Tumbleweed Releases Industry's First Secure File Transfer Appliance
Powered By Tumbleweed's Award Winning SecureTransport Software, SecureTransport Appliance Delivers High Performance File Transfer in a Hardened, Secure and Easy-to-Deploy Package
Redwood City, CA — November 9, 2004 — TumbleweedŽ (NASDAQ:TMWD), the leading provider of
e-mail and file transfer security solutions, today released the industry's first secure file transfer appliance,
designed to provide a secure, high-performance means of moving financial transactions, critical business files,
large documents, and EDI transactions over the Internet. The Tumbleweed SecureTransportT Appliance delivers
Tumbleweed's award-winning file transfer solution via an easily deployable hardened Linux server, offering
enhanced security, high performance, and lower acquisition, deployment and ownership costs.
SecureTransport provides corporate and government organizations with an enterprise-class file transfer service
supporting a broad and flexible set of open Internet standards. The product allows organizations to deploy a secure,
reliable and scalable file transfer service, including guaranteed delivery, data streaming across the DMZ, and
powerful automation to integrate with back end systems. Now this same technology is available in a self contained
appliance version, greatly simplifying the implementation and management of a secure file transfer infrastructure.
Tumbleweed customers are using SecureTransport to solve a number of key problems within their IT infrastructures,
including:
- Consolidating disparate homegrown file transfer solutions
Many IT organizations have
seen an explosion of departmental file transfer solutions deployed over the past several years. SecureTransport allows
them to support file transfer needs across multiple business units, ensure the reliability and security of these
departmental applications, and reduce their IT support costs.
- Automate and streamline applications requiring file transfer
Many organizations have
developed complex business processes that require the transfer or exchange of sensitive data or large files. Often,
these solutions utilize expensive legacy file transfer mechanisms such as leased lines, VANs, or modem pools.
SecureTransport allows organizations to safely streamline or even replace these expensive dedicated connections
with the low cost, public Internet. And because SecureTransport is built on an enterprise-class architecture,
it easily scales to support application growth and expansion across multiple business units.
- Securely transfer sensitive data for regulatory compliance
Many organizations are
facing increased government and industry regulation to ensure that they maintain the security and privacy of customer
data or corporate financial information. SecureTransport allows organizations to protect confidential information and
customer privacy, reducing their liability for complying with regulations such as HIPAA, GLB, and Sarbanes-Oxley.
- Support EDI and B2B transactions using AS2
For organizations looking to automate the
flow of information with their suppliers, distributors, customers, and strategic partners, SecureTransport provides a
highly manageable platform for Electronic Data Interchange and file transfer using the AS2 standard. In addition to the
reduced communications costs organizations realize by replacing expensive leased lines and VANs, they also benefit
from the scalability, security, and large file transfer reliability that the SecureTransport solution provides.
"SecureTransport has been used for years by the world's leading banks, healthcare organizations, manufacturers
and retailers," said Jeff Smith, Chairman and CEO of Tumbleweed Communications Corp. "I'm excited about the
addition of a hardened, Linux-based appliance to the SecureTransport product line, because it allows us to offer
our customers and prospects our world-class file transfer solution in a form factor that improves their security
and performance, and reduces their Total Cost of Ownership."
About Tumbleweed Secure Transport
Tumbleweed SecureTransportT is an award-winning enterprise-class secure file transfer product for moving financial
transactions, critical business files, large documents, XML, and EDI transactions over the Internet and private IP
networks. SecureTransportT recently won the 2004 "Best Communications Security" award from the prestigious Secure
Computing (SC) magazine. The product has also been ranked as a market leader in META Group's METAspectrum(SM) for
Enhanced File Transfer, with Tumbleweed specifically recognized for solid technology and customer support, and
strengths in vision, personnel, price, agility, and market presence. SecureTransportT is currently in use at 8 of the
top 10 US banks, as well as numerous insurers and financial networks. The product has been deployed at over 20,000
corporate sites around the world and is used to move trillions of dollars in payment transactions daily.
About Tumbleweed
A leading email and file transfer security company with more than 10 years in the business, Tumbleweed provides
comprehensive solutions for managing mission critical data communication channels. From our e-mail security suite,
point solutions for Spam, inbound and outbound filtering, to secure file transfer and certificate authentication,
Tumbleweed has a variety of solutions currently used by enterprises and governments to help mitigate risk and
increase network bandwidth. Tumbleweed customers include ABN Amro, Bank of America Securities, Catholic Healthcare West,
JP Morgan Chase & Co., The Regence Group (Blue Cross/Blue Shield), Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication (SWIFT), St. Luke's Episcopal Healthcare System, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the
US Navy and Marine Corps. Tumbleweed was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. For additional
information about Tumbleweed go to www.tumbleweed.com or call 650-216-2000.
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expectations as of the date of the press release, and that a number of factors could cause the actual results to
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