Symantec and Message Systems join forces
ConvergenceAsia staff
30/12/2009

Symantec, a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions and Message Systems, a worldwide provider of message management solutions and services, have announced a joint initiative, Service Provider Next Gen, under their strategic partnership.

The Service Provider Next Gen initiative combines best of breed products and services from the two companies to provide a superior suite of message security, management and other business solutions for telcos, ISPs, hosting companies and other service providers.

Through integrated technology, service and support, Symantec and Message Systems plan to offer service providers a better way to achieve their business objectives and post higher financial returns as well as streamlined access so those benefits accrue faster.

As part of this announcement, Symantec and Message Systems are also releasing their first solution under the Service Provider Next Gen initiative – combining Brightmail and Momentum at the edge of the network.

Brightmail in combination with Momentum offers an integrated solution that combines the Symantec Brightmail Message Filter and Symantec Brightmail Traffic Shaper products with Message Systems’ Momentum platform. It offers optimal message filtering and management results with higher financial return and lower cost of ownership.

Service providers are struggling to simultaneously manage the increasing volume and complexity of the digital messages they process while fending off ever-changing threats to their networks and customers and competitive challenges to their business models, said Art Gilliland, vice president, product management, Enterprise Security Group, Symantec.

“Through the joint initiative with Message Systems, we can build a suite of solutions that address these challenges, starting with combining Brightmail and Momentum in a way that optimises the technical strengths of both companies,” added Gilliland.

In addition to offering this powerful product combination today, the two companies will bundle other products and services under the Service Provider Next Gen initiative to address the broader business needs of service providers in 2010.

Said David Harvey, vice president of business development and partners for Message Systems, “Together, Symantec and Message Systems have enormous resources for technical and product innovation, and we’ve joined forces to achieve our vision and meet the needs of service providers for innovative solutions and superior service quality on a global basis.”

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