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NETGEAR® And Mailshell
Enter Agreement To Integrate Engine For Spam, Phishing
And Reputation Filtering
SAN JOSE and SAN FRANCISCO, April 27,
2009 - NETGEAR®, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR - News), a worldwide
provider of technologically innovative, branded networking
solutions, today announced that it has entered into
an agreement with Mailshell, the leading provider of
traffic reputation, anti-spam and anti-phishing engines
for OEMs, to integrate Mailshell's small footprint engine
for OEMs into NETGEAR's ProSecure(TM) UTM family of
appliances. ProSecure is the first line of Unified Threat
Management (UTM) appliances designed for small businesses
that do not compromise on security functionality or
performance.
NETGEAR's new ProSecure UTM appliances
feature a version of Mailshell Anti-Spam optimized for
use on embedded computing platforms, and includes Mailshell
LiveFeed, a real-time data service that quantifies traffic
reputation via advanced statistical models. Unlike other
reputation services that provide only a binary 'good'
or 'bad' rating, LiveFeed provides granular trust ratings
with automated adjustment over time as reputations change.
By focusing reputation on mathematical models, rather
than simply an 'IP black list' approach, LiveFeed provides
more accurate, highly scalable detection.
"Mailshell's detection rates, throughput
and optimization for use on embedded computing platforms
best fit our requirements of comprehensive security
combined with high performance," said Jason Leung, senior
product line manager for SMB Security at NETGEAR. "Mailshell's
flexible architecture was also a great fit and provided
seamless integration into the NETGEAR platform."
Mailshell's SDKs, including LiveFeed,
provide complete and consistently accurate protection
against email fraud, phishing and spam. The SDKs are
available on more than 10 operating systems and require
as little as 32KB of code on the device. Mailshell's
SDKs are embedded into security, networking and messaging
products including software appliances, SaaS platforms,
gateway security software, desktop security suites,
UTM, mobile devices, wireless access points, firewalls,
modems, and other low memory devices.
"NETGEAR understands that SMB customers'
limited budgets should not necessitate a trade-off in
protection," said Eytan Urbas, vice president of products
at Mailshell. "We see significant market opportunity
for new, better UTM solutions like ProSecure that make
no compromises in protection, performance, or price."
About NETGEAR, Inc.: NETGEAR (NASDAQGM:
NTGR - News) designs innovative, branded technology
solutions that address the specific networking, storage,
and security needs of Small- to Medium-sized Businesses
(SMBs) and home users. The company offers an end-to-end
networking product portfolio to enable users to share
Internet access, peripherals, files, multimedia content,
and applications among multiple computers and other
Internet-enabled devices. Products are built on a variety
of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and
powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use.
NETGEAR products are sold in over 29,000 retail locations
around the globe, and via more than 41,000 value-added
resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose,
Calif., with additional offices in 25 countries. NETGEAR
is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is
available by visiting prosecure.netgear.com or calling
(408) 907-8000.
About Mailshell: Mailshell is the
leading provider of email reputation, anti-spam and
anti-phishing engines for OEMs. Via its global network
of OEM partners, including McAfee, Check Point, CA,
Webroot and AVG, thousands of enterprises and millions
of end users rely on 'Powered by Mailshell' filters
for near real-time protection against emerging threats.
Mailshell's software helps its OEM partners generate
new revenue, up-sell existing products to new customers
and minimize related engineering and support costs.
For more information: http://www.mailshell.com.
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