Cisco Stops Spam With Increased Performance From Intel

IronPort Systems, a business unit of Cisco, today announced the use of Multi-core Intel Xeon® processors to power IronPort's next generation of email and Web security appliances. IronPort appliances use AsyncOS, a proprietary operating system that is taking full advantage of the significant performance increases made possible by Intel Multi-core technology. This performance improvement helps enterprises, Internet service providers (ISPs) and smaller organizations stay ahead of the never-ending deluge of spam e-mail.



The new generation of email security appliances from IronPort harnesses the power of Multi-core Intel Xeon processors to stay in front of new spammer tactics. The IronPort X1050 uses dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series. The IronPort AsyncOS operating system is able to take full advantage of all eight cores, yielding system throughput approximately 800 percent greater than a comparable single-core appliance. This increase in processing power allows the IronPort appliance not only to process more spam messages, but also to run more sophisticated rules and analysis to thwart the latest spam techniques.

Spam continues and as a result, spam filters cannot simply rely on faster hardware to keep pace. The work that Cisco and Intel have been doing with multi-core systems is a great example of the new technologies required to stay ahead of spam.

Available Now

IronPort X1050 and all multi-core systems are available now. Visit www.ironport.com for more details.