Providers of integrated message management and email encryption solutions team up for advanced email protection.

Postini, Inc., a provider of integrated message management, and Zix Corporation, a provider of secure email encryption and e-prescribing solutions and services, recently announced that they have entered into a strategic agreement to address demand for, policy-based email encryption.

As part of Postini's ongoing strategy to expand its integrated message management capabilities, it will incorporate ZixCorp's send-to-anyone email encryption technology into its leading managed service offering. The relationship is designed to enable organizations that require policy-driven email encryption to easily implement the service as part of a single managed services platform without the need for any additional infrastructure or capital expenditures. The service will be available in the first quarter of 2006.

"“Encryption is a key part of our integrated message management strategy, because customers are looking for an integrated, seamless approach to identifying and securing sensitive email communications. This agreement with a leader in the market like ZixCorp is a natural fit for us," said Scott Petry, Founder and Senior VP of products and engineering for Postini. "With ZixCorp technology, Postini can offer customers rich conditional encryption capabilities from the Postini platform to meet both their internal and external confidentiality and compliance requirements."

"We are delighted to have been selected by Postini, a clear leader in this industry. The relationship underscores our commitment to winning the trust of wide-reaching and high-growth service delivery channels for our technology," said Nigel Johnson, VP of business development and product management for ZixCorp. "Postini's customers will not only be able to communicate easily with email recipients who don't have encryption software, they will also be able to securely communicate directly with the four million email addresses currently protected by ZixCorp."