IronPort announces hardware paltforms

Mumbai : IronPort
Systems announced hardware platforms for its enterprise and carrier-grade e-mail
security appliances-IronPort C-Series, IronPort X-Series e-mail security
gateways and IronPort M-Series security management appliances. The appliances
offer up to a 150 percent performance improvement over previous versions and
provide customers with up to five times the throughput of competitive solutions.

"Now that IronPort is
part of Cisco, we have been able to break further away from the pack. Our
solutions and our pace of innovation help our customers remain protected against
rapidly changing Internet threats. Our latest hardware releases are a great
example of our ability to significantly raise the bar for e-mail performance
while extending our leadership position for anti-spam accuracy,"said Ambarish
Deshpande, Regional Head, IronPort India and SAARC.

Spam continues to be one of
the biggest threats to e-mail performance and network security. Currently, spam
accounts for 78 percent of the e-mails sent each day. That percentage is
expected to rise to 83 percent within four years, according to Radicati Group
entitled 'E-mail Security Market: 2008-2012.'