Ottawa, Ontario (PRWEB) February 10, 2004--CariNet, a provider of turn-key managed server and bandwidth solutions for businesses and Internet service providers (ISPs), has launched a new anti-spam service to its customers based on Roaring Penguin Software's CanIt-PRO anti-spam solution. CanIt-PRO, a server-side product, is integrated into CariNet's automated domain hosting system, providing domain managers with fast and simple opt-in/opt-out mail filtering choices.

Steve Wallace, president of CariNet, said, “As a provider of wholesale ISP services, we see just about every aspect of the junk e-mail problem. Within the last 18 months, the drastic increase in the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail has effectively disabled many customer mail servers. Our customers were begging for a solution to this problem. Roaring Penguin Software's CanIt-PRO product provided us with the most easily implemented, scalable and cost-effective solution. With CanIt-PRO, CariNet will be able to further increase the level of service we offer resellers. It will help us to improve customer retention and attract new customers.”

Well over 90% of CariNet's incoming e-mail is spam – more than a million messages each day. After researching various options – including other filtering applications and developing its own solution, CariNet chose CanIt-PRO because “CanIt had all the tools we needed to build the automated systems that our environment requires,” Wallace adds. CariNet domain managers now have the choice to opt in to e-mail filtering with the click of a button.

CariNet was impressed by CanIt-PRO's flexibility, scalability, and its open-source code base. The initial implementation of two CanIt servers will handle up to 5 million messages per day. The company expects a rapid adoption rate of the new service, and plans to scale its clustered CanIt network to ten servers in total. Wallace says, “Today, the market exists for a convenient anti-spam solution, and as a managed service provider we're in an ideal position to provide it.”

Based on the acclaimed MIMEDefang e-mail inspection and manipulation software, also developed and maintained by Roaring Penguin, CanIt offers the industry's most complete and flexible anti-spam and anti-virus solution. It can be deployed in any enterprise e-mail environment, including on all Linux and UNIX servers. As a stand-alone gateway appliance, it can protect e-mail environments running non-UNIX servers, such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and Novell Groupwise.

CanIt is available in standard and professional versions as either a software download or on a plug-and-play appliance. CanIt-PRO is ideal for very large enterprises, ISPs, web hosts and campus environments, where control and management of the system needs to be distributed to individual departments or users. A detailed case study of CariNet’s CanIt implementation can be read at www.canit.ca/customer_testimonials.php. A trial version of CanIt can be obtained at www.canit.ca/evaluation.php. ;

About Roaring Penguin
Founded in 1999, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. specializes in providing intelligent computing infrastructure for enterprises. Since 2000, the company has focused on enterprise e-mail filtering, spam fighting and related product lines. Today, Roaring Penguin develops, deploys and supports a range of acclaimed mail-filtering and networking products. For more information visit www.roaringpenguin.com.

About CariNet
CariNet provides managed Internet services for businesses, developers, and service providers. Offering operational support for all standard Linux distributions and applications, CariNet’s certified technical staff focuses on scalable Apache, MySQL, and PHP/PERL applications. The company operates two state-of-the-art data centers in San Diego, California, and operates a large regional access network. For more information, please visit www.cari.net.

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