BLOXX HELPS BIG YELLOW CONTAIN WEB ACCESS

...Big Yellow Implements Bloxx Web Filtering Technology to Manage its Employees Access to Social Networking Sites...

Bloxx, the enterprise web filtering specialist, today announced that Big Yellow has deployed its web filtering technology to prevent employees’ excessive use of non-work related websites during working hours.

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News release: Ipswitch Announces Spam Has Risen for Sixth Quarter In A Row

...96.4% of Email is Now Spam Reveals Messaging Expert...

Ipswitch Inc., a leading developer of network monitoring, messaging and managed file transfer solutions, today announced the result of its ninth Spamometer survey, revealing that 96.4% of all email received is spam, the highest rate since recording began. This compares with 95% the previous quarter and only 84% over the same period last year. The biggest category of spam – Finance – accounts for 41% of all messages received in an email inbox; a quarter of spam emails were categorised as Medication; with Pornographic emails accounting for 21%. The rise in financial spam mirrors the current worrying trend for emails requesting recipients to call up illegitimate call centres and pass over personal financial information known as ‘Vishing’. Ipswitch’s research also found that spam from botnets accounted for 72% of all spam generated.

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News Release: TallyGenicom Introduces Its Flagship Mono Laser Printer

...Feature rich 9050 model designed to ease administrative headaches...

TallyGenicom, a leading provider of focussed business printers, today introduced the launch of its flagship mono laser printer, the 9050. The 9050 is equipped with a powerful 533Mhz processor incorporating Intelliprint Architecture, the 9050 has 256Mb of memory to deal with the most demanding jobs in the office. Capable of achieving print speeds of up to 50 pages per minute, the 9050 will be the foundation of a busy corporate office.

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Press Release: Exosect Launches Exosex CM In Belgium To Assist Fruit Growers In Lowering Use Of Insecticides

...Belgian Apple and Pear Growers To Benefit From Innovative Active Mating Disruption Technology...

Exosect, a leading provider of Intelligent Pest Management solutions based in Winchester, today announced that its Exosex CM active mating disruption technology has been registered for commercial use in Belgium. Following successful launches in the UK, US and most recently in South Africa and New Zealand, Exosect is expanding across Europe with the launch of Exosex CM now in Belgium where it will be marketed under the trade name Exomone C.

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Press Release: Xenos Announces £2 Million Contract

...Provides Multi-channel Report Delivery and Online Statement Presentment...

Xenos Group today announced the signing of a three-year licence renewal for its Xenos infoWEB™ product with its largest customer, a major international consumer products company. The contract is valued at a minimum of £2 million spread equally over the next 36 months. This represents a 30% increase in the value of the contract over the previous three-year term.

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Press Release: Exosect Joins The IBMA Task Force

...Exosect a member of the worldwide organisation for biological crop protection, sustainable soil management, animal health and public hygiene puts efforts behind registration initiative...

Exosect, a leading provider of Intelligent Pest Management solutions, today announced that it has become a member of The International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) SCLP Registration Task Force. IBMA is the worldwide association of biocontrol industries producing micro organisms, macro organisms, semiochemicals (including pheromones) and natural pesticides for plant protection and public health.

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MCC Takes Campaign To The Extreme

MCC is proud to announce that it has increased new client Extreme Networks’ press coverage by 12.2% since taking over its media campaign last October. The latest independent Networking Industry Report by Apollo Research shows that Extreme Networks is now the second most talked about networking vendor in the UK press, gaining as much coverage as 3Com, Nortel and Enterasys combined in the last quarter.

Jan Hof of Extreme Networks comments: "After deciding to part with our long-running incumbent PR agency, we auditioned four new agencies from across the spectrum of UK tech PR. With MCC International we immediately found what I would call a 'cultural click'. They immediately understood what we needed to achieve, and we realised very quickly that they had the credentials and staff in place to deliver the goods."

Press Release: Kaspersky Lab Expands Endpoint Security Portfolio With Hosted Security Services

...Kaspersky® Hosted Security Services Prevent Malicious Content From Reaching The Corporate Network. Guaranteed 95% Minimum Spam Detection Rate...

Kaspersky Lab, a leading provider of security solutions that protect against viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, crimeware, rootkits, phishing, hacker attacks and spam, today announced the availability of Kaspersky® Hosted Security Services. Performance of these new services are guaranteed by Service Level Agreements to eliminate current and future threats carried via email, before they are able to infiltrate the corporate network.

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News Release: The Anvil Group To Unveil New TRIS at Business Travel Show

...Crisis Avoidance Specialist Part of CSR Showcase...

The Anvil Group, a specialist in crisis avoidance services, today announced that it is exhibiting at the Business Travel Show from the 5th through to 7th of February at Earls Court, London. On its stand 447, The Anvil Group will be launching a new version of its popular Travel Risk Intelligence System (TRIS) and will be demonstrating its Employee Travel Monitoring System (ETMS).

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Press release: Ipswitch, Inc. Announces Record Breaking Year

...Revenue Grows by 12% Internationally Thanks to Launch of Updated Product Portfolio and Best of Breed Local Channel Representation...

Ipswitch, Inc., a leading developer of network monitoring, messaging and secure managed file transfer solutions, today announced that revenue increased by 12% year on year in 2007; to the highest level in its 16 year history. Revenue figures were buoyed by a 26% sales growth in its flagship network monitoring product WhatsUp Gold, along with new versions of the world’s most popular FTP solution WS_FTP Server and Ipswitch’s messaging solution IMail.

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News Release: Over Half Of UK Businesses Now Utilise IP Telephony

...Survey Highlights Ignorance Regarding IP Video Deployment...

Extreme Networks® and Data Integration today announced the results of the first annual voice and video over IP customer satisfaction survey. The survey, of UK businesses with 500+ employees, found that 58.8% of companies now run IP telephony on their LAN, whereas only 32.1% run IP video technologies. Results point to a growing need for market education into the host of benefits of running a modern converged network.

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Press release: Bloxx Tracks ACS International Schools Students Online

...ACS International Schools Chooses Bloxx Web Filtering Technology To Protect Its Pupils Online...

Bloxx, the enterprise web filtering specialist, today announced that ACS International Schools has decided to implement its Tru-View Technology web filter throughout its three campuses in the Surrey and Middlesex area, to protect its students online. This decision follows a desire from IT management to provide enhanced safety and security for its students when surfing the net.

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Press Release: Exosect Underlines Its Ongoing Commitment To Product Development With Two New Appointments

...Prof. Geoff Randall OBE joins the board of the leading provider of Intelligent Pest Management Solutions, Dr Clare Storm is promoted to Research Manager & Lead Scientist...

Exosect, a leading provider of Intelligent Pest Management solutions, today announced that Prof. Geoff Randall OBE has agreed to join the board of Exosect Ltd as a non-executive director, and Dr Clare Storm has moved up into the position of Research Manager and Lead Scientist from her original role of Senior Scientist.

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Press Release: Trojan Dialers & Phishing Attacks Rank Top In December

...Trojan.Win32.Dialer.yz and Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.q Lead The December Charts As Malicious Programs Continue To Shape The Threat Landscape...

Kaspersky Lab, a leading provider of Internet security software solutions that protect against viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, crimeware, rootkits, phishing, hacker attacks and spam, today reported that the Trojan.Win33.Dialer.qn has been replaced at the top of the Online Scanner Top Twenty by yet another Trojan dialer. The Trojan.Win32.Dialer.yz tops the chart that comprises seven new and previously reported malicious Trojan programs.

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Press Release: Land Registry Joins eema In Commitment To Secure Computing

...Transition To PKI Platform Drives Organisation’s Involvement With Europe’s Leading Electronic Identity Forum...

eema, the Independent European e-Identity & Security Association, today announced that the UK governmental organisation, Land Registry, has signed up as a new member. Land Registry joins over 160 other companies, educational institutions and public sector organisations, all committed to working closely to identify best practices and raise industry awareness in the IT security and electronic identity fields.

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