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brightstack TECHNOLOGIES, LLC February 2008

SPAMsoap core email filtering and continuity
State of the Art Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution that “bullet proofs” your data
Cymphonix Bandwidth Monitoring and Traffic Shaping
brightstack partner ShoreTel receives INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine's 10th Annual product of the year award
About brightstack TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

SPAMsoap Core Email Filtering and Continuity

As the costs and risks related to unwanted email rise, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can easily and affordably protect their email networks with Spam Soap.

Spam Soap’s comprehensive, fully managed service is a perimeter-based security solution that blocks more than 99% of spam, viruses, worms and harmful content and attachments. Spam Soap also helps to eliminate 90 percent of spam-related costs.

Located outside of your firewall at the network perimeter, Spam Soap uses a unique multi-layered system of more than 20 separate filters to protect against a wide range of email threats.

The team of Threat Center experts continually updates our email defense system to help protect against the latest threats.

Spam Soap’s Core Filtering includes:

Ask us about free 30 day trial of SPAMsoap core filtering and continuity program. Call us at 212-812-9450 option 2.

brightstack TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is proud to introduce a State of the Art Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution that “bullet proofs” your data

Highlights of the Service:

  • A complete solution that is designed to reduce any server down time with the use of a specialized back up and virtual server appliance.

  • Allows near real-time backups-as frequent as every 15 minutes.

  • Offers offsite storage at an affordable cost.

  • Provides a low cost, speedy disaster recovery process.

  • Data is encrypted so it is not accessible to anyone, either on the NAS or at the remote storage facility without the passkey.

  • Eliminates the cost and time of managing on-site tape backup. We monitor and manage the entire process.

  • The offering includes frequent on site backups, on site virtual server, remote storage, disaster recovery in the event of disaster and 24x7 and management of the entire process.  The price point is comparable to the overall cost of buying and managing tape backup.

Interested to see how it works? Go to www.brightstack.com/budr or call 212-812-9450 option 2 for more information.

brightstack's partner, ShoreTel, receives INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine's 10th annual product of the year award.

SUNNYVALE, CA, February 21, 2008 - ShoreTel, Inc., (NASDAQ: SHOR), a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications solutions, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC(R)) INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine (http://www.itmag.com) has recognized ShoreTel with its 2007 Product of the Year Award.

"ShoreTel has proven it is committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, TMC president and editor-in-chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, the VoIP Authority since 1998(TM). "INTERNET TELEPHONY is pleased to grant a 2007 Product of the Year Award to ShoreTel. We're proud to honor its hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from ShoreTel in the future."

ShoreTel's top ranking in customer satisfaction has made it the fastest growing provider of distributed unified communications solutions worldwide. By offering extremely reliable and scalable solutions that are easy to use, ShoreTel enables businesses to seamlessly integrate communications with business processes, creating a more collaborative and productive enterprise.

ShoreTel's distributed architecture extends enterprise-class voice services to every office and outpost, keeping employees fully connected wherever they go. The IP-based ShoreTel solution delivers immediate results and can be easily expanded and customized for industry-specific needs.

"This is the second year in a row we have won a Product of the Year Award from INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, a solid demonstration of our sustained momentum in the industry," said Steve Timmerman, vice president of marketing at ShoreTel. "In 2008, we will continue to unleash products that wow the pundits and delight our customers."

To view the full press release, please visit:
http://www.shoretel.com/about/press_room/2008/02-21.html

Cymphonix Bandwidth Monitoring and Traffic Shaping

On average, 50% of any Internet connection is used for browsing. Some of the browsing activity is critical, like research and business application sites and some of it is non-critical, like social networking, gaming and adult content. The other 50% of any Internet connection is used for Internet applications - both critical, like voice over IP and database backups; and non-critical, like peer-to-peer, streaming media and music downloads. Network Composer by Cymphonix is the only solution that addresses both browsing and application activity for small and medium-sized organizations.

How Should You Control Content?
Traditional filters either use URL libraries or dynamic content analysis to determine inappropriate sites. URL libraries only include a small percentage of the Internet and dynamic content analysis engines introduce too much latency. Network Composer uses an optimized balance of URL categorization, keyword scanning and dynamic content analysis to give you full filtering without introducing noticeable latency. Because Network Composer scans deep into the packet payload, it also makes it easy to:

  • Filter SSL encrypted browsing traffic
  • Stop anonymous proxies and other content filtering bypass approaches
  • Log Instant Messaging Traffic
  • Prioritize bandwidth by URL or URL category (imagine being able to limit bandwidth for MySpace and YouTube!)

What about Applications?
Your top bandwidth users aren't using a web browser at all. They're downloading files and streaming media. Network Composer uses layer 7 matching technology to control applications - so even evasive applications can't sneak by.

  • Prioritizes critical applications
  • Limits the impact non-critical applications can have on your overall bandwidth
  • Stops spyware before it enters your network
Network Composer also gives you a complete reporting suite to show you top bandwidth users, top Internet users, sites visited, real-time application activity and more!

 

Call us at 212-812-9450 option 2 to see how Cymphonix can help your organization and to see if you qualify for a free trial.

About brightstack TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

brightstack TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is a Managed Services provider headquartered in New York, NY.  We provide Network, Telephony, Unified Communications (VoIP) and Help Desk services.  Our greatest differentiator is our unlimited, "all you can eat" service delivery model, where all our services are provided for a flat fee.  We work very closely with our manufacturer partners to deliver outstanding solutions for our customers and pride ourselves on our award winning customer service.  For more information, please contact us at 212-812-9450, option 2.