FORT LEE, N.J., June 2, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Whale Communications(r) today announced that its e-Gap(r) Webmail Appliance supports Exchange Server 2003, providing enterprises with secure access to Microsoft Outlook Web Access from any browser.
Enterprises worldwide are using Whale's award-winning SSL VPN products to deliver secure remote access to corporate applications including email-based collaboration services. Whale's e-Gap products are cost-effective and easy to manage alternatives to traditional IPSec VPNs. Unlike traditional VPNs, the e-Gap Webmail solution is clientless, enabling access from any browser. Whale's appliance provides the utmost security to safeguard the enterprise and the information being accessed.
"It's rewarding to work together to deliver Microsoft enterprise customers with a comprehensive solution to enable secure access to Exchange 2003," said Gamiel Gran, Whale's VP of Business Development and Strategic Alliances. "Whale is building on the bolstered security that Microsoft has added to provide a combination of heightened client and network side security for Exchange 2003. For example, Whale's Attachment Wiper(tm) ensures that information is never left behind when using Outlook Web Access, ensuring that attachments and other potentially confidential information is not vulnerable."
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, the next major release following Exchange 2000, boosts information worker productivity through ubiquitous access to business-critical messaging and calendaring information, as well as enhancements in security, manageability, availability and reliability to help further drive down TCO.
"We are pleased to have a strategic relationship with Whale because it provides Exchange 2003 users with enhanced security for remote access," said Chris Baker, group product manager for Exchange at Microsoft Corp. "Whale's e-Gap Webmail Appliance enables our enterprise users to further improve the security of their business communications."
About Whale Communications:
Whale Communications, the leading SSL VPN vendor, is enabling enterprises to provide employees and partners secure access to corporate data and applications from any web browser. Its award-winning solutions have been securing enterprises worldwide since it was founded in 1998. Privately held, Whale is funded by prominent venture firms and industry leaders, including Goldman Sachs, Soros Private Equity Partners and the BRM Group, the founding investor of Check Point Software Technologies. The company is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and has international offices in Israel and Germany.
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