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West Coast Labs is an independent organization which tests and validates the functionality and performance of information security products. West Coast Labs has ... developed the Checkmark certification system into one of the world's foremost certification programs -- an integrated system of standards that are recognized around the world as reliable indicators of performance levels. For more information, visit: www.westcoastlabs.org
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ARMONK, New York, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ - CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc. (http://www.cbltech.com) of Armonk, NY, a leading provider of computer data recovery services, has opened a full service West Coast lab in San Diego. "Clearly there was a need to expand our data recovery operations to meet growing demands," says CBL's president Bill Margeson. "Regardless of the storage device being used, time is a critical factor when providing data recovery services. Today's demands for storage capacity are increasing and there is going to be more pressure on businesses' ability to back up, store, protect and retrieve critical data." With the addition of the San Diego lab, CBL has offices and labs in eight countries on four continents including: Armonk, NY; Toronto, Canada; Newcastle and Northampton, United Kingdom; Kaiserslautern, Germany; Beijing, China; Barbados, West Indies; San Paulo, Brazil and Singapore. "It doesn't matter what corner of the United States or world it happens - data loss is just a fact of life that causes serious harm to the well-being of any business," adds Margeson.
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The test methodology was developed by West Coast Labs specifically to generate results akin to those a customer is likely to experience if they have these appliances running on their own networks. Real-world streams of live mail and spam were delivered to each of the products tested. This cutting edge methodology is used by West Coast Labs in all its anti-spam product tests.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec 17, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- McAfee, Inc. (MFE) today announced that it has received a Checkmark Premium Anti-Spam Certification for accurately detecting 98 percent of spam in independent testing performed by West Coast Labs. The Checkmark certification is the latest in a series of recognitions McAfee's anti-spam technology has received in the past three years.
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"Today's businesses have a number of anti-spyware solutions available to choose from, so it's important to have technical standards in place to help end-users identify the applications that are secure and reliable," said Jon Stearn, CTO of West Coast Labs. "McAfee Anti-Spyware Enterprise effectively blocked 100% of the spyware from the Labs' test suite, which consist of numerous samples of spyware programs inthereal world."
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"Overall, McAfee Secure Internet Gateway 3000 is an efficient, powerful anti-spam solution that offers a high degree of customization," said Chris Thomas of West Coast Labs. "It provides informative and relevant statistical information, and has the ability to generate comprehensive reports in multiple formats, giving an abundance of information."
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