VB100 comparative testing is a regular independent comparison of anti-malware solutions. The VB100 award is a certification of products which meet the basic standards required to be recognized as legitimate and properly functioning anti-malware solutions. To earn the VB100 logo, a product must prove it can detect 100% of malware samples supplied by the WildList Organization and generate no false positives during a test set of clean samples.

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Zarafa’s Community edition includes unlimited web access, integrated ‘push’ for mobile devices and three Outlook connectors for free.   The Community Edition is a great way to experience the power and stability of Zarafa’s 0ffering without taking any financial risk.

Hundreds of local governments and schools in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy and Spain have adopted Zarafa as their collaboration / groupware solution.  Zarafa costs 50% of Microsoft’s proprietary Exchange server that requires the added expense of a Microsoft operating system and middleware.

Zarafa’s has developed connectors for all versions of Outlook and it is one of few Open Source solutions to work with Blackberry.

RAE Internet is an authorized Zarafa reseller / distributor in the United States and offers local Level 1 and 2 support.

The medical supply center “Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum Dr. Eberhard & Partner, Dortmund” (“MVZ Dortmund”) serves the health care network near the city of Dortmund in Germany and employs 300 professionals. The laboratory tests medical samples forwarded by doctors, hospitals, clinics and companies.

Problem Definition

Previously, MVZ Dortmund had 170 end-users of its email system. The system used Postfix as a Mail Transport Agent at the network level and emails were stored as .pst files on the desktop computers using Outlook. Spam filtering, email archiving (although it is required by German law) and groupware features like shared calendars did not exist.

This old system had a lot of disadvantages. End–users could only access their emails at their desks. Inboxes were not protected from spam, causing the users to waste time manually cleaning their inboxes. Central administration was impossible vastly increasing the workload of the IT Department.

Solution

To improve the situation, MVZ Dortmund decided to modernize their email system. The implementation of a groupware system was needed to give end-users more control over their emails and calendars as well as automatically filter the email stream for spam and viruses. The regulatory requirement to archive emails needed to be met as well as centralized user administration in order to significantly reduce the amount of support.

To undertake this complex migration, MVZ Dortmund recognized that they needed the support of a system integrator with special competencies in email and Open Source software, in light of the company’s decision to implement a heterogeneous IT infrastructure. Already in 2006, Thomas Kroeger, Administrator at MVZ Dortmund, met representatives of bitbone AG at a trade show. bitbone specializes in Open Source systems and groupware in particular. The first joint project involved implementing a fax server using bitkit|FAX, an integration tool developed by bitbone.

In 2009, bitbone started working on a concept for the implementation of the new email solution. “The new email system needed to be stable. The administrative workload and the system’s cost needed to be contained. Furthermore, we didn’t want to give up Outlook and we needed a bridge to mobile devices. And we wanted to keep our Postfix MTA,” said Thomas Kroeger.

The solution is a combination of the Zarafa groupware server with the email security and archiving modules from Mailspect and Postfix as the MTA. “Going for Zarafa were its comprehensive feature set and its small hardware footprint, integration with Outlook and affordable license fees. The fact that Postfix is undled with Red Hat Enterprise Linux was a key selection criterion in addition to Red Hat’s reputation for reliability. The Mailspect modules convinced us with their incredible value proposal,” comments Thomas Kroeger regarding his reasons for accepting the proposed solution.

Project Implementation

After bitbone forwarded the Red Hat license key, Mr. Kroeger installed the operating system himself. “ We are familiar with Linux and we already had the a box with the Intel Xeon processor in-house. The implementation went quickly and was quite simple. The rest of the installation was done by Mr. Rueb from bitbone.” Within one work day, Zarafa, the two Mailspect modules for defense and archive as well as Postfix were up, configured and running. An additional work day was needed for quality assurance and documentation.

Conclusion

MVZ Dortmund has been won over by the performance of the new email system. “The system is flexible, stable and integrated well into the existing IT frastructure,” states Thomas Kroeger. The individual solution components also got high marks: “With Zarafa, especially the web access is impressive and gives end-users the ability to work from their desktop or any networked device with a browser. It offers full synchronization with mobile devices, particularly with the iPhone. We discovered that we have new capabilities to receive faxes on mobile devices using bitkit|FAX as well as send PDFs from the mail server. Users can read the faxes on their mobile phones. In terms of administration, our workload has dropped significantly due to the excellent Outlook connectors
provided by Zarafa.”

“Red Hat is also stable and meets our expectations perfectly. Inbound and outgoing emails are archived by Mailspect Archive and Mailspect Defense is eliably filtering around 15,000 emails per day and blocking 13,500 spams from our inboxes and putting them in quarantine,” explains Thomas Kroeger.

The good working relationship with bitbone is also worth mentioning. “In bitbone we found a competent partner who is there when we need them. Their professionals work hard at solving a problem if it should arise and don’t stop until it is solved. We are convinced that we have found the right system integrator.”

The email routing specification involves looking at a subset of the domain’s email recipients for incoming emails with attached invoices.  Messages with invoices are segregated and then passed through a content filter to find key descriptors in the message header.  Based on a descriptor match or not, emails are then routed to the right recipient.

The workflow will greatly improve the municipal utility’s processing of incoming invoices and has a payback of less than one month, based on labor savings.  Plus the accuracy and speed of invoice processing increased.

The solution was made possible by Mailspect’s proprietary Email Stream Management integration technology.   ESM uses a number of fixed and flexible processing engines to filter email and attachments for content and then forward the matched email to a designated recipient email address or relational database such as MySQL.  Email Stream Management is the technology underlying Match My Email, a cloud service that automatically sorts and syncs email into the right Salesforce.com record(s).

For more information on Email Stream Management which is built into Mailspect Basic and Standard, visit Mailspect’s wiki at:  http://esm.mailspect.com/index.php/Main_Page .  Email Stream Management can also be used to implement outbound Data Loss Protection projects.

“Mailspect Defense is an end-to-end email security solution for mail gateways and servers. Through its control panel, Mailspect Manager, the software manages email security during all three phases of email processing: before it enters the email queue, during antivirus and anti-spam scanning and in post-queue quarantine. The software protects against computer viruses, spam, phishing, malware and Internet attacks. In post-queue, Mailspect Defense provides a state-of-the-art email quarantine that lets end-users and systems administrators manage “grey” email. With version 1.7.3, the end-user can act upon the emails in the quarantine using one-click button commands to: Remove, Deliver, Forward, Reply, Save to desktop, Export, Report False Positive, Print, Add to Whitelist or Add to Blacklist. The buttons are self-explanatory and easy-to use”, said Paul Sterne, president, RAE Internet, Mailspect’s parent company.

“We took the new interface ideas that we had incorporated into a sister product, Match My Email, a email integration application for Salesforce.com, and applied them to Mailspect Defense. The net result is a much cleaner and intuitive interface that improves the customer experience.” said Serhiy Fyrin, Head of Development, RAE Internet Inc., the owner of the Mailspect brand.

“We also incorporated the Action Button inside of the actual email so that there is no jumping between windows in order to take an action.” said Ovidiu Bivolaru, Product Manager, Mailspect Defense.

Version 1.7.3 also includes a number of improvements based on customer and reseller requests.

1. White and Black Lists handle aliases automatically
2. F-PROT anti-virus scanner is detected by Control Panel.
3. Easier search for blacklist entries.
4. Domain admin is not allowed to change his or her own permissions within Mailspect.
5. Domain admin is not allowed to set user permissions (domains, aliases) that are outside of the scope of his or her own permissions.

About RAE Internet
RAE Internet, Inc. is headquartered in Tarrytown, N.Y. with operations in Romania and the Ukraine. RAE Internet is the developer of Email Stream Management, the proprietary technology underlying its end-to-end email security and archive solution, Mailspect , and its email-to-database integration application, Match My Email. RAE Internet offers three products: Mailspect Defense that offers end-to-end security for email gateways and servers; Mailspect Archive that archives e-mail in compliance with regulations; and Match My Email that integrates e-mail and its attachments with core business applications like Salesforce.com. RAE Internet is also the North American distributor of F-PROT Antivirus ‘Fire & Ice’ and a worldwide reseller of Cloudmark.
Contact Info: Paul Sterne, president , sterne ( a ) Mailspect.com

According to Mr. Bodis, “Mailspect Defense is ideal for small Internet Service Providers who want to provide value-added services to their customers. Mailpect enables Yellow Cube to offer world class antivirus and antispam protection based on a powerful combination of Mailspect’s email firewall, Cloudmark, Clamd, SURBL, and other Real-Time Black Lists. Using Mailspect’s flexible policy engine, the filtering service is tailored to each client’s individual requirements. Thanks to Mailspect’s flexibility in integrating with different databases and back-end systems, almost everything is automated now and setting up a new client requires just a few clicks. By hosting the virtual Mailspect filtering appliance in a rented cluster, we never face unexpected costs or downtime, and the whole system can scale up to thousands of accounts without any modification.”

“Mailspect offers special pricing to ISP’s and web site hosting providers who sell email services. Our pricing is designed to ensure that small Internet Service Providers can effectively compete against the industry giants with local support and a fully customizable experience.”, said Paul Sterne, President of RAE Internet Inc. (dba Mailspect and Match My Email).

“ We are able to localize the web interface and create custom, per-user rules and filters that really work in the marketplace. It is a really great ‘set and forget’ solution. Plus we can rely on Mailspect’s real-time support to help us get the most out of the platform. They treat us like we are their most important partner.”

Cloudmark is known for having a world class antispam scanner that produces virtually ‘No False Positives”. False positive are particularly annoying to users and security administrators alike and cause customer dissatisfaction. Open Source scanners like Spamassassin, unfortunately, produce too many false positives which turns off enterprise and ISP users that requires near 100% antispam accuracy.

Cloudmark’s antivirus module is based on the same world class technology as its spam filters.

Cloudmark’s patented solutions combine Advanced Message Fingerprinting technology based on innovative, highly efficient algorithms, a Global Threat Network consisting of trusted reporters across the globe, real-time, automated analysis of traffic and content patterns, along with security research expertise, to provide real-time security intelligence and filtering across carrier networks. Cloudmark solutions protect more than 1.6 billion subscribers for the world’s largest networks.

This carrier-grade technology is now available through Mailspect Defense to smaller ISP’s and small and medium businesses using Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, Open-Xchange, Zimbra, Postifix, Communigate and Zarafa.

Mailspect Defense has three technology components: a Mail Filter, a Control Panel and a Message Viewer. The mail filter incorporates pre-queue and post-queue email scanning technologies that protect against email virus and spam as well as Internet attacks like denial of service. The Control Panel enables the system administrator to create and manage policy groups with specific security requirements and content filters. The Message Viewer is a sophisticated quarantine solutions that also incorporates email stream management capabilities like Disclaimers, Reports and Data Loss Protection.

Reykjavik, Iceland and Tarrytown, New York, March 28, 2011 – FRISK Software International, the developer of the world famous F-PROT Anti-virus ‘Fire & Ice’ family of software, is proud to announce that the Virus Bulletin has certified its Home and Enterprise editions on Ubuntu, Long-Term Support Version 10.04. Ubuntu is one of the leading Linux distributions and is maintained by Canonical Ltd., an Open Source software company founded by Mark Shuttleworth.

Virus Bulletin is the leading publication dedicated to computer security. Virus Bulletin carries out independent testing of anti-virus products. Its unique VB100 certification is widely recognized within the industry. Unlike other certification schemes, Virus Bulletin tests all products free of charge and does not allow re-testing.

RAE Internet has been FRISK’s US distributor since 2003, providing local support for F-PROT’s Fire & Ice line of anti-virus scanners. RAE Internet provides antivirus and antispam products from the world’s best developers to home and enterprise users on personal computers, file servers and mail servers under the Windows, Unix and Linux operating systems.

F-PROT’s development approach has been molded by its Icelandic roots. The Virus Bulletin characterized the installation process as “getting things up and running proved a breeze”. “Configuration and operation were made easy thanks to the product’s conformance with the expected behavior for Linux solutions.” Icelanders are resilient people who conserve resources to survive one of the world’s harshest climates. In a landscape formed by rivers of molten lava and ice, the developers at FRISK focus on efficiency. According to the Virus Bulletin, “with good scanning speeds and no stability problems, tests were completed in excellent time.”

Simplicity of design is another famous Icelandic trait. F-PROT strips functionality down to the essentials and presents the user with a clean interface that is intuitive and easy-to-use.

Because Internet threats are constantly evolving, automatic updates are critical to good anti-virus protection. F-PROT offers a third generation Updater that keeps the computer up-to-date without taking over the desktop with intrusive scans. Using advanced heuristic techniques, F-PROT can identify tens of millions of potential viruses and other types of malware like Trojans and stop them as they are launched by the evil geniuses who inhabit the dark side of the Internet. F-PROT’s excellence is demonstrated by its ability to stop 100% of the ‘wildlist’ virus thrown at it by the Virus Bulletin testers without generating a single ‘false positive”, hence the VB100 award for 100% performance.

For a product that is free for Home users, F-PROT Antivirus ‘Fire & Ice’ for Ubuntu deserves a closer look: www.raeinternet.com.

About FRISK Software International www.f-prot.com
FRISK Software International, established in 1993, is one of the world’s leading companies in antivirus research and product development. FRISK Software produces the hugely popular F-PROT Antivirus products range offering unrivalled heuristic detection capabilities. By supporting a wide range of operating systems — Windows, Unix, and Linux — FRISK Software protects computers, file servers and mail servers of all sizes, running on diverse platforms.

About RAE Internet www.raeinternet.com
RAE Internet, Inc., headquartered in Tarrytown, N.Y., is FRISK Software International’s distributor in the United States. RAE Internet has been selling and supporting anti-virus software since 2000. Its technical staff has an average of 10 years experience with email security and operating systems. RAE Internet also represents Mailspect Defense, which is an end-to-end security platform for Linux mail servers, and Cloudmark for Exchange, which protects Microsoft Exchange servers from spam.

Contact Info: Simon Duncan, info (a) raeinternet.com

Reykjavik, Iceland and Tarrytown New York, March 14, 2011 – FRISK Software International, the developer of the world famous F-PROT Anti-virus ‘Fire & Ice’ family of software, is proud to announce that the Virus Bulletin has certified its Home and Enterprise editions on Windows 7. Windows is the world’s most popular PC operating system with a market share of 90.3%, according to web analytics company Net Applications.

Virus Bulletin is the leading publication dedicated to computer security. Virus Bulletin carries out independent testing of anti-virus products. Its unique VB100 certification is widely recognized within the industry. Unlike other certification schemes, Virus Bulletin tests all products free of charge and does not allow re-testing.

RAE Internet has been FRISK’s US distributor since 2003, providing local support for F-PROT’s Fire & Ice line of anti-virus scanners. Since its inception in 1989, F-PROT has provided anti virus protection to every generation of IBM-compatible PC from DOS to Windows 5 to Vista and now Windows 7.

F-PROT’s design philosophy has been molded by its Icelandic roots. The Virus Bulletin describes the product “as simple, chilly and crisp as ever”. Icelanders are resilient people who conserve resources to survive one of the world’s harshest climates. In a landscape formed by rivers of molten lava and ice, the developers at FRISK focus on efficiency. According to the Virus Bulletin, “ the set-up was super fast and very painless”. In comparison, where F-PROT needs 46 MB to store more than 2,110,000 virus signatures collected by its experts who work in the FRISK viruslab, the competition needs up to 137 MB of disk space to handle the same threats.

Simplicity of design is another famous Icelandic trait. F-PROT strips functionality down to the essentials and presents the user with a clean interface that is intuitive and easy-to-use.

Because Internet threats are constantly evolving, automatic updates are critical to good anti-virus protection. F-PROT offers a third generation Updater that keeps the computer up-to-date without taking over the desktop within intrusive scans. Using advanced heuristic techniques, F-PROT can identify tens of millions of potential viruses and other types of malware like Trojans and stop them as they are launched by the evil geniuses who inhabit the dark side of the Internet. F-PROT’s excellence is demonstrated by its ability to stop 100% of the ‘wildlist’ virus throw at it by the Virus Bulletin testers without generating a single ‘false positive”, hence the VB100 award for 100% performance.

It is also important to note that many of the top-rated security platforms like Commtouch (Command Anti-Malware) and Coranti embed F-PROT into their solution.

About FRISK Software International —— www.f-prot.com
FRISK Software International, established in 1993, is one of the world’s leading companies in antivirus research and product development. FRISK Software produces the hugely popular F-PROT Antivirus products range offering unrivalled heuristic detection capabilities. By supporting a wide range of operating systems — Windows, Unix, and Linux — FRISK Software protects computers, file servers and mail servers of all sizes, running on diverse platforms

About RAE Internet —— www.raeinternet.com
RAE Internet, Inc., headquartered in Tarrytown, N.Y., is Frisk Software International’s distributor in the United States. RAE Internet has been selling and supporting anti-virus software since 2000. Its technical staff has an average of 10 years experience with email security and operating systems. RAE Internet also represents Mailspect Defense, which is an end-to-end security platform for Linux mail server, and Cloudmark for Exchange, which protects Microsoft Exchange servers from spam.

Contact Info: Simon Duncan, info (a) raeinternet.com