On the open-source front, Guardian Digital, Allendale, N.J., launched in March a secure e-mail suite for corporate use that offers both antivirus and spam-control features. The Guardian Secure Mail Suite, which integrates with the company's Engarde Secure Linux 1.5 server, is available through distributors at prices starting at $749.. . .
On the open-source front, Guardian Digital, Allendale, N.J., launched in March a secure e-mail suite for corporate use that offers both antivirus and spam-control features. The Guardian Secure Mail Suite, which integrates with the company's Engarde Secure Linux 1.5 server, is available through distributors at prices starting at $749.

Even as e-mail leaders Microsoft, Lotus and Novell introduce enhanced antispam capabilities in their e-mail clients and servers, the spam crisis has given way to a bevy of enterprise-oriented spam-control solutions that have come on the market since the beginning of the year.

ISVs say the opportunities for channel partners are sizable.

"The opportunity for resellers is very strong right now," said Enrique Salem, president and CEO of antispam vendor Brightmail. "Demand is brisk. There's equal if not more demand for antispam solutions now than antivirus. For a VAR who knows how to sell security or is in the messaging business, it's a pretty straightforward process. We closed numerous deals with resellers."

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