Sherweb Deploys MailChannels Traffic Control to Add Carrier-Grade Email Management Technology

Leading Microsoft Hosted Exchange provider upgrades anti-spam service to stop spam and reduce load at the perimeter

Vancouver, Canada, January 14, 2009 – Email security software provider, MailChannels, announced today that SherWeb, a global Microsoft Exchange provider, has successfully deployed MailChannels' Traffic Control software to further improve the reliability and cost-effectiveness of its Microsoft Exchange hosting environment. Traffic Control eliminates abusive email by applying MailChannels‘ patent-pending email traffic shaping technology, cutting the load on downstream email infrastructure while ensuring end-users see less spam in their inboxes and junk folders.

Traffic Control is available at http://www.mailchannels.com/download .

Hosted email providers like SherWeb face special challenges when it comes to providing reliable, spam-free email service. Customers demand a rich set of CPU-intensive email handling features and the lowest possible pricing. Meanwhile, increasing levels of spam put pressure on email infrastructure, threatening service reliability and driving up operating costs. Providers are constantly challenged by the need to balance features with cost effectiveness. And anti-spam performance is a key indicator of a provider’s success in the market.

With their fast-growing user base, SherWeb’s spam problem had recently grown to the point where a major investment in new email filtering infrastructure was required. SherWeb investigated a number of potential solutions including RBLs and grey-listing, but in the end decided that MailChannels' patent-pending email traffic shaping technology was technically superior.

“With today’s increasing spam problems, remaining proactive and finding only the best solutions and alternatives are crucial. Since meeting customer needs is our priority, outsourcing to a third party that specializes in email traffic shaping solutions is fundamental to maintain our high business standards,” stated Peter Cassar, CEO and President of SherWeb.

“We are pleased to bring SherWeb users the same carrier-grade email traffic management technology that we have deployed at major institutions such as Wyeth, PG&E, and Cornell University.” said Ken Simpson, CEO of MailChannels. “We welcome partnerships like SherWeb, who place a strong emphasis on the cost-effective delivery of reliable email service.“

MailChannels helps companies avoid rising infrastructure costs of hosting email despite increasing spam volume. Instead of relying on a hard pass or fail system like spam blocking, the MailChannels system stops spammers by prioritizing the mail queue so that legitimate senders are expedited delivery while spammers are put in a holding pattern. Traffic Control performs like an email load balancer, by selectively restricting the bandwidth of unidentified senders. This results in dramatic infrastructure savings by stopping spam at the initial connection.

About SherWeb
Founded in 1998, SherWeb is a leader in Internet hosting solutions and provides shared Web hosting services, dedicated servers and hosted messaging and collaboration systems. The company is currently serving thousands of customers in more than 25 countries around the world. SherWeb’s hosting solutions are modular and scalable in order to ensure that customers can grow their businesses without having to invest additional time, capital or other resources into their Web and messaging infrastructure.
For more information, visit http://www.sherweb.com .

About MailChannels
MailChannels Corporation is the global leader in email traffic shaping technology, helping to relieve service providers of rising email operation costs. The company’s Traffic Control software presorts incoming email before it hits your network, controlling traffic to prevent server congestion and system slowdowns so that email servers can run at optimal performance. Recognized by Red Herring Canada Top 50 and the MIT Spam Conference, MailChannels protects Fortune 500 companies, leading service providers and universities worldwide.
For more information, visit: http://www.mailchannels.com and the Anti-Spam Blog at http://blog.mailchannels.com .

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