Intel powers Cisco’s email security app

The next generation email security appliance IronPort X1050, uses the dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series to stay in front of new spammer tactics. The IronPort AsyncOS operating system takes full advantage of all eight cores, yielding system throughput approximately 800 per cent greater than a comparable single-core appliance.

This increase in processing power allows the IronPort appliance not only to process more email messages, but also to run more sophisticated rules and analysis to help thwart the latest spam techniques.

This helps enterprises, Internet service providers (ISPs) and smaller organizations stay ahead of the never-ending deluge of spam e-mail, Cisco said in a statement.

The combination of IronPort software and Intel's advanced hardware systems yields a robust solution to surging spam, Cisco statement added.