry leader in managed file
transfer and email security, today announced that its Secure Messenger(TM)
product received a 5-star rating in SC Magazine's Email Security Group
test, and its MailGate(R) product received a "Recommended" rating in
addition to its 5-star rating in SC Magazine's Email Content Management
Group Test.
SC Magazine competitively tested various products in both the Email
Security and Email Content Management Group Test for the June 2008 issue
evaluating the products in six categories: features, ease of use,
performance, documentation, support, and value for its money. Both MailGate
and Secure Messenger products earned five out of five stars in each of the
categories.
SC Magazine reviewers tested Tumbleweed's MailGate product, a
comprehensive, high-performance email security solution in the Email
Content Management Group Test, and found the appliance offers "solid email
protection and management in one device," as well as "a solid content
filter protecting from accidental data leakage." MailGate is also honored
with the June "Recommended" rating by the SC Magazine review staff for
being "quick out of the gate," and as a product that is "well worth your
attention."
In addition, Tumbleweed's Secure Messenger, a policy-based, secure
message delivery product, also achieved a 5-star rating in the Email
Security Group Test. Secure Messenger's "powerful content and identity
filtering capabilities and a multitude of standards-based encryption
options will help support most organizations' administrative and policy
needs," according to the article. SC Magazine specifically recognizes
Tumbleweed's support portal site as "top notch," and also "represents a
fantastic value given the feature set."
"The SC Magazine product reviews are consistent with what our customers
have already been saying about our email security products -- time and
again, they tell us that MailGate and Secure Messenger are exceptional
products," said Jim Scullion, chief executive officer at Tumbleweed. "Our
products help organizations conquer and move beyond traditional inbound
protection, providing comprehensive content management capabilities that
protect business-critical communications and prevent data loss. We are
setting a new bar for email security."
Tumbleweed's email security products have been consistently recognized
for excellence and performance. In November, Tumbleweed was positioned in
the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Email Encryption,
2007."(1) According to the analyst firm, "leaders" are vendors who are
performing well today, have a clear vision of the market direction, and are
actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the
market. The report stated, "One growth trend in the e-mail encryption
market has been through data loss prevention (DLP) projects. Companies that
invested in DLP initially monitored traffic for policy violations or to
understand how their businesses used sensitive data. However, as soon as
companies turn to an enforcement mode, e-mail encryption becomes an
important mechanism for allowing the transmit of sensitive data."
SC Magazine's Email Content Management Group Test with Tumbleweed's
MailGate appears here:
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Tumbleweed-Communications-MailGate/Review/2419/
SC Magazine's Email Security Group Test with Tumbleweed's Secure
Messenger appears here:
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Tumbleweed-Secure-Messenger-63/Review/2403/
(1) Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for E-Mail Encryption, 2007" by Eric
Ouellet and Arabella Hallawell, November 8, 2007
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
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About Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: TMWD), an industry leader in
managed file transfer, email security and identity validation, provides
enterprise-class solutions to organizations of all sizes. Tumbleweed's
innovative products enable organizations to effectively manage and protect
business-critical Internet communications, with capabilities that span
secure file transfer, encryption, data loss prevention, and email security.
Tumbleweed has more than 3,200 customers worldwide, including blue-chip
companies across an array of industries such as Technology, Retail,
Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods, Telecom,
Energy, and the U.S. Government. The world's most security conscious
organizations rely upon Tumbleweed technology including Bank of America
Securities, JP Morgan Chase & Co., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
and the U.S. Department of Defense. Our award-winning products build on 15
years of R&D and 29 security patents in the U.S. alone -- many of which are
licensed by other security vendors. More information can be found at
http://www.tumbleweed.com.
Tumbleweed, Secure Messenger and MailGate are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Tumbleweed Communications Corp. in the United
States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
About the Magic Quadrant
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Inc., and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical
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vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not
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Press contact:
Dan Gould
SHIFT Communications for Tumbleweed
(415) 591-8428
dgould@shiftcomm.com
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