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  • Perimeter E-Security Exposes Top Ten Biggest Security Breaches and Blunders of 2009November 23, 2009

    MILFORD, CT, November 23, 2009 – Perimeter E-Security, the trusted market leader of information security services that delivers enterprise-class protection and compliance to companies of all sizes, announced the top ten biggest information security breaches and blunders of 2009. According to Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Prince, there is a common thread between all of these incidents: they could have been avoided.

    “2009 has been a year full of data breaches, compromises and exposures all around cyber-criminality. These incidents could have been prevented by adopting basic security standards and embracing a culture of security,” added Prince. “Most companies actually know exactly where they lack security and where their gaps and exposures are. But knowing this, they still ‘play with fire’ and hope that they won’t get burned. Now is the time for everyone to take into account of all the malicious breaches and blunders that have happened in the last year alone, and take the time to reconfigure their network protection systems to prevent these mishaps from happening to them.”

    Here’s the list of the top 10 biggest information security breaches and blunders in 2009:

    #10 – Malicious Codes’ Extended Stay
    Hackers broke into web servers owned by a major domain registrar and hosting provider and planted rogue malware that resulted in the compromise of more than 573,000 debit and credit card accounts. The malicious code was in place for over three months. This type of “extended stay” of malicious code is a negative trend that showed progress in 2009.

    #9 – The Ease of Hacking a CEO’s Mailbox
    A significant hosted email provider offered a $10,000 prize to anyone who could hack into its CEO’s mailbox. The company used the authentication method, providing one-time pin code and even gave usernames and passwords. Hackers successfully broke in, bypassing the 2nd factor authentication using a cross site scripting vulnerability.

    #8 – The Jealous Boyfriend
    You can’t forget the man who sent spyware to his girlfriend, who then opened the email on her work computer, resulting in a data security breach on a major children’s hospital network. The hospital could have used a web content filtering solution, but even that wouldn’t completely eliminate the problem. This particular breach shows that some healthcare organizations can still be apathetic towards information security.

    #7 – Macking
    Media hacking or “macking” has become quite popular in 2009. Macking, characterized as the lowest of the low hanging fruit, can be very profitable for cyber criminals in this day in age where search engines can be easily manipulated, botnets can send billions of email messages, and social network sites have worms that can spread messages.

    #6 – Insiders Everywhere
    This year was also the year of insider breaches. A temporary telecom company employee was arrested on charges of stealing personal information and then pocketing more than $70,000 by taking out short-term payday loans. Even one of the world’s leading anti-virus and internet security provider had an international office employee steal customers’ credit card numbers. Insider breaches will continue to be a rising threat for 2010 and beyond, as long as companies don’t have the proper policies in place to prevent them.

    #5 – 160,000 California University records hacked
    At one of California’s most esteemed universities, personal information of 160,000 current and former students and alumni may have been comprised. The breach was discovered April 21, 2009, but the database had been illegally accessed by hackers over six months prior in October 2008. Organizations must be constantly tracking and aware of hackers setting up shop on one or more of their systems.

    #4 – Virginia Department of Health Professions Blackmail
    The FBI and Virginia State Police have been hunting down hackers who demanded that the state pay $10 million dollars ransom for the return of millions of personal pharmaceutical records that claimed to have been deleted and stolen from the Prescription Monitoring Program. The alleged “deleted data” was backed up and secured within days of the ransom demand. Modern hackers are becoming more bold and fearless.

    #3 – Google
    In 2009, Google had its fair share of data breaches, in its Google apps, Google AdWords, Google Docs, Gmail and more. As one of the biggest internet organizations, it’s also one of the most targeted by hackers and other malicious threats.

    #2 – Social Networking Sites
    Twitter was hacked so many times in 2009 we could have a top 10 Twitter breach article by itself. Whether it is individual accounts being compromised like Britney Spears, Twitter employees, or Twitter 3rd parties, Twitter has equal opportunity exploitability. Facebook, YouTube and MySpace aren’t any better. Social networking sites have had a tough year as far as data breaches and blunders are concerned and it’s not going to be much better in 2010.

    #1 – Nation’s largest payment processor is poster child of breaches
    One of the nation’s leading payment processors is this year’s new poster child of data security breaches. The official court proceedings report that 130 million records were compromised. The company processes credit cards for over a quarter of a million merchants nationwide. They have had 31 separate lawsuits filed against them as a result of the breach and about 700 banks announced losses as well. The good news is that we caught the bad guys! Albert “Segvec” Gonzalez has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey along with two unnamed Russian conspirators.

    “2009 was a banner year for negative information security news and as we enter 2010, we are seeing more regulations, more fines, and more lawsuit filings – all related to information security. Data security breaches are nasty business and should be avoided at all costs, added Prince.”

    About Perimeter
    Perimeter is the trusted market leader of information security services that delivers enterprise-class protection and compliance. Through its cost-effective and scalable SaaS platform, Perimeter offers the most comprehensive compliance, security and messaging services that include: hosted email, encrypted email, firewall management and monitoring, vulnerability scanning, host intrusion and prevention, email antivirus and spam, remote data backup and email archiving. For more information about Perimeter visit www.perimeterusa.com.

    For additional information contact:
    Maggie Duquin / Ray Yeung
    Brainerd Communicators
    212-986-6667
    duquin@braincomm.com / yeung@braincomm.com



  • Perimeter E-Security Launches Archive Manager to Address Federal Email Compliance and Maintain Business Operations During a DisasterOctober 19, 2009

    Fully Redundant Architecture provides 100% SLA

    MILFORD, CT, October 19, 2009 - Perimeter E-Security, the trusted market leader of information security services that deliver enterprise-class protection and compliance to companies of all sizes, today introduced its Archive Manager that delivers the highest level of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) compliance capabilities, previously afforded only to the brokerage industry, to the broader market. In addition the integrated Business Continuity engine enables companies to have full access to their email via a web browser to meet electronic discovery requests and when their primary email service is lost.

    According to IDC, e-mail volume has doubled each year to over 40 billion person-to-person e-mails daily and the volume is expected to continue to grow over 18 percent annually by 2011. To meet FRCP mandates, companies must be able to produce all data such as messages required by litigation in a federal court quickly. The compliance demands combined with email being one of the easiest ways for hackers, spammers and other malicious threats to penetrate and disrupt business operations, have made email security a top concern and a necessity too complex and cost-prohibitive for companies to manage themselves.

    "Now all businesses can benefit from the highest level of protection with guaranteed compliance that has been demanded of the brokerage industry since the FRCP regulation went into effect," said Doug Howard, Chief Strategy Officer of Perimeter. "The introduction of our Archive Manager to our Hosted Exchange service delivers the most sophisticated level of compliance functionality with full redundancy and an innovative business continuity service so our customers can focus their resources on their core business."

    The Unix-based archiving solution also delivers a web based business continuity solution so users can send, receive and archive messages in real time simply by accessing the Internet. Customers that have Perimeter's USA.NET hosted email service benefit from a 100 percent SLA with the integrated redundancy of the service.

    The Archive Manager provides roles-based access so end user roles can access their own archives, while administrator and supervisory roles can be created to allow other user archives to address legal discovery searches and HR needs. Advanced search and filter functions have also been built into the Archive Manager to assist in finding important messages quickly.

    Perimeter's USA.NET Message Continuity & Archiving solutions address the complex challenges around message security, intellectual property retention and preservation for regulatory compliance.

    About USA.NET
    USA.NET, a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter, is the recognized leader for Hosted Email delivering messaging, collaboration, mobility, archiving and advanced infrastructure solutions for businesses of all sizes. USA.NET's global infrastructure serves clients in over 120 countries. Cited as the "Top Player" for the hosted business email market by The Radicati Group, Inc., USA.NET is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and winner of the Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. For more information about USA.NET visit www.usa.net or call 800-653-0179.

    About Perimeter
    Perimeter is the trusted market leader of information security services that delivers enterprise-class protection and compliance. Through its cost-effective and scalable SaaS platform, Perimeter offers the most comprehensive compliance, security and messaging services that include: hosted email, encrypted email, firewall management and monitoring, vulnerability scanning, host intrusion and prevention, email antivirus and spam, remote data backup and email archiving. For more information about Perimeter visit www.perimeterusa.com.

    For additional information contact:

    Maggie Duquin / Ray Yeung
    Brainerd Communicators
    212-986-6667
    duquin@braincomm.com / yeung@braincomm.com



  • Increased Reliability Demands Drive 18% Growth in Email Hosting Service from Perimeter E-SecurityOctober 5, 2009

    USA.NET Recognized as Top Player in Hosted Business and Hosted Microsoft Exchange Email Markets by Radicati Group for Third Consecutive Reports

    Customers Including Belo Corp., Cheesecake Factory, UHY Advisors, Inc. and United Airlines Continue to Rely on Perimeter’s Trusted Business Messaging Services

    MILFORD, CT, October 5, 2009 – Perimeter E-Security, the trusted market leader of information security and messaging services that deliver enterprise-class protection and compliance to companies of all sizes, today announced that its USA.NET Microsoft® Exchange Hosting solution has experienced an 18% growth over the past twelve months, adding 200,000 seats on the Company’s base of 1.1 million. The company also announced today that industry leading analyst firm, The Radicati Group, Inc., ranked USA.NET as a "Top Player" in their Hosted Business Email–Market Quadrant 2009 report and the Hosted Microsoft Exchange–Market Quadrant 2009 report. USA.NET is recognized for leading the market in both market share and for its comprehensive suite of hosted business email services.

    Separately, Perimeter announced that an increasing number of customers are adding hosted email services to their existing security suites to create a comprehensive security approach.

    “Being consistently ranked by The Radicati Group for the third consecutive report is a testament to our exceptional track record and unparalleled experience in the hosted email and collaboration market and underscores how mission-critical email performance is for businesses of all sizes,” said Doug Howard, Chief Strategy Officer of Perimeter. “The power of our security, email and collaboration solutions is driving critical mass in new customer categories beyond core financial services such as hospitality. Since April of this year, we have seen our current customers adding services to their existing hosted email packages, and new customers seeking our solutions to help them remain laser focused on their core business instead of needing to divert resources to managing email systems.”

    The Radicati reports highlight the full suite of end-to-end messaging solutions of USA.NET’s two business messaging solutions: CMS and Microsoft Hosted Exchange. The reports highlight the following key strengths for USA.NET:

    • Flexibility to combine Microsoft Hosted Exchange mailboxes with CMS mailboxes to tailor cost-effective email solutions.
    • Highly scalable and customizable Microsoft Hosted Exchange offering that can be modified to fit a company’s current needs and infrastructure.
    • 99.9% SLA for Microsoft Hosted Exchange solution.
    • Free dedicated technical account manager (TAM), to serve as a private IT consultant for customers.
    • Microsoft Gold partner with competencies in advanced infrastructure, mobility, hosting and security.
    • Extensive migration experience across a full spectrum of messaging applications including Novell GroupWise, IBM Lotus Notes, POP systems, competitive hosting systems and legacy versions of Exchange.
    • Enhanced credibility with Perimeter E-Security backing in verticals that rely on security, such as financial services and history as one of the first hosting providers.
    • As business email systems are becoming increasingly complex, specialized and central to communications, customers such as Belo, Cheesecake Factory, UHY Advisors, Inc. and United Airlines are relying on Perimeter’s trusted hosting services to assure the reliability, uptime and security requirements of their business messaging needs.

    “Before selecting USA.NET, we reviewed a number of top hosted email service providers and we’re thrilled with our decision. Following a highly successful migration, we’re continuing to extend the USA.NET hosted solution across our company,” said Craig Harper, Vice President of Technology, Belo Corp.

    Perimeter’s USA.NET Microsoft Exchange Hosting solution offers all the benefits of Microsoft Exchange with the high-touch support, integration capabilities, scalability and cost benefits of a premier outsourced model. As part of this service, Perimeter performs maintenance, patches, upgrades and backups, conducts training for staff members, handles migration, and provides continuing management of email and email security on a 24/7 basis.

    About USA.NET
    USA.NET, a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter, is the recognized leader for Hosted Email delivering messaging, collaboration, mobility, archiving and advanced infrastructure solutions for businesses of all sizes. USA.NET's global infrastructure serves clients in over 120 countries. Cited as the "Top Player" for the hosted business email market by The Radicati Group, Inc., USA.NET is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and winner of the Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. For more information about USA.NET visit www.usa.net or call 800-653-0179.

    About Perimeter
    Perimeter is the trusted market leader of information security services that delivers enterprise-class protection and compliance. Through its cost-effective and scalable SaaS platform, Perimeter offers the most comprehensive compliance, security and messaging services that include: hosted email, encrypted email, firewall management and monitoring, vulnerability scanning, host intrusion and prevention, email antivirus and spam, remote data backup and email archiving. For more information about Perimeter visit www.perimeterusa.com.

    For additional information contact:
    Ray Yeung / Maggie Duquin
    Brainerd Communicators
    212-986-6667
    yeung@braincomm.com / duquin@braincomm.com



  • USA.NET Unveils Enhanced Commercial Messaging Service 2.0June 29, 2009

    Industry's Most Cost-Effective Hosted Email Solution Built on Proven and Feature Rich Technology

    Milford, CT, June 29, 2009 – USA.NET, a subsidiary of Perimeter, the leading provider of integrated messaging and collaboration services, today announced the availability of an enhanced version of its Commercial Messaging Service (CMS) 2.0, a lower cost webmail alternative to other business email solutions such as Microsoft Exchange, GroupWise and LotusNotes offerings.

    "CMS 2.0 is a feature rich hosted messaging solution bundled with the best-in-class anti-virus and spam protection, as well as mobility, in one simple hosted package that includes the same attributes as other hosted email solutions on the market at a notably lower price. It's a rock solid solution that has served hundreds of thousands of customers since it's inception in 1996," said Doug Howard, President of USA.NET and Chief Strategy Officer at Perimeter. "And CMS 2.0 can be branded to enforce the consistency with your company's look and feel, offering the perfect way to build customer and employee loyalty through brand reinforcement. We have several affinity groups, non-profits, franchises and carriers that utilize the service today as part of their continued brand building efforts with their customers and members."

    The hosted email solution comes in two different packages, CMS Web, and CMS Enterprise, that both allow users to access emails from any Web browser with an Internet connection, any desktop email clients including Outlook, Outlook Express, and Entourage, as well as from most wireless devices. Both solutions also allow a high degree of application programming interface integration with customer business applications such as Customer Relationship Management platforms, databases, alerting, among many others.

    CMS Web includes multi-layered virus and spam protection, an address book with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) access, auto-responders, scheduled message delivery, flexible mail delivery, administration features and other services. Users can also view their emails from their mobile devices through either a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) webpage designed for CMS, or via POP or IMAP access.

    CMS Enterprise includes all the capabilities of the CMS Web solution, with additional features such as wireless and two-way outlook synchronization, calendaring, tasks, notes, web-based reporting and flexible storage allocation capabilities. Add-on features such as encrypted email, content filtering and Instant Messaging, are also available in the CMS Enterprise package.

    "In this challenging economy, businesses and affinity groups that rely on email messaging for their business communications need to have access to a full-featured email hosting program that is dependable, feature rich and cost-effective, and that's exactly what we're providing. In addition, customers demand high quality 24x7 professional customer service that's only an email or call away, a clear differentiator for us in this marketplace," added Howard.

    About USA.NET, the Messaging and Collaboration division of Perimeter
    USA.NET, a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter, is the recognized leader for Hosted Email delivering messaging, collaboration, mobility, archiving and Advanced Infrastructure solutions for businesses of all sizes. USA.NET's Global infrastructure serves over 120 clients worldwide. Cited as the "Top Player" for the hosted business email market by The Radicati Group, Inc., USA.NET is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and winner of the Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. For more information about USA.NET visit www.usa.net or call 800-653-0179.

    About Perimeter
    Perimeter is the trusted market leader of information security services that delivers enterprise-class protection and compliance. Through its cost-effective and scalable SaaS platform, Perimeter offers the most comprehensive compliance, security and messaging services that include: hosted email, encrypted email, firewall management and monitoring, vulnerability scanning, host intrusion and prevention, email antivirus and spam, remote data backup and email archiving. For more information about Perimeter visit www.perimeterusa.com.

    For additional information contact:

    Ray Yeung / Maggie Duquin
    Brainerd Communicators
    212-986-6667
    yeung@braincomm.com / duquin@braincomm.com



  • Perimeter E-Security CEO Recognized as 2009 Innovator of the YearMarch 24, 2009

    Perimeter Leads Security SaaS Marketplace With Its Aggressive Growth Strategy And It’s Highly Innovative and Unmatched Product Suite

    Milford, CT, March 24, 2009 – Perimeter E-Security‘s CEO, Brad Miller, has been named the 2009 Innovator of the Year by Business New Haven. Perimeter eSecurity, the only provider of complete security on demand, began offering its innovative outsourced security services eight years ago, long before today’s “cloud computing” trend caught on. This head start has put Perimeter at the forefront of providing security and related services in a SaaS model that makes Enterprise class services available to companies at any size.

    It was by no means obvious in 2000 that Internet security services would turn into such a huge growth industry. Perimeter decided not only to focus the company on providing security services but also to initially target the financial-services industry, which has always been subject to the toughest regulatory requirements, an innovative strategy which has led to the company’s significant year over year growth. Since then the company has added other verticals such as healthcare, telecommunications, and has built a strong channel partner organization. Perimeter is the only company to offer 50 IT security services in the areas of Vulnerability Defense, Intrusion Defense, Network Defense, Email Defense, System Defense, User Defense, Secure Hosted Email and Email Archiving. Business connected to Perimeter’s network can order these services on demand much like you would order a pay-per-view movie from a cable company.

    Profitable since 2001, Perimeter’s revenues have grown an average of 331 percent per year over the last five years. Perimeter reports that the current economic downturn is only increasing the willingness of customers large and small to adopt Perimeter’s software-as-a-service model which requires no CAPEX investment and is provided on an affordable subscription basis.

    Perimeter has acquired and successfully integrated 16 companies in the last 6 years, each of which contributed critical technologies such as hosted email, email archiving, and vulnerability assessment, and/or customer base that helped to drive the company’s growth. In 2007 Perimeter received two funding rounds totaling $104 million from Goldman Sachs, Bessemer Ventures and Stripes Group. Over the past several years Perimeter has repeatedly achieved high rankings on Deloitte & Touche’s North American Technology Fast 500 list and on Inc. Magazine’s list of the country’s fastest-growing private companies, and was also positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for MSSPs, North America, 1H07”1 report. Perimeter eSecurity has over 10,000 customers, 3,000 of which are in the financial services industry, and 350 employees.

    Mr. Miller was honored at a special reception on March 5th in New Haven. With a bachelor's degree in economics from Franklin & Marshall College and a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia University School of Business, Miller has also worked as an investment banker at Schroders, PLC and as chief operating officer of PRG, a supplier of entertainment technology products and services.


    About Perimeter
    Perimeter is the trusted market leader of information security services that delivers enterprise-class protection and compliance. Through its cost-effective and scalable SaaS platform, Perimeter offers the most comprehensive compliance, security and messaging services that include: hosted email, encrypted email, firewall management and monitoring, vulnerability scanning, host intrusion and prevention, email antivirus and spam, remote data backup and email archiving. For more information about Perimeter visit www.perimeterusa.com.



  • USA.NET Signs Agreement with HP to Offer a Comprehensive Suite of Business Email Hosting Opportunities to VARs and Other Channel PartnersMarch 4, 2009

    Joint initiative to provide cloud-based, advanced collaboration services and generate new revenue streams for VARs

    Denver, CO. March 4, 2009 - USA.NET, a leader in business e-mail hosting, announced today that they signed an agreement with HP to provide their hosted messaging and collaboration solutions as a part of their software-as-a-service offering for HP channel partners. This joint initiative will enable value-added resellers (VARs), managed services providers, IT integrators, and other channel partners to benefit from a hosted business email model by providing new revenue streams and helping them to become strategic advisors to their clients. USA.NET will work with HP to equip VARs with comprehensive tools and guidance to enable them to offer USA.NET’s industry-leading suite of hosted messaging, collaboration, email archiving, security and mobility services. As a result, they can generate new revenue streams by offering their small and midsize business (SMB) customers a greater choice of solution delivery methods.

    This will make it easier for VARs to plan for and deploy hosted Business Email services. USA.NET’s hosted Microsoft® Exchange 2007, Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services, Commercial Messaging Services, Mobile Messaging, Email Archiving, Enhanced Messaging, and Secure Messaging Services can be sold to VARs and managed service providers looking to expand their hosting business and to level the competitive playing field relating to size and scale.

    “This initiative builds on the strength of the existing relationship between USA.NET and HP and expands it to help VARs deliver best-in-class solutions and services that help customers streamline their operations and cut costs,” said Doug Howard, President, USA.NET. “This agreement provides a new source of SaaS offerings for VARs, the next step in empowering the channel to grow their businesses.”

    In addition to generating recurring revenues for a highly reliable hosted business email solutions, VARs also can provide value-added services such as integration, customization and remote provisioning to managed services provider customers.

    “In this challenging economic climate, Channel partners want to grow. They can evolve their business model and leverage the collaboration between HP and USA.NET to become successful in the software as a service marketplace,” said Duncan Campbell, vice president, Small and Midmarket Business, HP. “Our collaboration with USA.NET combines a comprehensive suite of reliable business email services along with the necessary elements to help them to enter this market. Through our offerings, customers can acquire critical elements of their technology environment from their trusted advisor -- their channel partner -- as a monthly subscription.”

    Interested resellers should go to www.usa.net/hp.


    About USA.NET
    USA.NET, a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter E-Security, is the recognized leader for Hosted Email delivering messaging, collaboration, mobility, archiving and advanced infrastructure solutions for businesses of all sizes. USA.NET's global infrastructure serves clients in over 120 countries. Cited as the "Top Player" for the hosted business email market by The Radicati Group, Inc., USA.NET is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and winner of the Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. For more information about USA.NET visit www.usa.net or call 800-653-0179.



  • USA.NET Rated Top Player in Broader Hosted Email Market According to The Radicati GroupJanuary 6, 2009

    Email Hosting Leader Recognized Again for Market Share and Comprehensive Suite of Services

    Denver, CO, January 6, 2009—USA.NET®, Inc. announced today that industry leading analyst firm, The Radicati Group, Inc., ranked it as a "Top Player" in their Hosted Business Email–Market Quadrant 2008 report. USA.NET was recognized for leading the market in terms of market share and for its comprehensive suite of hosted business email services offered at affordable prices. The only other company that ranked close to USA.NET as a top player in this market was Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). This ranking follows a similar recognition from the Radicati Group in October in the hosted Microsoft Exchange market.

    "We are very pleased to be consistently ranked by the Radicati Group and other leading 3rd party sources as the market leader in the rapidly growing hosted business email and messaging market," said Doug Howard, President of USA.NET and Chief Strategy Officer of its parent company, Perimeter eSecurity. "In this challenging economy companies are seeking outsourced providers that meet the high deliverability and reliability needs email and messaging require. We are proud that these 3rd parties see us as the best choice."

    The report highlighted the following standout features of the USA.NET hosted business-class email offering including its proprietary hosted email solution, Commercial Messaging Services, and Hosted Exchange offerings. Both services are available in various packages that can be mixed and matched to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to take advantage of advanced features such as mobility support for all popular handheld devices. The company provides email migration services for new customers from other common or previously popular email platforms and protocols. USA.NET is one of the few vendors to offer enterprise instant messaging capabilities, as well as managed Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS). The report also cited the following "key strengths" for USA.NET:

    • A highly scalable and customizable Hosted Microsoft Exchange solution that can be modified to fit a company's needs.
    • Dedicated technical account managers who serve as a private IT consultants in addition to their professional services group.
    • A host of premium security solutions including anti-spam and anti-virus protection.
    • Advanced services such as, personal quarantine, collaboration suites, archiving and content filtering services.
    • The integration of latest technologies from leading companies and best of breed products within its core.
    • Optional solutions that include hosted Microsoft Windows SharePoint site, secure Instant Messaging, email archiving capabilities, business continuity archiving, compliance archiving, encrypted email, enforced TLS, content filtering, and directory synchronization.

    In September of this year, USA.NET won the MSExchange.Org Readers' Choice Award in which Exchange administrators and specialists rated USA.NET the best Microsoft® Exchange email hosting provider. In October the Radicati Group ranked USA.NET as the "Top Player" in their Hosted Microsoft® Exchange–2008 Market Quadrant report.

    USA.NET processes 38 million messages per day and manages 80 terabytes of data and over 1 million business mailboxes in 120 countries. USA.NET is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perimeter E-Security, the only provider of complete security on demand, which offers more than 50 different on demand security services. Its nine geographically distributed technical offices and three Tier IV redundant data centers provide 24x7x365 monitoring and management along with dedicated account management.

    About The Radicati Group, Inc.
    The Radicati Group, Inc. is one of the most successful market research firms in the computer and telecommunications industry today. Started in 1993, with an initial focus on messaging & collaboration, the company has expanded today to cover all aspects of security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, and more. For further information visit: http://www.radicati.com



  • USA.NET Leads Hosted Microsoft Exchange Email Market According to The Radicati GroupOctober 1, 2008

    Email Hosting Leader Recognized for Market Share and Comprehensive Suite of Services

    Denver, CO, Oct. 1, 2008 – USA.NET®, Inc. announced today that industry leading analyst firm, The Radicati Group, Inc., ranked it as the “Top Player” in their Hosted Microsoft® Exchange– 2008 Market Quadrant report. USA.NET was recognized for leading the market in terms of market share and for offering a highly comprehensive suite of messaging services at an affordable price that target a broad range of customer needs. USA.NET scored highest on functionality and market share as compared to other messaging providers.

    “We are honored to be distinguished for the second time in a row by the Radicati Group as the market leader in the rapidly growing hosted business email and messaging market,” said Doug Howard, President of USA.NET and Chief Strategy Officer of its parent company, Perimeter eSecurity. “I am proud to say that it reflects our ongoing efforts and success in delivering the most reliable email service to businesses.”

    The report cited the following "key strengths" for USA.NET:

    • A highly scalable and customizable three tiered Hosted Microsoft Exchange solution that can be modified to fit a company’s needs.
    • Dedicated technical account managers – a unique customer service not typically offered by competitors.
    • Premium IT security services such as, anti-spam and anti-virus protection, content filtering, email encryption, eMessaging archiving, enforced TLS, other compliancy services, and disaster recovery.
    • Optional solutions for all Hosted Microsoft Exchange packages that include a hosted Microsoft Windows SharePoint, and secure Instant Messaging, with archiving capabilities.

    Last week USA.NET also announced that they won the MSExchange.org, Reader’s Choice Award for the best Microsoft® Exchange email hosting provider as ranked by their highly qualified readers for migration experience, tools, IT support, uptime and overall level of customer satisfaction. USA.NET led in this ranking by a 20% margin over the closest runner up.

    USA.NET offers a wide range of customized business email hosting services including messaging, collaboration and security services that solve customer requirements regardless of size, geographic location or complexity of need. USA.NET services companies ranging in size from SMBs to the largest enterprises. Services offered include:

    USA.NET processes 38 million messages per day and manages 80 terabytes of data and over 1 million business mailboxes in 120 countries. USA.NET is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perimeter E-Security, the only provider of complete security on demand, which offers more than 50 different on demand security services. Its nine geographically distributed technical offices and three Tier IV redundant data centers provide 24x7x365 monitoring and management along with dedicated account management.

    About The Radicati Group, Inc.
    The Radicati Group, Inc. is one of the most successful market research firms in the computer and telecommunications industry today. Started in 1993, with an initial focus on messaging & collaboration, the company has expanded today to cover all aspects of security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, and more. For further information visit: http://www.radicati.com.



  • Tech Data U.S. Adds Hosted Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and BlackBerry ServicesSeptember 29, 2008

    Delivers Secure, Device Agnostic Mobility Services To Enterprises On-Demand

    CLEARWATER, Fla. (Sept. 29, 2008) – Tech Data Corporation today announced a distribution agreement with USA.NET, a leader in business e-mail hosting. Tech Data customers now have access to a broad suite of hosted services, including Microsoft Exchange 2007, Microsoft SharePoint 3.0, integrated support for BlackBerry and other mobile devices, and e-mail archiving and security. USA.NET services can all be branded as the reseller’s own and sold to their customers on a monthly subscription.

    "Whether you’re a small business or a FORTUNE 500 company, robust, secure collaboration tools are essential," said Tech Data Senior Vice President, U.S. Marketing Joe Quaglia. "USA.NET’s hosted SaaS offerings enable even the smallest businesses to take advantage of enterprise-class e-mail and other collaboration services with little or no investment in additional IT infrastructure or technical expertise. This represents an opportunity for resellers to offer their SMB customers advanced collaboration solutions as a managed service to generate valuable recurring revenue."

    "Our partnership with Tech Data enables us to engage their nationwide network of resellers, who are ideally suited to introduce USA.NET hosted e-mail services to small and medium sized businesses," said Doug Howard, president, USA.NET. "The marketplace is at a tipping point where VARs are looking to distributors much more than ever before to help them enhance their portfolios with software-as-a-service offerings. This is driven in large part by a heightened demand for on-demand services such as secure hosted e-mail on the part of their end-user customers."

    USA.NET hosted services enable more efficient communication and information sharing between employees, customers and other stakeholders. Services available through Tech Data include:

    • Microsoft Exchange 2007 – Provides full access to Microsoft Exchange 2007 e-mail, calendar, attachments, contacts and other collaboration capabilities
    • Microsoft SharePoint – Boosts productivity through more efficient document sharing and task management from a secure central source
    • Mobile Messaging – Enhances productivity and responsiveness with integrated support for ActiveSync, Good™ Mobile Messaging, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, iPhone and other mobile devices
    • E-mail Archiving – Assists regulatory compliance, legal discovery, storage and business continuity
    • Enhanced Messaging – Adds additional services to e-mail, including content filtering, encrypted e-mail, instant messaging and directory synchronization
    • Advanced Security Services – Protect critical information assets from e-mail threats with virus protection, spam control and content filtering

    "Selling hosted Microsoft solutions through USA.NET is an opportunity for our VAR partners to offer customers—ranging from small businesses to large enterprises—the most robust collaboration solutions available on the market today," said Rob Moyer, director, U.S. Distribution, Microsoft Corp. "Additionally, doing so as a monthly subscription is a tremendous way for VARs to build profits and establish a managed services practice."

    USA.NET manages 80 terabytes of data and more than 1 million business mailboxes in 120 countries. Its nine geographically distributed operations centers and three redundant data centers provide 24x7 monitoring and management. USA.NET customers include Farmers Insurance Agencies, United Airlines and UPS Stores. To learn more about USA.NET hosted services available through Tech Data, call (800) 237-8931, ext. 82031, Option 7.

    VARChoice—Tech Data Managed Services
    Tech Data’s managed services strategy centers on the concept of VARChoice, bringing best-of-breed solutions to the channel so resellers can choose the managed services that best align with their go-to-market strategies and meet their customers’ needs. Tech Data’s partners include: remote monitoring and management service providers Advanced Technology Services, N-able Technologies and Zenith Infotech; managed print services application provider FMAudit; converged voice and data service providers Cbeyond Inc., Telovations Inc. and XO Communications; hosted e-mail provider USA.NET; and financial services provider IBM Global Financing.

    About Tech Data
    Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ GS: TECD) is one of the world's largest distributors of technology products from leading IT hardware and software producers. Tech Data serves more than 100,000 IT solution providers in over 100 countries. Every day, these value-added resellers depend on Tech Data to cost-effectively support the technology needs of end users, including small and medium businesses (SMB), large enterprises and government agencies. Ranked 105th on the FORTUNE 500(R), Tech Data generated $23.4 billion in net sales for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. To learn more, visit www.techdata.com.

    All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

    CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION:
    Jarred LeFebvre/Tech Data Corporation
    (727) 539-7429, ext. 86261
    jarred.lefebvre@techdata.com



  • USA.NET Wins MSExchange.org Readers Choice AwardSeptember 25, 2008

    Denver, CO, September 25, 2008 – Leading email-hosting company, USA.NET®, has been selected by Exchange administrators and specialists as the best Microsoft® Exchange email hosting provider. Through MSExchange.org, the leading Microsoft Exchange resource site, highly qualified readers weighed the migration experience, tools, IT support, uptime and overall level of customer satisfaction of different vendors in the market in voting for USA.NET as the best in the Microsoft Exchange Hosting category. USA.NET led in this ranking by a 20% margin over the next runner up.

    Doug Howard, President of USA.NET and Chief Strategy Officer of the Parent company, Perimeter eSecurity, said, "It is extremely gratifying to receive this Reader's Choice Award from MSExchange.org because the choice is based entirely on the votes of the thousands of experienced Microsoft Exchange email administrators who visit the MSExchange.org website. It is rewarding to see that our efforts and customer focus has been recognized by users who rank our email hosting services better than any other company. We thank all of the MSExchange.org readers for their vote of confidence."

    MSExchange.org attracts 350,000 Exchange administrators and specialists per month and conducts regular polls to discover which products and services are preferred by the readership. The awards draw a huge response per category and are based entirely on the visitors' votes.

    "Our Reader's Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category," said Sean Buttigieg, MSExchange.org manager. "MSExchange.org users are specialists in the email hosting field who encounter various solutions for Exchange Server at the workplace. Their vote serves as a solid peer-to-peer recommendation of the winning product."

    USA.NET offers a wide range of customized business email hosting services including messaging, collaboration and security services that solve customer requirements regardless of size, geographic location or complexity of need. From its proprietary, Unix-based Commercial Messaging Solution (CMS) platform, to its Hosted Exchange platform, USA.NET services companies ranging in size from SMBs to the largest enterprises. Services offered include:

    • Microsoft Exchange 2007 – Provides full access to Microsoft Exchange 2007 e-mail, calendar, attachments, contacts and other collaboration capabilities
    • Microsoft SharePoint – Boosts productivity through more efficient document sharing and task managementfrom a secure central source
    • Mobile Messaging – Enhances productivity and responsiveness with integrated support for ActiveSync, Good™ Mobile Messaging, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, iPhone and other mobile devices
    • E-mail Archiving – Assists regulatory compliance, legal discovery, storage and business continuity
    • Advanced Security Services – Protect critical information assets from e-mail threats with virus protection, spam control and content filtering

    USA.NET processes 38 million messages per day and manages 80 terabytes of data and over 1 million business mailboxes in 120 countries. USA.NET is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perimeter E-Security, the only provider of complete security on demand, which offers more than 50 different services on a subscription basis in the areas of: Vulnerability Defense, Intrusion Defense, Network Defense, Email Defense, System Defense, and User Defense. Its nine geographically distributed technical offices and three redundant data centers provide 24x7x365 monitoring and management along with dedicated account management. USA.NET is the only hosting provider that is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and the winner of the 2006 Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions.

    About MSExchange.org
    MSExchange.org (http://www.msexchange.org) is a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2003/2000 resource site. It is the leading Exchange site, attracting over 350,000 Exchange administrators and specialists a month. The site provides the latest Microsoft Exchange Server news, articles and tutorials by leading Exchange experts, message boards, software listings and product reviews. MSExchange.org forms part of a group of sites run by TechGenix Ltd., including http://www.windowsnetworking.com - a comprehensive Windows Networking resource site; http://www.isaserver.org, a Microsoft ISA Server resource site; http://www.windowsecurity.com, a Windows security resource site and http://www.msterminalservices.org, a Server Based Computing resource site.