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."