Event
Summary
INDIAN WELLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sendmail, Inc., the provider of the
ubiquitous Sendmail(R) Internet Mail platform for e-communications, applications
and services, announced a new technology partnership with Disappearing Inc.,
creators of the Disappearing Email solution.
Disappearing
Email protects the privacy of email by automatically destroying each message
after a certain length of time, as determined by corporate policy. The partnership
will allow Disappearing Email to be deployed on Sendmail's powerful Internet
Mail platform, including the new Sendmail Multi Switch - a next generation solution
that unifies complex enterprise level Internet Mail systems into a single, easily
administered network, Both companies unveiled their new products at Demo 2000.
Market
Impact
The
partnership between Sendmail, Inc. and Disappearing, Inc. will allow far greater
levels of security to clients using sendmail and the sendmail switch.
Companies that depend on Internet email as a business critical application will
benefit from the joint venture. Administrators of the sendmail system,
coupled with Disappearing, Inc.'s product will be able to set specific "Time
to Live" (TTL) for each piece of email prior to permanent deletion, allowing
corporate email retention policies to be enforced.
Sendmail
routing solutions account for 75% of the Internet's 8,000 plus ISPs. Their enormous
installed base will not only benefit sendmail sales, but also launch
Disappearing, Inc. into the forefront of messaging security.
User
Recommendations
As
Internet email has evolved into a mission critical application, these same emails
have found their way into legal proceedings.
Corporations
need more than point to point email. They need secure transmission coupled with
a "purging" feature, which deletes all emails according to internal corporate
policies. Sendmail, Inc. is a highly respected vendor within the Internet messaging
and routing arena. The addition of enhanced security will make the product more
appealing to ISPs, ASPs, and corporations.