Tumbleweed Licenses Email Firewall Patents to Mirapoint
June 14 2006 - 9:01AM
Business Wire
Tumbleweed(R) Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:TMWD), a leading
provider of email security, managed file transfer, and identity
validation appliance and software products, today announced the
licensing of two technology patents to Mirapoint. Mirapoint, a
market leader in appliance-based solutions for secure message
networks in enterprise, service provider, and education
organizations, has licensed from Tumbleweed U.S. Patent No.
6,393,568 titled "Encryption and Decryption Method with Content
Analysis Provision" and U.S. Patent No. 6,609,196 titled "Email
Firewall with Stored Key Encryption/Decryption." "We're pleased to
license our technology to Mirapoint," said James P. Scullion,
Tumbleweed's CEO and chairman. "We will always continue to develop
and innovate for the industry." Terms of the agreement were not
disclosed. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT Tumbleweed cautions that
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based on plans and expectations as of the date of the press
release, and that a number of factors could cause the actual
results to differ materially from the guidance given at this time.
These factors are described in the Safe Harbor statement below.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters
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actual results to differ materially from those projected,
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Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from
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particularly Tumbleweed's Form 10-K filed March 16, 2006 and Form
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About Tumbleweed Communications Corp. Tumbleweed provides security
solutions for email protection, file transfers, and identity
validation that allow organizations to safely conduct business over
the Internet. Tumbleweed offers these solutions in three
comprehensive product suites: MailGate(R), SecureTransport(TM) and
Validation Authority(TM). MailGate provides protection against
spam, viruses and attacks, and enables policy-based message
filtering, encryption and routing. SecureTransport enables business
to safely exchange large files and transactions without proprietary
software. Validation Authority is the world-leading solution for
determining the validity of digital certificates. Tumbleweed's
enterprise and government customers include ABN Amro, Bank of
America Securities, Catholic Healthcare West, JP Morgan Chase &
Co., The Regence Group (Blue Cross/Blue Shield), St. Luke's
Episcopal Healthcare System, the US Food and Drug Administration,
the US Department of Defense, and all four branches of the US Armed
Forces. 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. Tumbleweed, MailGate,
SecureTransport, and Validation Authority are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Tumbleweed Communications Corp. in the
United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
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