Commtouch (Nasdaq: CTCH) has announced its solution for spam, that is, unsolicited e-mail. The company says that the product, called ASAP! (Anti-Spam Adaptive Protection), offers real-time enterprise protection against spam. According to Commtouch, ASAP! adapts its detection capabilities to recognize and counter costly spam attacks as soon as they are launched over the Internet. ASAP! integrates with Microsoft Exchange Server to pre-emptively block spam. Commtouch quotes Ferris Research as saying that spam cost businesses over $10 billion this year.
ASAP!'s architecture combines an Enterprise Gateway application with a remote Service Center to deliver the benefits of in-house installation and outsourced service in a single solution. The Service Center enables Commtouch to analyze the characteristics of tens of millions of email messages every day, so that a spam attack can be identified and a detection 'signature' created before the attack can reach the corporation. The Enterprise Gateway enables an organization to customize ASAP!'s detection to its needs. Commtouch claims more than 95% detection and effectiveness as well as near-zero false positives, which occur when email is falsely categorized as spam.
"The key to effective spam prevention is a deep understanding of the characteristics and behavior of email and its users," said Commtouch CEO Gideon Mantel. "Users need to feel in control of their mailboxes, and IT needs to feel in control of the mail system. ASAP! satisfies both groups without requiring either to make any change in their normal use of email."
Commtouch is headquartered in Netanya, Israel and its subsidiary, Commtouch Inc., is based in Mountain View, California. The company used to specialize in e-mail solutions as such. Its share, which two years ago was trading at over $60, closed at $0.12 on Nasdaq yesterday.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on March 25, 2003