Judges selected Tumbleweed Communications Corp.'s MailGate Email Firewall 6.2 as the Bronze Award winner in the Messaging Security category for SearchExchange.com's Products of the Year. MailGate Email Firewall is a single platform that protects, analyzes, manages and reports on all inbound and outbound e-mail traffic in the enterprise.

MailGate Email Firewall 6.2 earned high marks in all categories, particularly for performance, functionality and service. One judge commented, "This product caters to the organizations that want to get a great deal of functionality out of a single device by including an impressive collection features … the most impressive feature is its ability to integrate with a variety of LDAP directories."

Version 6.2 adds OpenPGP encryption support to the product's current set of transparent secure messaging options, delivering a range of gateway encryption capabilities including:

• SMG-certified and desktop S/MIME encryption and digital signing
• Enforceable TLS encryption
• A Secure Envelope that embeds the encrypted message in an HTML attachment for offline access to secure messages

Pricing: Email Firewall is priced on a per-user basis, with flexible add-on modules allowing the system to be customized. A 250-user Email Firewall system, including antispam and antivirus services starts at $5,500.

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