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Microsoft Buys Boost Email Security
David Utter
Staff Writer
2006-09-28
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Gartner published its 2006 E-Mail Security Boundary Magic Quadrant and rated Microsoft a leader in the category for its efforts.
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Microsoft and email security used in the same sentence might be viewed as an oxymoron by countless system administrators due to virus activity that has exploited its client-side Outlook email client over the years. On the server and gateway side, Microsoft has greatly improved what it can offer for email security.
Research firm Gartner placed Microsoft in its "Magic Quadrant" of leaders, according to the report published by the firm this week. Microsoft noted that Gartner's designated "Leaders" are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively seeking competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.
"Our work in e-mail security is an integral part of our broader security strategy," said Andy Lees, corporate vice president of Server and Tools Marketing at Microsoft.
Microsoft gained this position with the help of some acquisitions. One of the services Gartner evaluated, the Exchange Hosted Services line, includes a variety of technologies Microsoft gained when it purchased FrontBridge Technologies in August 2005.
Before that, Microsoft completed the purchase of Sybari, which included that company's Antigen line of security products. Antigen for Exchange is being rebranded as Forefront Security for Exchange Server.
Microsoft has that technology scheduled for release within the next six months. It has been designed to function with Exchange 2007, and is available as a public beta for testing.
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David Utter is a business and technology writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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