Case study: Berbee Information Networks

Berbee Information Networks provides a wide range of hosted and managed services, including its Email Protection Service that safeguards 50,000 mailboxes across 100 customers. The integration of Sophos PureMessage (a component of Email Security and Control) into the service has provided a more scalable solution which maximizes customer value by providing the best protection against security threats, and at the same time the control to offer flexible, customer-specific policy features.

"Following the integration of Sophos PureMessage into our Email Protection Service, our customers receive up to 80% less junk email than before - a fact which we actively promote."
Phil LaForge, Vice President, Enterprise Data Center, Berbee Information Networks

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Fact file

Sector	Internet
Location	Madison, Wisconsin
Environment	50,000 mailboxes, Linux servers
Solution	PureMessage for UNIX (a component of Email Security and Control)

Business challenge

• Berbee's open source-based anti-spam solution for small and medium-sized businesses did not provide adequate protection for its growing number of large customers.
• A scalable solution was needed that would meet their future growth requirements to provide effective filtering for larger organizations.

Technology solution

• PureMessage for UNIX was packaged with Berbee's Email Protection Service to safeguard 50,000 mailboxes across 100 customers, as well as 1000 internal mailboxes.
• Combined with Berbee's in-house expertise, PureMessage provides an extra layer of protection and allows the company to respond immediately to threats and incidents.
• Berbee's customers can customize their anti-spam policies to grant control to individuals, depending on their role.

Business results

• Implementing PureMessage was rapid, requiring little training and resulting in a reduced load on Berbee's IT staff.
• The volume of mail being processed has decreased significantly, as spam is filtered out at the gateway.
• Berbee can now actively promote its service based on customers experiencing very low levels of junk mail and very few false positives.

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Specific solutions

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Email Security and Control

Guard against spam, email viruses and other threats by using PureMessage or one of our 'hands-off' email appliances.