Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance X1070 Information Guide

 

 

 

Customer Case Study 

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Headquarters: Herndon, Virginia 

Year Founded: 1990 

Customers: 1500 

Staff: 625 associates in over 20 locations 

FY08 Revenues: $849.3 million 

Business: Provider of information technology 
products from top manufacturers as well as 
professional services, flexible leasing options. and 
proprietary software 

●  Powerful outer layer of defense for superior 

threat assessment and elimination 

●  Advanced encryption technology for secure, 

two-way communications 

●  Quick implementation with minimal 

configuration required 

●  Simplified management for IT administrators 

 

Technology Provider Gives Cisco IronPort Email Security an A+ 

As a leading information technology provider, ePlus Inc. provides its 

federal, municipal, and commercial customers with the most advanced 

products and services to optimize their IT infrastructure and supply-chain 

processes. With more than 20 locations and 625 employees accessing its 

messaging network, the Virginia-based business requires a robust email 

security solution to support its steady growth. 

For years, ePlus deployed an anti-spam solution that provided adequate 

protection for its small business messaging environment. However, the 

technology provider grew steadily and ultimately outgrew this security 

system. ePlus needed a replacement that could accommodate its 

requirements for flexibility and continuity across the expanding 

enterprise. 

 

With its previous spam solution, ePlus administrators had to handle a large volume of false positives every day. 

These problems took t

ime to resolve and gradually eroded users’ confidence in the organization’s email system. The 

legacy solution also required extensive database training time to ensure that emails could be properly classified as 

spam or legitimate. As spamming techniques grew more complex, the need for the company to reset its database 
became almost constant. On the virus front, the old solution’s built-in defense did not provide easy access to 

information about the viruses it was identifying, requiring administrators to search for this critical data using other 

resources. 

ePlus needed to upgrade to a new security system that would provide accurate, reliable threat detection, outstanding 

anti-virus capabilities, advanced customization with problem-free management, detailed reporting, and redundancy, 

all with centralized administration. 

As a Cisco

®

 Gold Certified Partner and Cisco Managed Services Partner with Cisco Master Specializations in both 

security and unified communications, ePlus turned to Cisco and the Cisco IronPort

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 line of security products. 

“Our process for selecting an anti-spam appliance required ePlus to look at the market leaders,” said Jerry McIntosh, 

vice president for communications and security solutions at 

ePlus. “Our partnership with Cisco, and IronPort’s 

reputation as an industry leader, made selecting their technology the logical solution.” 

“Reports of both false negatives and false positives have been 
decreased to almost zero. Less administrative time is dedicated to spam, 
and user confidence has been restored to our email system.”