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Leading Internet Content Filtering Solution Provider is the Latest Partner to Share Information on Emerging Cyber Threats with Clients around the World Waltham, Massachusetts – December 13, 2005 –Internet content filtering, monitoring and reporting solution provider 8e6 Technologies has become the latest IMlogic Threat Center partner, exchanging up-to-the-minute IM-borne threat information with the center to protect millions of customers around the world from emerging and existing cyber attacks. The companies will work together to enhance the real-time threat scoring of malicious content identified by the IMlogic Threat Center and will share information about emerging threats to broaden the protection that each company provides to its customers. 8e6 is a leading provider of appliance-based solutions that help businesses, schools, government agencies and ISPs worldwide enforce their acceptable use policies, improving productivity, reducing liability and preserving network resources. Under the partnership, 8e6 will provide the IMlogic Threat Center with the latest information on Internet-based threats affecting IM such as spyware payloads. In turn, IMlogic will ensure 8e6 has the latest virus definitions to add to its filter lists and protect customers from emerging threats. "The Internet is a minefield of cyber hazards for organizations without the resources to protect themselves," said Paul Myer, president and COO of 8e6 Technologies. "Together IMlogic and 8e6 enable IT administrators to proactively address internet-borne security threats by providing organizations with the essential tools required to safeguard the infrastructure." The IMlogic Threat Center helps companies stay abreast of mounting threats via strategic partnerships with Internet security leaders Symantec, Sybari, McAfee, Postini, Authentium and now 8e6, as well as global instant messaging leaders America Online, Microsoft and Yahoo!. The IMlogic Threat Center is a comprehensive knowledge base for known IM and P2P vulnerabilities and provides rapid response and guidance for protection against newly detected threats. "The addition of 8e6 to the IMlogic Threat Center community brings valuable industry insight and an extensive library of threat information to IMlogic's customers," says said IMlogic VP of Products, Art Gilliland. "Membership in the center also provides 8e6 with access to the industry's most up-to-date clearinghouse of threat information specific to instant messaging. We look forward to collaborating with 8e6 on this and other initiatives in the coming year." About 8e6 Technologies 8e6 Technologies provides high-value security appliances to manage Internet-related threats through filtering reporting and remediation. 8e6 solutions guard against threats from undesirable Web sites, instant messaging, peer-to-peer file sharing, viruses and spyware. A Web-filtering pioneer since 1995, the company maintains headquarters in Orange, Calif. with offices in Taipei, Taiwan, and Beijing, as well as a network of channel partners worldwide. For more information, please call 888-786-7999 or visit www.8e6.com. About IMlogic Inc. IMlogic Inc. is the market leader in instant messaging management and security software. Companies across the financial services, energy, healthcare, government, media, telecommunications, technology, and manufacturing industries, depend on the award winning IMlogic IM Manager(TM) to manage, control and secure corporate IM usage, while satisfying messaging compliance requirements. For more information on IMlogic call 877-IMlogic or visit www.imlogic.com. Contact: IMlogic, Inc. Melissa Yakel, 781-902-2563 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Schwartz Communications Kim Angell, 415-512-0770 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Beaupre & Co. Public Relations, Inc. Ed Marshall, 603-559-5816
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