Roaring Penguin & N-able Forge Alliance to Allow MSP to Monitor & Manage Anti-Spam Appliances Easily

6 August 2008 – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – Roaring Penguin Software Inc., makers of the acclaimed CanIt line of anti-spam solutions, today announced an alliance with N-able Technologies, a leading global supplier of remote monitoring and management software and specialized business support services for managed service providers (MSPs), which integrates their technologies and enables channel partners to more effectively monitor and manage the anti-spam portion of their clients’ e-mail communications infrastructure.

The powerful combination of Roaring Penguin Software's CanIt and N-able's N-Central software allows solution providers and MSPs to provide their clients with the peace of mind, knowing their anti-spam e-mail infrastructure is up and running. In addition, with CanIt and N-Central solution providers can take advantage of three streams of added revenue. They can generate incremental revenue with each new small business mail server they sell, as well as participating in the ongoing support revenue for the software and the ongoing revenue that they charge for monitoring the anti-spam appliances.

“Having the ability to remotely monitor and manage a client’s email communications infrastructure is vital to ensuring the health of the network, especially when you’re talking about the negative impacts of malicious emails and spam,” said Derik Belair, Vice President of Business Development at N-able Technologies. “Roaring Penguin Software is a leader in Linux-based anti-spam solutions and we are pleased to team with them to offer a world class solution that allows our partners to proactively monitor and manage clients’ anti-spam appliances remotely.”

Roaring Penguin Software features three anti-spam solutions available as both software and as an appliance. Roaring Penguin's CanIt Appliances combine high-performance mail filtering with ease of setup and administration, making them the ideal solution for Small and Medium Enterprise environments looking for accurate, plug-and-play anti-spam/anti-virus filtering. The CanIt Appliances come in various versions to suit large and small installations. Multiple appliances can be clustered to handle very large mail volumes. All the appliances feature automatic updates.

“We’ve found that more of our customers are demanding remote monitoring of the health of their anti-spam servers,” explains David Skoll, Roaring Penguin’s President and CTO. “N-able Technologies’ N-central software makes it easier for our solution provider partners to monitor what is going on with their appliances 24/7.”

About N-able Technologies

N-able Technologies is the preferred global supplier of remote monitoring and management technology and specialized business support services for managed service providers. N-able’s proven platforms offer the right combination of technology, people and processes, which help IT service providers to deliver highly profitable managed services to small and medium-sized businesses. N-able maintains operations in North America, the U.K., Asia-Pacific and Australia. For more information, visit N-able at: http://www.n-able.com.

About Roaring Penguin
Founded in 1999, Roaring Penguin Software Inc., specializes in e-mail filtering. The company focuses on fighting spam at the mail server, with the acclaimed CanIt and MIMEDefang product lines. Today, Roaring Penguin develops, deploys and supports its spam- and virus-fighting products for customers that include enterprises, ISPs, campuses, web hosts, and government offices. For more information, visit Roaring Penguin Software at: http://www.roaringpenguin.com.