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Alternative Technology Signs Distributor Agreement with Clearswift
Agreement extends Alternative Technology’s offering in the growing market for content security.
Englewood, CO., June 13, 2006 – Alternative Technology, the leading specialty distributor of security and access infrastructure solutions, announced that it has signed a value-added distribution agreement with Clearswift. Under the agreement, Alternative Technology will distribute Clearswift’s award-winning email and Web content security software and hardware products to its network of resellers in the USA and Canada.
Clearswift extends Alternative Technology’s current portfolio of access infrastructure and security products by adding Clearswift MIMEsweeper SMTP Appliance, MIMEsweeper for SMTP software, MIMEsweeper for Web, and MIMEsweeper Email Managed Service.
“Alternative Technology is partnering with Clearswift because of its technical and market leadership in an area that bridges our access infrastructure and security lines with content security solutions,” said Tom Zorn, vice president of Alternative Technology. “Clearswift’s MIMEsweeper, a comprehensive policy based product that can be deployed as software, on an appliance or as a managed service, has been industry leader for many years.
“We have selected Alternative Technology because it understands the security market, the VAR community and the needs of the end user,” said Greg Hampton, general manager, Americas, Clearswift. “Alternative Technology has an excellent reputation in the VAR community, particularly with its strong server based computing and security focus, and its technical services and training programs that will assist VARs in adopting and deploying our technology.”
This agreement follows the recent awards by SC Magazine for Clearswift’s Email Managed Services (5 stars), MIMEsweeper for SMTP 5.1 and MIMEsweeper for Web 5.0 (4 stars), by PC Pro for MIMEsweeper SMTP Appliance (5 Star’ and ‘Recommended’ ratings), and a positive appraisal in Butler Group’s ‘Technology Audit’.
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About Alternative Technology
Alternative Technology is the leading specialty distributor for Value Added Resellers who need products and services targeted at Thin-client/Server-based Computing, Edge Infrastructure, Security, and Wireless markets. Driving the widespread adoption of leading edge technologies by bridging the gaps between products and services to solve critical business problems, Alternative identifies business issues that are key to our markets and offer multi-vendor solutions that drive demand back through our reseller partners. Alternative Technology, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Carlsbad, California, and Mississauga, Canada. For more information, go to: www.AltTech.com, e-mail: sales@AltTech.com or call toll-free: 800.544.7674 (USA), or 866.240.9991 (Canada).
About Clearswift
Clearswift simplifies content security.
Our products help organizations enforce best-practice email and web use, ensuring all traffic complies with internal policy and external regulations. Our range of content filtering solutions makes it easy to deploy, manage and maintain no-compromise email and web security for both inbound and outbound traffic. Clearswift is the only vendor to offer comprehensive, policy-based content security in all three deployment methods: as software, as an appliance and as a managed service. All three platforms are designed to take the hassle out of securing Internet traffic, with a clear, intuitive management interface; automatic, 'zero-touch' updates; powerful reporting and common-sense policy management. Twenty years of experience across 15,000 organizations has helped us raise security standards while simplifying security management at the same time. We've helped many of the world's most successful organizations use the internet with confidence and are committed to staying ahead of the market and helping our customers defend against all emerging threats.
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Media Contacts
Alternative Technology
Mark Rieger
Stanton & Associates Marketing and Public Relations
720-234-5381
mrieger@stantonpr.com
Clearswift
Susan Majerus
susanm@intelecgroup.com
480-354-4334
Isabelle Duart
isabelle.duarte@clearswift.com
+44 (0) 118 903 8302