Proginet Corporation, in multi-platform file transfer solutions, announced Slingshot Vault, an appliance-based solution for managing the space, security and bandwidth challenges associated with e-mail attachments. Integrated with Intradyn's de-duplication, archiving and e-discovery technology, Slingshot Vault allows enterprises to send attachments of any size, archive them efficiently, and audit for regulatory compliance on-demand.



Slingshot Vault is the only available attachment management solution offering integrated archiving functionality, a necessity for corporations as e-mail assumes an increasingly critical role in business and legal actions globally. Slingshot Vault enables enterprises to fully comply with e-discovery and regulatory requirements for e-mail attachment archiving while simultaneously solving the challenges associated with sending e-mail attachments.

Slingshot Vault integrates seamlessly with corporate e-mail systems so that users can easily share and transfer files of any size. The solution also provides total security by encrypting attachments while in transit between the sender and recipient, and while at rest awaiting download. Slingshot Vault creates logs and time stamps for every step of the process to provide customers with total control, auditability, and compliance with organizational policies and industry regulations.

Leveraging more than 20 years of innovation in managed file transfer, Proginet has developed Slingshot Vault to be the industry's most complete e-mail attachment management appliance, enabling customers to securely and cost effectively exchange e-mail attachments of any size, eliminate mailbox and server storage issues, and leverage e-mail for any kind of attachment without burdening other critical resources.

"New compliance and e-discovery requirements have forced companies of all sizes to reevaluate how they manage e-mail communications," said Sandy Weil, President and CEO of Proginet. "Our customers are demanding e-mail attachment solutions that solve the traditional challenges related to size, space, and security, in addition to the growing regulatory requirements for e-mail archiving and e-discovery. With Proginet's Slingshot Vault, we are offering an easy-to-deploy, appliance-based solution that will transform and radically improve e-mail attachment management."

"We estimate that more than five billion daily e-mail messages carry attachments, and that attachments consume more than 80% of all e-mail data and server resources," stated David Ferris, President and Senior Analyst at Ferris Research. "This can hugely impact an organization, causing major issues related to archiving, audit, storage and performance. Slingshot Vault is a ready-to-install appliance that can be a big help in alleviating these issues," he concluded.

Slingshot Vault will be generally available in the Autumn of 2008.