OfficeMax and Virginia Hospital Center Recognized for Innovative Communication Security Solutions

MailFrontier(TM), the leader in email security, today announced that two of its customers, OfficeMax® and Virginia Hospital Center, have been named to the InfoWorld 100. The InfoWorld 100 award honors IT projects that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further business goals, representing the 100 most innovative corporate IT solutions for 2005. OfficeMax and Virginia Hospital Center were selected based on projects that stretch beyond the typical, off-the-shelf solution, using multiple technologies in innovative ways to serve well-defined business goals. Both organizations submitted projects built around their successful implementation of the MailFrontier Gateway(TM) platform.

"The recognition by InfoWorld of OfficeMax and Virginia Hospital Center as leaders in implementing innovative IT solutions is a tremendous testament not only to these individual IT teams, but also to their commitment to making email good again for their organizations," said Anne Bonaparte, president and CEO of MailFrontier. "MailFrontier values its customers and continues to focus on meeting the unique email security needs of the mid-enterprise market through innovative, effective, and easy to manage technology solutions."

High profile brands like OfficeMax are often the target of directory harvest attacks by spammers and phishers. Despite having anti-spam protection from another company, OfficeMax's IT department was spending 60 hours per week battling unwanted email. They tested the MailFrontier Gateway Appliance and found it had effective email security protection, along with features that were generations beyond the other vendors they reviewed. OfficeMax estimates significant cost savings this year using the MailFrontier Gateway Appliance to stop unwanted email.

"As a retailer, we need a streamlined interface for our in-store employees, as well as integrated email security protection to handle both the volume and variety of email threats we face," said Sean Power, IT security lead for OfficeMax. "The flexibility, simplicity and effectiveness of MailFrontier Gateway has proven itself to our users."

Similar to all hospitals, Virginia Hospital Center faced unique challenges in securing its email system. Despite using the anti-spam solution available with their email server, the IT staff found that 90 percent of Virginia Hospital Center's junk email messages were still getting through to employees, and the hospital was receiving more than 200 spam and directory harvest attack messages every hour. With the installation of the MailFrontier Gateway Server, Virginia Hospital Center met or exceeded all of its initial requirements for email security protection including effectiveness, end-users control and easy administration.

"It is all about corporate liability and protecting our patients. We've developed intrusion barriers to protect vital systems and patient records, but email is a challenge for security," notes Mark Rein, Virginia Hospital Center's director of IT. "From installation to operation MailFrontier Gateway has been exceptional -- it has pleased even our most difficult users."

InfoWorld 100 winners are formally announced in today's edition of InfoWorld, available online at http://www.infoworld.com/infoworld/reports/46SRiw100.html.

About InfoWorld Media Group

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About International Data Group (IDG)

International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, research, and event company. A privately held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers including Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo®, Macworld Conference & Expo®, DEMO®, and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.

About OfficeMax® Incorporated

OfficeMax® Incorporated is a leader in both business-to-business office products solutions and retail office products. OfficeMax delivers an unparalleled customer experience -- in service, in product, in time savings, and in value -- through a relentless focus on its customers. The company provides office supplies and paper, print and document services, technology products and solutions, and furniture to consumers and to large, medium and small businesses. OfficeMax customers are served by approximately 40,000 associates through direct sales, catalogs, the Internet and approximately 950 superstores. OfficeMax trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol OMX. To find the nearest OfficeMax, call 1-877-OFFICEMAX. For more information, visit www.officemax.com.