Tumbleweed had led the communication security industry for over 10 years, with the most comprehensive solutions available. Tumbleweed's innovation has resulted in over 20 patents, some of which are licensed by other vendors in the field to ensure they can provide the most powerful technology available. Tumbleweed's product portfolio has grown significantly over the last decade, with communication security solutions now available for email, file transfer, and identity validation.

In the Beginning

Recognizing that email communication was going to become a major tool for business communications, Jeffrey Smith and Jean Christophe Bandini used Jeff's home as a base of operations and set out to create technology that would allow for secure, seamless communication.

Envoy, their first solution, was a tool for electronically distributing pictures of documents, regardless of the application used to create the original source material. Shortly after they shipped it in 1993, WordPerfect purchased the solution for its WordPerfect Suite in 1994.

Staying Ahead of the Curve

In 1994, Tumbleweed recognized that email was quickly becoming a medium for both communication and abuse, and they set out to create an email firewall solution to extend standard email and enable secure communications with customers, suppliers, and business partners.

Since then Tumbleweed has continued to expand their offerings as secure Internet communications became a more integral part of an organizations operations.

A Vision for the Future

Tumbleweed continues to make email networks secure and reliable. We believe that today's organizations need integrated messaging solutions that are easy to use and scalable. Tumbleweed's integrated communication security solutions allows for a single point of administration and a single point of failure - which makes email firewall management a much more manageable proposition while considerably lowering the TCO.

Tumbleweed Today

Tumbleweed has nearly 2,700 customers, including 8/10 top US banks, over 40% of Blue Cross/Blue Shield organizations, and all four branches of the US Armed Forces. Other Tumbleweed customers include:

• ABN Amro
• Bank of America Securities
• Cigna
• Johnson & Johnson
• JP Morgan Chase & Co.
• The Regence Group (Blue Cross/Blue Shield)
• Roche
• St. Luke's Episcopal Healthcare System
• The US Department of Defense
• The US Food and Drug Administration