Technological Compliance of AXIGEN and Avira products

Bucharest - Tettnang, May 2007 – AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, announced today the conclusion of a bilateral technological certification between with one of the leading IT security and anti-virus developers, Avira GmbH (http://www.avira.com).

The essence of this certification has been set in order to determine the compatibility between the products they are developing. Results emphasized the perfect match between AXIGEN Mail Server and Avira’s antivirus products, as well as the seamless integration between the two.

“We consider email protection and reliability as high priority concerns for nowadays business communication and for all our customers. AXIGEN Mail Server is able to make security-related decisions at no less than 7 different levels within the application itself,” stated Oana Bornaz, AXIGEN CEO. “As an annual increase in virus threats and spam volume was noticed in recent years, the bilateral certification concluded today with Avira comes to round up to the full security protection offered to our customers” added Mrs. Bornaz.

"Many companies already rely on AXIGEN´s solutions portfolio. The extensive experience in IT security, software development and comprehensive business relationships convinced us to enter into the partnership”, explains Rainer Witzgall, Executive Vice President and International Sales Manager at Avira.

Avira MailGate Suite checks the complete incoming and outgoing SMTP data traffic in real-time against viruses, spam, spyware and other dangerous contents. Now, the product smoothly integrates with AXIGEN Mail Server, thus realizing a complete, secure and powerful messaging solution.

As a result of the bilateral technological certification agreement, AIXGEN is certain that customers and partners will benefit from increased security services, as the combination between the two applications will better respond to their messaging needs.

About AXIGEN

A young and talented team of professionals with 15 years of experience in technology research and software security, embarked in 2003 on a new and challenging project, under the brand name AXIGEN.

AXIGEN Mail Server is an easy, secure and powerful internet messaging solution, offering the power and sturdiness of a carrier class mail server. The first commercial version of AXIGEN for all major Linux distributions was unveiled at LinuxWorld Expo, in London, in September 2005. One year after the official launch, AXIGEN has already concluded business agreements with almost 70 domestic and international partners from countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands and Romania and manages e-mail traffic for approximately 500,000 mailboxes worldwide.

AXIGEN Mail Server is capable to integrate at server level or SMTP level with 16 of the most well-known antivirus and antispam applications, building filtering chains that can be applied differentially, at server or even domain level. Our mission is to help AXIGEN users and partners worldwide to build trust in our products, as well as in our business relationships. For further details, please visit: www.axigen.com.

About Avira

Avira is a worldwide leading supplier of self-developed security solutions for professional and private use. With more than twenty years of experience, the company is one of the pioneers in this field.

The security expert has several locations in Germany and partnerships in Europe, Asia and America. At its headquarters in Tettnang near Lake Constance, Avira is one of the region’s largest employers with more than 180 employees. Worldwide more than 250 persons are employed and their work regularly wins awards. Avira AntiVir Personal, used by millions of private users, represents a significant contribution to security.

Avira’s national and international customers include renowned corporations listed on the stock exchange but also educational institutions and public authorities. In addition to protection of the virtual environment, Avira also provides for more protection and security in the real world by supporting the Auerbach Foundation. Established by the founder of the company, the Auerbach Foundation promotes charitable and social projects as well as the arts, culture and science.