TUMBLEWEED
Axway Subsidiary Licenses Email Firewall Patents
to Mirapoint Software, Inc.
Redwood City, CA – Sept. 22, 2008 - Mirapoint Software, Inc. a leading provider of appliance-based email solutions and Tumbleweed Communications Corp, a wholly owned subsidiary of Axway Inc, today announced a new licensing agreement for two Tumbleweed technology patents. The agreement will enable Mirapoint to leverage Tumbleweed's proprietary Encryption and Decryption technology patents to provide enhanced email communications to its customers world-wide.
Now a part of Axway, Tumbleweed is an industry leader in managed file transfer, email security, and identity validation with more than 31 security patents in the U.S alone. The license agreement with Mirapoint covers Tumbleweed U.S. Patent No. 6,393,568 titled "Encryption and Decryption Method with Content Analysis Provision" and U.S. Patent No. 6,609,196 titled "Email Firewall with Stored Key Encryption/Decryption."
"This agreement gives us access to technology that will allow us to further our commitment to providing secure communications to our 120 million global users," said Jeffrey Witous, chief executive officer at Mirapoint Software, Inc. “As a company we are focused on delivering secure communications and this agreement with Tumbleweed ensures that our customers have accesses to the best technology available.”
"We're pleased to license our technology to Mirapoint Software as it creates synergies for both companies," said Christophe Fabre, CEO of Axway. "In keeping with Tumbleweed’s history, we continue to invest millions of dollars every year in research and development to enhance our solutions for our customers."
Earlier this month, the Axway-Tumbleweed merger was finalized and Tumbleweed’s operations are in the process of integration with Axway’s.
Terms of the license agreement with Mirapoint were not disclosed.
About Mirapoint
Founded in 1997, Mirapoint is a market leader in appliance-based solutions for secure message networks in enterprise, service provider, and education organizations, with more than 120 million mailboxes served and secured worldwide. Customers use Mirapoint appliances to build the messaging infrastructure that intelligently serves, secures and manages email. Mirapoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com.
About Axway
Axway is one of the leading global providers of collaborative business solutions. Axway establishes the dynamic connections -- within and among enterprises -- that make companies easier to do business with. Spanning all industries, over 8400 organizations in more than 100 countries depend on Axway to manage and control their business-critical information in motion --improving value chain efficiency, regulatory compliance and quality of service. Built on a service-oriented architecture, Axway's Synchrony solutions feature a highly flexible integration and B2B framework, business and technical analytics, and professional services. Axway also offers customized solutions for the financial services, life sciences and automotive industries. Many of Axway's solutions are available in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. A subsidiary of Sopra Group, SA, Axway is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Tumbleweed Releases MailGate 3.6
New Version Integrates S/MIME, Extends DLP Reporting, and Streamlines FIPS Certification – Added Features Appeal to Governmental Agencies and Regulated Industries
Redwood City, CA – July 16, 2008 - Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), an industry leader in managed file transfer, email security, and identity validation, today announced MailGate® 3.6, the latest version of its award-winning email security product. MailGate 3.6 adds a number of compelling capabilities for government agencies and regulated industries, including S/MIME encrypted email for data loss prevention (DLP), a granular employee or user-based DLP reporting feature, and integrates the latest elliptic curve cryptography, which will help streamline future Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) certification.
“MailGate 3.6 answers the call from many of our public, regulated and government customers – governmental agencies, in particular, will benefit significantly from these enhancements,” said Joe Fisher, senior vice president of product management at Tumbleweed. “MailGate routinely gets exceptional scores in independent product reviews, particularly for our strong DLP policy engine, market-leading encryption, and superior interface. The rally cry for data loss prevention is everywhere, and Tumbleweed is one of the only vendors to successfully and effectively integrate DLP capabilities into our complete product suite. Within MailGate, these valuable outbound capabilities help protect sensitive information sent via email, which is arguably the most-used business communications channel today.”
In 2007, Tumbleweed received 140-2 Level 1 certification, the benchmark standard for government agency data security, for the security kernel used in its suite of products. Tumbleweed’s customers include government agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, all four branches of the U.S. military, and numerous state and local governments. MailGate 3.6 provides customers with gateway inspection of S/MIME encrypted email for both inbound and outbound encrypted mail, thus helping prevent costly or dangerous data breaches. In addition, the added SMTP extension includes an authentication step that helps ensure the true identity of the sender is known.
MailGate DLP policies will drop any encrypted message that cannot be decrypted and reviewed for content scanning or return the message to the sender with instructions on how to send encrypted mail through MailGate. Additionally, MailGate 3.6 provides a comprehensive employee/user-based DLP “summary” report, providing insight into employee or user activity that could expose sensitive data.
Also integrated is NSA-approved elliptic curve cryptography technology, a move that provides one of the highest levels of security while streamlining future FIPS 140-2 and Suite B compliance renewals. FIPS 140-2 is the security requirement for cryptographic modules as defined by the National Institute of Standards for Technology (NIST). Suite B is the set of cryptographic algorithms recommended by the National Security Agency (NSA) to secure classified and unclassified communications.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Tumbleweed cautions that forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on plans and expectations as of the date of the press release, and that a number of factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from the guidance given at this time. These factors are described in the Safe Harbor statement below.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to the functionality of Tumbleweed’s MailGate solution. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed’s Form 10-K filed March 17, 2008 and Tumbleweed’s Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2008.
Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release. Although this release may remain available on Tumbleweed’s website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that Tumbleweed is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein.
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Tumbleweed Positioned in Leaders Quadrant
of 2008 Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer
Evaluation based on completeness of vision and ability to execute
Redwood City, CA – June 24, 2008 - Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), an industry leader in managed file transfer and email security, today announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the newly released “Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer,” (L. Frank Kenney, James Lennard, 23 June 2008).
According to the analyst firm, “leaders (in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer (MFT)) are most likely to have high revenue and commitment to the market, high market share and installed bases, and products that are of interest to a large audience. Additionally, leaders have presented domain expertise and compelling messages that have penetrated the market."
“We are delighted to be positioned in the leaders quadrant – from our perspective, this event reinforces our continued market leadership in the managed file transfer space,” said Jim Scullion, CEO of Tumbleweed Communications. “This segment represents a tremendous market opportunity, and with our vision and discipline, Tumbleweed is poised to deliver leading-edge solutions to our partners and customers.”
According to the report, "Gartner estimates that the market for MFT suites and services is approximately $450 million and is growing at a rate of 21% to 26% year over year."
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted June 23, 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Tumbleweed cautions that forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on plans and expectations as of the date of the press release, and that a number of factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from the guidance given at this time. These factors are described in the Safe Harbor statement below.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to Tumbleweed’s market position, as well as the features and capabilities of Tumbleweed’s managed file transfer solutions. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed’s Form 10-K filed March 17, 2008 and Tumbleweed’s Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2008.
Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release. Although this release may remain available on Tumbleweed’s website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that Tumbleweed is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein.
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Tumbleweed's MailGate and Secure Messenger Earn Perfect Five-Star Ratings in SC Magazine Group Test Reviews
MailGate receives coveted “Recommended” rating by SC Magazine’s staff
Redwood City, CA – June 11, 2008 - Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), an industry leader in managed file transfer and email security, today announced that its Secure Messenger™ product received a 5-star rating in SC Magazine’s Email Security Group test, and its MailGate® product received a “Recommended” rating in addition to its 5-star rating in SC Magazine’s Email Content Management Group Test.
SC Magazine competitively tested various products in both the Email Security and Email Content Management Group Test for the June 2008 issue evaluating the products in six categories: features, ease of use, performance, documentation, support, and value for its money. Both MailGate and Secure Messenger products earned five out of five stars in each of the categories.
SC Magazine reviewers tested Tumbleweed’s MailGate product, a comprehensive, high-performance email security solution in the Email Content Management Group Test, and found the appliance offers “solid email protection and management in one device,” as well as “a solid content filter protecting from accidental data leakage.” MailGate is also honored with the June “Recommended” rating by the SC Magazine review staff for being “quick out of the gate,” and as a product that is “well worth your attention.”
In addition, Tumbleweed’s Secure Messenger, a policy-based, secure message delivery product, also achieved a 5-star rating in the Email Security Group Test. Secure Messenger’s “powerful content and identity filtering capabilities and a multitude of standards-based encryption options will help support most organizations’ administrative and policy needs,” according to the article. SC Magazine specifically recognizes Tumbleweed’s support portal site as “top notch,” and also “represents a fantastic value given the feature set.”
“The SC Magazine product reviews are consistent with what our customers have already been saying about our email security products – time and again, they tell us that MailGate and Secure Messenger are exceptional products,” said Jim Scullion, chief executive officer at Tumbleweed. “Our products help organizations conquer and move beyond traditional inbound protection, providing comprehensive content management capabilities that protect business-critical communications and prevent data loss. We are setting a new bar for email security.”
Tumbleweed’s email security products have been consistently recognized for excellence and performance. In November, Tumbleweed was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Email Encryption, 2007.”1 According to the analyst firm, “leaders” are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of the market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market. The report stated, “One growth trend in the e-mail encryption market has been through data loss prevention (DLP) projects. Companies that invested in DLP initially monitored traffic for policy violations or to understand how their businesses used sensitive data. However, as soon as companies turn to an enforcement mode, e-mail encryption becomes an important mechanism for allowing the transmit of sensitive data.”
SC Magazine’s Email Content Management Group Test with Tumbleweed’s MailGate appears here:
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Tumbleweed-Communications-MailGate/Review/2419/
SC Magazine’s Email Security Group Test with Tumbleweed’s Secure Messenger appears here:
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Tumbleweed-Secure-Messenger-63/Review/2403/
1) Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for E-Mail Encryption, 2007" by Eric Ouellet and Arabella Hallawell, November 8, 2007
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Tumbleweed cautions that forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on plans and expectations as of the date of the press release, and that a number of factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from the guidance given at this time. These factors are described in the Safe Harbor statement below.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to the functionality of Tumbleweed’s Secure Messenger and MailGate products. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed’s Form 10-K filed March 17, 2008 and Tumbleweed’s Form 10-Q filed May 12, 2008.
Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release. Although this release may remain available on Tumbleweed’s website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that Tumbleweed is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein.
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U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Grants Tumbleweed A New Email Firewall Patent
Redwood City, CA – May 28, 2008 - Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: TMWD), a leader in managed file transfer and email security, today announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 7,380,274 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The new patent, titled "Email Firewall” describes the enforcement of multiple administrator-selected policies to email traffic entering or leaving an organization. The new patent is a continuation of U.S. Patent No. 7,162,738, which is itself a continuation of Patent No. 6,609,196, which claims priority to an application filed on July 24, 1997.
Tumbleweed's patent portfolio, which broadly covers secure communication over Internet standards, includes 29 granted U.S. utility patents.
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