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GULF BREEZE, FL—September 3, 2009—AppRiver LLC, a leading provider of e-mail messaging and Web security solutions, today announced its SecureTide™ spam and virus protection service has been recognized by Business Solutions magazine as a Best Channel Product for e-mail security. Complete survey findings appear in the publication’s September 2009 print issue and can also be accessed online here.

“AppRiver ranked remarkably high in the Best Channel Product 2009 survey, which is one of the largest and most detailed of its kind,” said Sue Bresee, publisher of Business Solutions magazine. “The findings demonstrate that the VAR community regards AppRiver as a committed partner and its SecureTide service as a superior technology.”

A winner in the e-mail security category, AppRiver’s SecureTide received specific voter praise for its ease of integration with other products and for value-added resellers’ (VAR) ability to service. To determine the winners, Business Solutions magazine surveyed its VAR subscriber base and collected more than 19,800 votes from 2,186 resellers. Additional information about the survey’s methodology can be found at http://www.bsminfo.com.

“This prestigious recognition for best channel product from the reseller community is quite an honor,” said Michael Murdoch, CEO, AppRiver. “It is an important validation of the profitable, valuable opportunities VARs see when choosing to partner with AppRiver.”

SecureTide is AppRiver’s fully managed e-mail protection service, eliminating up to 99% of unwanted e-mail before it reaches a user’s network. It is a powerful and flexible service that enables organizations of any size to manage e-mail communications with the same level of control and protection as the Fortune 500. AppRiver’s SecureTide filtering system is continually updated 2,000-4,000 times per day to ensure protection from even the newest spammer tricks and tactics. It works on multiple platforms and utilizes proprietary detection systems, four virus scanning engines, more than 60 filtering techniques and wave-front detection to rid inbound and outbound e-mail from spam, worms and viruses, as well as protocol-based vulnerabilities. No hardware or software is required and a free 30-day trial is available to evaluate the service risk-free.

More information on AppRiver Partner Programs can be found at http://www.appriver.com/partners-spam-filter.asp.