Robert Cox

Robert Cox, Messaging Service Team Leader, DaimlerChrysler UK

,We have so many web sites out there and our email addresses are publicised, so in a way we are more prone to spam than some organisations, and spammers are becoming more sophisticated,, said DaimlerChysler messaging service team leader Robert Cox.

The email security appliance and anti-virus and spam software, which went live to 3,500 users in May, blocked 100,000 more malware attacks in three weeks than the previous system, with no false positives.

Cox,s messaging team received at least two to three spam complaints a day before the system was installed, but just one in the first three weeks afterwards.

Some 800,000 more spam messages have also been quarantined.Cox says the increasing number is down to a higher volume of spam coupled with the more effective security method.

,Cost savings will come from reduction in storage space, the day-to-day maintenance staffing reduction, and cut in licensing costs and support,, he said.

Cox expects the project to generate a return on investment within a year, and to reduce IT overheads by 25 per cent.

,It has made a massive difference to our users and spam isn,t a problem for us now,, he said.

The Sophos system has a plug-and-play capability that Cox says is easy and effective to manage.

Robert Cox, messaging service team leader at DaimlerChrysler, said, "We wanted a single-vendor solution.

"We wanted a single-vendor solution from a trusted name with proven anti-virus and anti-spam expertise," said Robert Cox, messaging service team leader at DaimlerChrysler.