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Sunnyvale, California-based Commtouch, an e-mail and Web defense group with offices in Israel, reportedly has announced that it hit number 32 on the Deloitte (News - Alert) Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2008, a rating of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

 

Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years (2002-2007), Commtouch officials report that the company grew 3,319 percent during this period. Overall, companies that ranked on the Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2008 program had an average growth rate of 1,297 percent.

 

To qualify for the Fast 500, entrants must have had 2003 operating revenues of at least $64,594 and 2006 operating revenues of at least $1.03 million.

 

Commtouch CEO Gideon Mantel attributes the company’s revenue growth to its “expanding OEM partner base,” together with its advanced security technologies: “We have anticipated the market demands for security services and introduced technology to meet the threats.”

 

Here’s how Commtouch officials diagram their technology on the company’s Web site:

 

 

In October, TMCnet’s Tim Gray reported that Ipswitch (News - Alert) was planning to integrate Commtouch’s Anti-Spam and GlobalView Mail Reputation into its IMail Server product family “in an effort to provide increased security as well as reducing unwanted e-mails,” according to company officials.

 

Tripp Allen, president of Ipswitch Messaging Division, noted the sheer number of businesses globally relying on the company’s mail servers for rapid, reliable e-mail handling. “We need to provide our customers the best email security technology and the best spam detection,” Gray reported him as saying.

 

The IMail Server product line consists of e-mail servers providing communication and collaboration tools for small and medium businesses. The IMail Server Plus and Premium versions will offer spam blocking powered by Commtouch technology.

 

 “Achieving sustained revenue growth of 3,319 percent over five years is a tremendous achievement,” said Karel Bakkes, partner in charge of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 EMEA program.

 

Commtouch has also placed seventh on the Israel Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology firms in Israel. The firm sells messaging and Web security technology for security companies and service providers, founded on what company officials describe as “a datacenter-based approach.”