Endian and Commtouch® (NASDAQ:CTCH) today announced an agreement to integrate Commtouch Anti-Spam and Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection into Endian’s unified threat management (UTM) appliances.

The Endian UTM product family features all-in-one security including network security/firewall, Web security, mail security, VPN, hotspot, multi-WAN and other functionalities, for protection against Internet threats including spam, phishing, virus outbreaks and data theft. The Endian UTM hardware appliance and Endian UTM software appliance can be used on standard servers or in virtualized environments.

“We selected Commtouch technology because it was the best solution to integrate with our products and many customers were asking for it,” said Raphael Vallazza, CEO of Endian. “As opposed to open source solutions, the biggest advantage we found for the user is that Commtouch requires no training, and its Recurrent Pattern Detection (RPD) technology offers excellent spam, phishing and virus outbreak detection ratios right away.”

Endian’s appliances are sold to small and medium businesses in more than 30 countries worldwide, including Italy, Germany, USA and Australia. The company plans to expand its work with large businesses and its presence in Japan, India, Brazil, Thailand and others over the next year.

“Small and medium businesses are spending more than large businesses on managing their messaging security solutions and are, therefore, seeking all-inclusive solutions that can most effectively secure their networks,” said Ido Hadari, Commtouch vice president of international sales and business development. “As a leading provider of messaging and Web security technologies in the UTM market, we are pleased to have the opportunity to help Endian protect its customers who have come to rely on the advanced, all-in-one coverage Endian provides.”

About Endian

Endian is the leading provider of open source network security solutions. Thousands of networks worldwide are already secured by the Endian Firewall product family of Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances that deliver secure communication and enable protection against malicious Internet threats like attacks, spam, phishing, viruses and data theft. For more information, visit http://www.endian.com.

About Commtouch

Commtouch® (NASDAQ:CTCH) provides proven messaging and Web security technology to more than 100 security companies and service providers for integration into their solutions. Commtouch’s patented Recurrent Pattern Detection™ (RPD™) and GlobalView™ technologies are founded on a unique cloud-based approach, and work together in a comprehensive feedback loop to protect effectively in all languages and formats. Commtouch technology automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time in its global data centers to identify new threats as they are initiated, protecting email infrastructures and enabling safe, compliant browsing. The company’s expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in mitigating Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in 190 countries. Commtouch was founded in 1991, is headquartered in Netanya, Israel, and has a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, Calif.

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Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark, of Commtouch Software Ltd. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch.