DALLAS, Sept. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(r)) (Nasdaq:ZIXI), the leader in email encryption and e-prescribing services, today announced that UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has signed a three-year contract for 5,000 users to use ZixCorp's Email Encryption Service.
"ZixCorp offered a simple solution for HIPAA compliance with its Email Encryption Service," said Stan Waddell, Chief Information Security Officer for UT Southwestern.
As the leading email encryption provider with over 8 million protected email recipients, ZixCorp's vast directory allows seamless encrypted email delivery to healthcare organizations, insurers, financial institutions and regulators, including the federal banking regulatory agencies. ZixCorp supports five encrypted email delivery mechanisms, including S/MIME, TLS, OpenPGP, secure portal and "push" delivery.
"ZixCorp remains the dominant email encryption service provider within the healthcare industry, including leading regional medical centers like UT Southwestern," said Rick Spurr, chief executive officer of ZixCorp. "HIPAA regulations continue to be an important topic for our customers and they want the comfort of partnering with a company that can deliver a proven, effective and easy-to-use solution for protecting email communication."
About Zix Corporation
ZixCorp is the leading provider of easy-to-use-and-deploy email encryption and e-prescribing services that Connect entities with their customers and partners to Protect and Deliver sensitive information in the healthcare, finance, insurance and government industries. ZixCorp's hosted Email Encryption Service provides an easy and cost-effective way to ensure customer privacy and regulatory compliance for corporate email. Its PocketScript(r) e-prescribing service saves lives and saves money by automating the prescription process between payors, doctors and pharmacies. For more information, visit www.zixcorp.com