Zix Corporation Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in Secure...

Zix Corporation Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in
Secure Email
ZixVPM 3.3 Selected a 2008 Best Products and Services Winner

DALLAS, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(R)),
(Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leader in hosted services for email encryption and
e-prescribing, announced today that Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley
Communications publication and a world leading publication on technologies and
solutions has named ZixVPM 3.3 a winner of the 2008 Best Products and Services
Award. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent
the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology
worldwide. As part of the tech-industry's leading global awards program, this
year's Best Products and Services were nominated from all over the world.
The ZixVPM 3.3 component includes a new encryption capability that
supports FIPS 140-2 encryption between ZixVPM gateways. The new encryption
capability uses S/MIME with a FIPS certified cryptographic module implemented
as part of ZixCorp's Best Method of Delivery, which supports five encrypted
email delivery mechanisms, including S/MIME, TLS, OpenPGP, secure portal and
"push" delivery.
The FIPS requirement established by the U.S. government ensures that
encryption technology meets certain requirements within government agencies,
assuring both security of those messages and interoperability. FIPS
Publication 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules, is a U.S.
security standard used to certify cryptographic modules as a prerequisite for
use of email encryption by government agencies.
"Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are
helping shape better products and services," says Rake Narang, editor-n-chief,
Network Products Guide. "ZixVPM 3.3 is bringing improvements in highly
scalable, easy-to-use email encryption services.
"These awards go to the best technology products every year and we are
honored that ZixCorp's ZixVPM 3.3 has gained the Network Products Guide Reader
Trust," said Nigel Johnson, Vice President of Product Management and Business
Development for ZixCorp. "We are committed to meeting our customer needs by
providing them with the best products and services that are flexible and
easy-to-use."
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About Zix Corporation
ZixCorp is the leading provider of easy-to-use-and-deploy email encryption
and e-prescribing services that Connect entities with their customers and
partners to Protect and Deliver sensitive information in the healthcare,
finance, insurance and government industries. ZixCorp's hosted Email
Encryption Service provides an easy and cost-effective way to ensure customer
privacy and regulatory compliance for corporate email. Its PocketScript(R)
e-prescribing service saves lives and saves money by automating the
prescription process between payors, doctors and pharmacies. For more
information, visit http://www.zixcorp.com.
SOURCE Zix Corporation

Public Relations, Farrah Corley, +1-214-370-2175, fcorley@zixcorp.com, or
Investor Relations, Peter Wilensky, +1-214-515-7357, invest@zixcorp.com, both
of Zix Corporation