January 21, 2010
Moving Email Security to the Cloud: Arkadin Deploys Proofpoint ENTERPRISE
For reasons we discuss regularly in this blog, more and more enterprises are choosing to move email security functions "to the cloud" and today's announcement from Proofpoint offers yet another example.
Headquartered globally in Paris, web and audio conferencing vendor Arkadin found that its previous on-premises email security solution was suffering from poor anti-spam accuracy and imposing too many administrative burdens on IT staff. So they looked for new solutions that provided better effectiveness versus email-borne threats as well as reduced administration time and reduced TCO.
Arkadin found that adopting Proofpoint's SaaS email security solution gave them the features and savings they were looking for, without sacrificing control and customizability. Proofpoint ENTERPRISE now protects 1000 Arkadin end-user inboxes worldwide. Says Arnaud Lejeune, executive president of operations for Arkadin:
“We needed an email security solution with better performance that was also reliable and easy to manage. Proofpoint ENTERPRISE delivered on all of those requirements and more. By moving to Proofpoint’s cloud computing-based email security solution, we’ve greatly reduced our costs, effectiveness in stopping spam has been incredible and performance is guaranteed by service level agreements. It’s the perfect solution for enterprises faced with these problems.”
Arkadin’s information services team was also impressed by level of customization enabled by Proofpoint’s SaaS email security solution.
“Even though it’s a SaaS solution, Proofpoint ENTERPRISE gives us a level of control and configurability comparable to on-premises appliances,” said Jean-Claude Asseufi, global IS support manager at Arkadin. “Everything is managed by a centralized, Web-based management console, so we can easily make changes and get complete visibility into our email systems.”
You can read the full press release here:
If you'd like to learn more about the advantages of moving email security to the cloud and tips on what large enterprises should look for when buying security-as-a-service, register for our next live web seminar at the following link:
Web seminar: SaaS and the Global 2000: Best Practices for Deploying Security-as-a-Service
http://www.proofpoint.com/id/enterpriseSaaS/index.php
