Fortinet has unveiled the FortiMail-3000C messaging security appliance, which delivers secure email processing breakthroughs designed to satisfy the most demanding corporate messaging environments - supporting up to 50,000 users with a single system. Featuring a 20-per cent performance improvement over its predecessors, the FortiMail-3000C is ideally suited for large enterprises and application service and software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, especially those subject to PCI/DSS or HIPAA regulations in retail, payment, financial and healthcare industries.
The FortiMail-3000C features important server mode enhancements made possible by the new FortiMail 4.0 MR2 operating software, which enables the appliance to function as a full-featured SMTP mail server supporting secure POP3, IMAP and Web mail clients. This capability is ideal for companies that want to replace ageing mail servers, combine email functions into a single device and for offering secure email services to remote offices.
"In these budget-tightening times, total-cost-of-ownership is a crucial selection criteria for messaging security solutions," said Michael Xie, Founder, CTO & Vice-President of Engineering, Fortinet. "We have paid close attention to this market dynamic which is why we don’t use expensive and complex per-seat licensing models."
To help ensure the secure delivery of confidential or regulated content to customers, partners or employees, the FortiMail-3000C offers Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) that enables encrypted messages to be sent without the need for any user provisioning or additional hardware. FortiMail IBE is unique in providing "push” or “pull" delivery options. This allows encrypted emails to be delivered directly to users and/or stored on the FortiMail appliance for retrieval, making the system extremely easy to deploy and use.
