TechWeb News
"Dark Traffic" Zaps 83 percent of email resources
"The amount of valid e-mail as a percentage of all incoming traffic has declined sharply since the beginning of the year, a messaging security vendor reported Tuesday, due to a tripling of directory harvest attacks by spammers after addresses.
December 14, 2005
Read more

Network Computing
Review: Still sick of Spam? Antispam laws haven't kept spam out of our inboxes
"Let's face it: Antispam laws haven't made a dent in the flood of junk e-mail. We put six Exchange-compatible technological spam killers to the test. Our pick for Editor's Choice gets the nod thanks to its elegant and effective engine design and comprehensive reporting.
November 24, 2005
Read more

eWeek
Tumbleweed Beefs Up Mailgate
"With the launch of its new e-mail security appliance and software, Tumbleweed Communications Corp. is aiming to make it easier for IT administrators to manage and secure e-mail traffic.
October 17, 2005
Read more

Network World
Anti-spam offerings grow up
"During the past few years corporate e-mail security needs have expanded beyond simply fighting spam, leaving vendors to continuously enhance their products with related features in order to keep up.
October 17, 2005
Read more

Network World
Antispam vendors widen their product lines
"During the past few years, enterprise e-mail security needs have expanded beyond simply fighting spam. As a result, vendors in this space are left having to continuously enhance their products with related features in order to keep up.
October 12, 2005
Read more

Sofia Echo Media Ltd.
MobileTel Chooses Tumbleweed
"BULGARIA'S leading GSM operator MobilTel has chosen the US Tumbleweed Communications Corporation to provide it with its MailGate E-mail Firewall to filter and secure email traffic.
September 12, 2005
Read more

Processor
Alive & Well: Unsolicited Commercial Email
"Spam: It's a bit like being stung by a hornet. You didn't ask for it, but you're definitely feeling the sting. No enterprise is spared from the possibility of being spammed. The volume of unwelcome bulk messages is growing more and more every day. But what's worse than the volume are the techniques being used to lure users into spam traps.
September 9, 2005
Read more

Business in Africa
US Firm Strengthens its SA Link
"Tumbleweed Communications Corp, a leading provider of IT software and appliances in the US, has strengthened its relationship with a South African company by appointing it as its exclusive distributor in the southern Africa region.
September 6, 2005
Read more

FCW
Federal Computer Week Names Tumbleweed one of the "10 Hot Companies To Watch"
"Tumbleweed Communications, meanwhile, has found federal growth in secure e-mail, secure file transfer and digital certificate validation. The company more than doubled its federal revenue between the first half of 2004 and the first half of this year, said a company spokesman. During the first half of the year, some government customers deployed or expanded installations of the company's products."
September 5, 2005
Read more

Network World
"DOD looks to put pizzazz back in PKI"
"The U.S. military has started the process of making critical changes to its public-key infrastructure, which uses digital certificates for e-mail and Web security, in order to cope with scalability problems."
August 15, 2005
Read more

SecurityStockWatch
"In The Boardroom With...
Mr. Craig D. Brennan - President and CEO of Tumbleweed® Communications Corp."
"I've been in the enterprise software space for most of my career, beginning with business applications as a management consultant at Anderson and Deloitte, and moving into corporate roles at Oracle and Brio. Brio, a $100m public company which was acquired by Hyperion, provided business performance software for enterprises, and the division I led at Oracle provided CRM solutions scaling from mid-size companies to enterprises."
August 15, 2005
Read more

vnunet
"IT directors 'unaware' of email threat"
"Survey shows large UK firms are most at risk of denial of service attacks. A 'significant proportion' of IT directors are unaware of the newest email threats, according to a new report. "
July 5, 2005
Read more

FCW
"Tumbleweed upgrades file transfer"
"Tumbleweed Communications recently added security, authentication and reliable delivery features to its SecureTransport product, bolstering a solution that is already widely used in government agencies to securely transfer large data files."
June 24, 2005
Read more

GCN
"Patent Office embraces 21st-century FTP "
"The Patent and Trademark Office has implemented an electronic transfer system to move large files of sensitive and complex data over the Internet rather than transport it on tape. “What we’re trying to do is meet the goals of our 21st Century Strategic Plan for moving to an all-electronic office,” said Larry Cogut, director of PTO’s Office of Acquisition Management."
June 20, 2005
Read more

Finextra
"Irish Life & Permanent deploys Tumbleweed e-mail security software"
"Tumbleweed Communications EMEA, the leading provider of secure Internet communication solutions for businesses and government agencies, today announced that Irish Life & Permanent has selected Tumbleweed as its email hygiene partner."
May 31, 2005
Read more

Insurance & Technology
"Closing the Gate"
"To combat the ever-growing and increasingly sophisticated threat of spam and other malicious e-mail attacks, defense solutions are beginning to place more focus on rejecting unwelcome e-mails before they enter an enterprise's network."
April 19, 2005
Read more

eWEEK
"Anti-Spam Vendors Defend SMTP Gateway"
"Before the MailGate, a lot of time and money was wasted weeding through junk and/or spam mail," said Pete Chiccino, Chief Security Officer, The Bancorp Bank.
February 21, 2005
Read more

Network World
"Vendor layers-on spam protection"
"Tumbleweed Communications, which develops anti-spam and anti-virus software, is putting up a new line of defense to help corporations combat malicious traffic targeted at their e-mail servers."
February 14, 2005
Read more

Information Week
"Tumbleweed Touts 'Dark Traffic' Stopper "
"MailGate Edge monitors such characteristics as the sender IP address, the number of connections, message volume, intended recipients, and other attributes across SMTP connections to identify bad behavior patterns,"
February 8, 2005
Read more

TechWorld
"Tumbleweed shines light on 'dark traffic' "
"Designed to counter a range of rogue events, the server will analyse the source of a message, its frequency, and whether it was being sent to a legitimate e-mail address to work out whether it should be accepted or rejected."
February 8, 2005
Read more

GCN
"Defense makes digital validation apps available"
"The Defense Department has rolled out two applications to validate the authenticity of digital signatures for its Common Access Card program. "It's a good thing the apps will be available. The slow downloads cost us tremendously in productivity and drove people to circumvent the security built into our systems," said Gil Nolte, director of the PKI office."
February 8, 2005
Read more

Washington Technology
"PKI providers picked by DOD"
"Based on OCSP, Tumbleweed's Validation Authority allows applications to validate the status of a digital certificate in real time, ensuring that revoked credentials cannot be used for secure email, smart card login, Web access or other electronic transactions."
February 7, 2005
Read more

eWEEK
"Tumbleweed Safeguards Data"
"SecureTransport appliance is a useful tool for implementing secure file transfers to business partners and customers."
January 17, 2005
Read more