Tools Check Content For Compliance

Today, Proofpoint of Cupertino, Calif., and PSS Systems of Palo Alto, Calif., separately launched initiatives in these areas that have implications for the channel.

Proofpoint, which earlier this month launched an offering called Protection Server that scans electronic mail for content that is in violation of corporate policies, today launched the Proofpoint Partner Network for resellers, integrators and consultants.

Charter PPN members include Binary Research, Corporate Technologies, ETSec, Primitive Logic, Software Spectrum and Vinitech and the network as a whole potentially touches more than1,900 customers.

The Proofpoint Protection Server is being initially positioned as an ant-spam solution for filtering e-mail content. But company officials also note that unlike other anti-spam solutions, their offering can also be extended to monitor electronic mail communications to make sure employees are complying regulations such as those associated with HIPAA or the Sarbanes-Oxley act.

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"We think this difference gives resellers a significant upsell opportunity," said Greg Smirin, Proofpoint vice president of marketing. "The anti-spam market is pretty overwhelming already, so we have a huge number of leads we can't deal with. But we want to make sure those leads get acted on so we built this network."

The brainchild of company chairman Eric Hahn, who is credited with being an early e-mail pioneer with Netscape and cc-Mail, Proofpoint was attractive to ETSec as a partner because of it ability to be applied across many different scenarios, said Susan Lutz, CEO of ETSec.

"We really needed a solution that would scale for clients regardless of the regulatory environment it is being applied in," said Lutz.

Separately, PSS Systems today launched PSS1, a tool that insures documents anywhere on a network comply with industry regulations and corporate policies.

"Any object in a file system is fair game," said Gary Kinghorn, director of marketing. "Our goal is to create an ecosystem of consultants focused on regulations in various industries."

PSS partners include the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Government Solutions Group and MorganFranklin Corp.