MailFrontier Achieves IBM Advanced Level Business Partner Status
MailFrontier Gateway Appliance on IBM xSeries Platform Driving Business Success

PALO ALTO, Calif. - October 25, 2005 – MailFrontier™, the leader in email security, today announced it has achieved Advanced Level Business Partner Status with IBM. MailFrontier has been named as an IBM Advanced Level Business Partner due to its proven competency in the field on the latest IBM technologies. The Advanced Business Partner certification is given to companies that have demonstrated the necessary skills, sales expertise and successful deployments on IBM e-business technology. With this recognition, MailFrontier is entitled to many of IBM’s marketing, sales, and product development benefits through the IBM PartnerWorld program.

“The email security market represents a high-growth opportunity for IBM Systems Group. MailFrontier was selected as an IBM Advanced Level Business Partner based on their proven market success; recognition by Gartner as visionary in its E-Mail Security Boundary Magic Quadrant for 1H 2005; and potential synergies with other market leading network security partners, such as Check Point Software, certified on IBM systems. MailFrontier’s decision to base its MailFrontier Gateway Appliance on the IBM xSeries platform over Dell systems further validates the strength of IBM systems and our global services capabilities,” said John L. Ryan, Network Security Business Development Manager, IBM Systems and Technology Group. “Participation in the IBM industry network and the opportunity to leverage many of IBM’s sales, marketing and product development tools will enable MailFrontier to even more effectively drive business through its channels.”

“We are pleased that MailFrontier’s leadership in email security is recognized by IBM. As an IBM Advanced Level Business Partner, MailFrontier is committed to working with IBM to deliver mission-critical email security solutions for our customers” said Anne Bonaparte, president and CEO of MailFrontier. “In combination with IBM’s global organization and our successful channel program, MailFrontier is poised for continued growth in delivering effective technology solutions to the enterprise security market.”

The award-winning MailFrontier Gateway™ Appliance is based on the IBM xSeries platform, available on hardened versions of Red Hat Linux and Microsoft Windows. MailFrontier Gateway protects organizations against inbound and outbound email threats such as spam, phishing, viruses, and zombies, helps enterprises achieve compliance, and provides future-proof email security infrastructure.

About MailFrontier
MailFrontier is the leading provider of email security solutions that protect organizations against threats such as spam and viruses, provide control for content compliance and enable consolidation of email infrastructure. The MailFrontier platform provides power without complexity. The company has more than 1,500 enterprise customers, including HealthEast Care System, Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., OfficeMax, Pier 1 Imports, San Francisco Giants, SAP and Wyndham International. Founded in 2002, MailFrontier is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For additional information, go to www.mailfrontier.com.

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