SURFnet Selects Roaring Penguin Software's CanIt-Domain-PRO to manage spam on their Domains

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – The fight against spam just got easier today in the Netherlands. Roaring Penguin Software Inc., makers of the acclaimed CanIt-PRO anti-spam solution, announced that SURFnet, the Internet Service Provider for all the Universities in the Netherlands has selected CanIt-Domain-PRO to combat spam on their networks. SURFnet provides a high quality, high-speed network specifically designed for higher education and research institutions. SURFnet provides internet connectivity to 750,000 students, faculty and researchers in over 200 organizations including 28 Universities.

Roaring Penguin Software modified CanIt-Domain-PRO to meet the user functionality and application behaviour that SURFnet expected. These modifications will be fed back into the general release of CanIt-Domain-PRO.

Maurice van den Aker, Project Manager for SURFnet, says, “We recognized early on that Roaring Penguin had an anti-spam solution that was uniquely tailored for Universities. SURFnet had our own solution in-house but we wanted to add end-user functionality among other things. We were looking around for a solution and the University of Twente brought Roaring Penguin to our attention. Purchasing a commercial off-the-shelf solution that had most of the features we wanted just made sense.”

David Skoll, President of Roaring Penguin Software, emphasized that Roaring Penguin has extensive experience in the higher education field. “Our North American customers include some of the largest Universities in the United States including the University of North Carolina, Ohio State University, Central Michigan University, The University of Delaware and Mississippi State University. These customers have unique concerns about how they handle their e-mail, including serious issues around academic freedom and, of course, the ever present problem of tight budgets.”

CanIt-Domain-PRO allows a National Research Education Network or a University to delegate control of spam filtering across multiple domains. It is available as a software download, a soft appliance, or as a pre-configured plug-and-play appliance.

About SURFnet
SURFnet is a high-grade computer network specially reserved for higher education and research in the Netherlands. Over 200 organizations are connected to the SURFnet network, with an estimated 750,000 users. These member institutions include Universities, Schools of higher education, Academies, Polytechnics, Libraries and Research Institutes. SURFnet develops and exploits a hybrid network, SURFnet6, and offers innovative services in the field of security, authentication and authorization, group communication and video. Ongoing innovation has made SURFnet6 one of the world's most advanced networks with congestion-free connections to the major Dutch, European and transatlantic networks. For more information, visit www.surfnet.nl/info/en

About Roaring Penguin
Founded in 1999, Roaring Penguin Software Inc., specializes in e-mail filtering. The company focuses on fighting spam at the mail server, with the acclaimed CanIt and MIMEDefang product lines. Today, Roaring Penguin develops, deploys and supports its spam- and virus-fighting products for customers that include enterprises, ISPs, campuses, web hosts, and government offices. For more information, visit www.roaringpenguin.com