Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is using Symantec Hosted Mail Security to protect its research centers and communication network against spam, viruses and other Internet-borne threats.

IronPort® Systems, a business unit of Cisco® today announced the use of Multi-core Intel® Xeon® processors to power IronPort's next generation of email and Web security appliances.

For Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo, securing email from harmful viruses, spam and malware is as much about protecting its nearly 1,000 email users as it is about protecting the organization and its patients. To combat the burgeoning spam epidemic and the looming threats of electronic viruses and malware, Saint Francis deployed an Email Security 500 appliance from SonicWALL.

Data collected by SonicWALL, Inc. from its Smart Network database of over 1.3 million e-mail users shows ongoing growth in the volume of spam, virus and phishing attacks, increased use of PDF spam and the emergence of a new wave of Excel and ZIP spam. The results were based on aggregated results from the SonicWALL Smart Network from April to July, 2007.

IBM today unveiled a virtual e-mail security solution based on the existing Proventia(R) Network Mail Security System from its Internet Security Systems (ISS) division.

Microsoft launched its newly upgraded version of Live Hotmail. The web-mail is available in 36 languages for the users all around the world.

SonicWALL, Inc., a leading provider of network, Web, email security and backup and recovery solutions, announced today that its Unified Threat Management (UTM) technology has distributed defensive measures to its customers on a zero day basis against a newly-discovered Windows DNS Server Service vulnerability

SonicWALL, Inc., a leading provider of network security, email security, secure remote access, and backup and recovery solutions, confirmed today that users of its Unified Threat Management (UTM) technology are protected against malware targeted at World of Warcraft (WoW) players. WoW is a popular online computer game published by Blizzard Entertainment, with more than 8 million players worldwide.

SonicWALL, Inc. today celebrated the shipment of one million units of its appliance based solutions in network security, email security, secure remote access and data backup and recovery markets

SonicWALL, Inc. today celebrated the shipment of one million units of its appliance based solutions in network security, email security, secure remote access and data backup and recovery markets

SonicWALL, Inc., a leading provider of network security, email security, secure remote access, and backup and recovery solutions, confirmed today that users of its Unified Threat Management technology are protected against the Windows Animated Cursor Handling vulnerability, also known as the .ANI exploit.

Today, the Email Sender and Provider Coalition (ESPC) announced the results of a survey conducted with marketing research firm Ipsos that provides insight into the email behaviors of today's consumers. The results show that the average American is an experienced email user using very deliberate methods to manage email and spam.