Optenet and Commtouch announced that Optenet plans to integrate Commtouch’s GlobalView Mail Reputation service into Optenet’s e-mail security offerings to landline and mobile telecom operators.

 

“We have selected Commtouch for its extensive global coverage of email senders and ability to identify malicious and senders within minutes of their activation,” stated Jorge Thermopile, Optenet’s director of strategic alliances. “After significant testing, we found the GlobalView technology to be highly effective at reducing inbound undesirable email traffic.”

 

In a report by Commtouch on Email Threats Trend , it is estimated that an average of 10 million zombie IP addresses are active every day, resulting in spasm and malaria, block the bandwidth, also waste server and storage resources, and security risks.

 

The integration of Commtouch GlobalView Mail Reputation into its software suites and hardware appliances will help Optenet to provide improved email defense to enterprises, public entities, fixed line and mobile telecom operators and Internet Service Providers. Mobile operators adopt Optenet technology as a parental control service, by blocking illegal content.

 

Ido Hadari, Commtouch’s vice president of international business development, stated “Our strategy of partnering with solution providers for the telecom industry is further strengthened by working with such a reputable vendor as Optenet. We are happy to be providing carrier-grade email defense solutions to Optenet’s global customer base of enterprises, ISPs and telecom operators.”

 

Optenet is a provider of integrated content security solutions to service providers and enterprises. Its technology protects ISPs and mobile operators, including Orange, O2 and Telefónica, and global organizations like McDonalds, Daimler AG and Hilton.

 

 

Commtouch provides messaging and web security technology for security companies and service providers. Its expertise in building efficient, security services have resulted in its patented technology to mitigate Internet threats. The Global Detection Centers automatically analyze transactions in real-time to catch spams, malware and zombie outbreaks. Some of Commtouch’s security offerings are anti-spam, virus detection and zombie intelligence services.

 

Commtouch was started in 1991 and has headquarters in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif.