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Spitfire Technology Group: Spitfire offers Barracuda to eat spam
Jan 05, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --
Spitfire, a leading business telecommunications operator and Internet Service Provider (ISP), is now offering its customers spam filtering using appliances from Barracuda Networks. The appliances provided by Barracuda are updated every hour with the latest data on spam outbreaks, making them the industry standard for effective spam filtering.
During October 2008 Spitfire's servers processed over 18 million e-mail messages and marked nearly 17 million as spam - a frightening 95 percent spam rate! The American research company Ferris Research estimates that worldwide spam costs businesses $50 billion a year.
Barracuda spam filtering appliances process e-mail through 12 active defence layers and analyse the content and headers of the messages to determine what is likely to be spam. The service then marks suspect messages and the user decides how they want them to be handled.
Customers with a domain name and e-mail account provided by Spitfire can now use the spam filtering service for GBP5 per month for unlimited mailboxes for companies with their own mail server running SMTP mail. Alternatively a 50p monthly charge per mailbox is available for those using POP3 e-mail and can be activated within a day.
For Spitfire, Tom Fellowes, Sales Director said, "Not only is spam a time wasting nuisance for our customers, it is also a menace. Many spam e-mails are now very sophisticated intrusions for phishing, scams, hacking and other illegal activates. Eliminating these at source means customers do not have to rely on their staff to spot dangerous spam, making the service very cost-effective."
Spitfire Technology Group - delivering cost-effective comms solutions
Spitfire Technology Group was established in 1988 and today is one of the largest independent voice and data solution suppliers in the South East region providing carrier network services and Internet connections. The company also supplies voice and data networks, including phone systems produced by a number of leading manufacturers, with a full support and maintenance service.
Spitfire Technology Group can supply a comprehensive service for customers that extends from designing and implementing a telephony and data communications network to providing line rental and call billing, with complete after sales technical support and customer service.
Based in London, Spitfire Technology Group employs over 80 staff and has an annual turnover in excess of GBP16 million. The company is dedicated to providing customers with integrated communication solutions that deliver cost savings and real benefits for business productivity and efficiency.
CONTACT: Susie Ward, Marketing Director, Spitfire Technology Group
Tel: +44 (0)20 7501 3085
Fax: +44 (0)20 7501 3001
e-mail: susie.ward@spitfire.co.uk
WWW: http://www.spitfire.co.uk
Glyn Pritchard, Editorial enquiries, Vox Communications
Tel: +44 (0)1892 825 043
Fax: +44 (0)870 162 3983
e-mail: glyn.pritchard@voxcomm.co.uk
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