Roaring Penguin Releases University of Western Ontario Anti-Spam case study
Jan 22 2008 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - The University of Western Ontario (UWO) chose Roaring Penguin Software’s CanIt-PRO anti-spam solution to fight e-mail spam on its London, Ontario campus in 2005. Three years later we went back to see how it was performing .
“At Western, 70 to 80 percent of e-mail hitting our mail servers is spam” explains Eric Cartman, Systems Administrator for UWO. “Before using CanIt-PRO, we were using an open-source filter to block the junk e-mail. Despite a great deal of time and effort, spam was still getting past our filters. We decided that we needed something a little tougher and something that required less daily attention.”
UWO selected CanIt-PRO as an alternative to their open-source solution. “During the last three years, we found that CanIt-PRO was helping us in three big ways,” said Cartman. “Not only was less spam getting through but the time I was spending on spam-related work went down dramatically. Also, we saw that we were able to offer users more robust filtering and quarantine options.”
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 http://www.roaringpenguin.com.
About The University of Western Ontario
Located in London, Ontario, The University of Western Ontario is a vibrant centre of learning with 1,164 faculty members and almost 29,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Through its 12 Faculties and Schools and three affiliated Colleges, the University offers more than 60 different degree and diploma programs. For more information, visit www.uwo.ca.