Cloudmark and IBM BladeCenter

Delivering advanced network security for Telecom Service Providers

"Cloudmark's unique combination of Advanced Message Fingerprinting, global threat detection and trust system is what drives the system's unparalleled accuracy. Cloudmark running on the IBM BladeCenter is ideal for demanding carrier environments, providing the highest level of performance and protection against all forms of messaging threats."

— Jamie DeGuerre, Chief Technology Officer, Cloudmark

The deluge of malware on telecom service providers' networks has significantly increased operational and infrastructure costs. Messaging abuse has now moved beyond the computer to the mobile device, in the form of SMS and MMS spam and phishing.

Carrier-grade messaging security

Designed for carrier environments, Cloudmark Authority on the IBM BladeCenter platform protects mobile and fixed-line messaging infrastructures from spam, phishing and viruses and has been adopted by leading service providers to protect their network and subscribers.

The core of Cloudmark's solution is its Advanced Message Fingerprinting which employs eight high-performance fingerprinting algorithms.

Cloudmark is able to provide extremely fast coverage of new threat outbreaks through its Global Threat Network which consists of over 300 million reporting sources in 200 countries.

All feedback by the Global Threat Network is corroborated and analyzed in real time by the Trust Evaluation System (TES).

The accuracy and efficiency of the Cloudmark solution reduces hardware and operational costs while improving subscriber satisfaction.

Sample Configuration

Services, Control, Transport, Access. BladeCenter HT. Chassis IBM BladeCenter HT. Processors HS21 Dual Core Intel Xeon. Memory 8GB. Other Linux.

Cloudmark and IBM: a winning combination

The combination of Cloudmark's messaging security technologies and IBM BladeCenter family delivers the performance, reliability and affordability demanded by mission critical telecommunications applications.

Performance tests with Cloudmark Authority and Gateway running on IBM BladeCenter LS21 model blade showed a message throughput rate of up to 1300 messages/second, delivering more than 10 times superior performance to competitive solution running on proprietary hardware and 30% improvement running over equivalent hardware platforms.