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Fast Data Technology Enhances its Internet Security Suite with New Anti-Spam Product

Posted on: Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 06:00 CST

Some Internet experts estimate that 30 percent of the nearly 30 million e-mail messages sent every day are unsolicited e-mails or spam, costing businesses millions of dollars in lost productivity, security and bandwidth. To help organizations combat the problem, Fast Data Technology has introduced FastTracker-SpamCure, an advanced anti-spam software that will help organizations clean up their e-mail servers and improve security and productivity without adding pressure to already tapped resources. ¶ Fast Data Technology is an Internet management company with a suite of Internet security products powered by patent-pending artificial intelligence technology. Customers now can get Fast Data's award-winning Internet monitoring software, FastTracker, paired with FastTracker-SpamCure, making an organization's network more secure and productive. ¶ FastTracker-SpamCure catches at least 95 percent of all spam entering a mail server and at the same time has less than one false positive per 100,000 messages. The technology is also flexible, so organizations can handle spam in a manner that is appropriate for them. ¶"FastTracker-SpamCure brings us much closer to completing our suite of products that makes the Internet what it was always meant to be -- a powerful business tool to boost productivity and communication," said Don Gruidel, president and CEO of Fast Data Technology. ¶ FastTracker-SpamCure is unique anti-spam technology because it not only identifies spammers and their messages, but it also targets the tricks spammers use to get around anti-spam software. Once the spam is collected, human editors at Fast Data Technology look at the attributes of the message that are unique to that spammer, repeatable from one spam message to the next, and most importantly, not found in a legitimate e-mail. After the human editors collect information about the spammer, they create Bullet Signatures, which are housed in a database that is updated every one to 15 minutes, to prevent future spam messages. Finally, FastTracker-SpamCure uses the Spammer Tricks Analysis and Response (STAR) engine to find the toughest kind of spam, such as embedded content, HTML and foreign language spam. ¶ Because of the advanced technology driving FastTracker-SpamCure, it is among the fastest at scanning messages for spam. On a typical single processor server, it processes between 30 and 40 messages per second. The software is scalable, easy to install and compatible with virtually all e-mail servers, including Microsoft Exchange and SMTP-based e-mail servers such as those found on UNIX systems. ¶ Fast Data Technology added FastTracker-SpamCure to its suite of security products through a partnership with Mail-Filters, developers of technologically advanced spam filtration solutions. FastTracker-SpamCure is available to all existing FastTracker customers and those interested in a new installation of the Internet monitoring software to improve productivity, security and bandwidth. Contact Fast Data Technology toll free at 1-866-287-3813 for visit www.fastdatatech.com.

¶ About Fast Data Technology

¶ Fast Data Technology is an Internet management company with a suite of products powered by patent-pending artificial intelligence technology. Its products include FastTracker and FastTracker-SpamCure. This suite of products has helped businesses increase productivity, reduce bandwidth drain, improve security and eliminate Internet liability concerns. Fast Data Technology also provides search engine solutions that enable corporations to apply artificial intelligence technology for accurate and quick search results. SpamCure, Bullet Signature Database and STAR Engine are trademarks of Mail-Filters.com, Inc. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Fast Data Technology is headquartered in Boulder, Colo. For more information visit www.fastdatatech.com.

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