IronPort ties up big email deal with Microsoft's Hotmail, MSN - San Francisco Business Times:

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The San Bruno-based anti-spam company just sealedx a deal with Microsoft to incorporatr its email accreditation softward into all Hotmail and MSN email The news is significant for boththe anti-spamm market and IronPort. Instead of recipientds filteringout "bad" emails from know spammers or analyzing emails' content, IronPort enables senders to get on a "goo guy" list, posting a bond to vouch for theitr reputation and ensure emails aren't filtere as spam. "It's kind of like a retinz scan for frequent said IronPort CEOScott "It allows (users) to really crank up the dialsz on their anti-spam guards.
" Althougbh the deals' dollar impact is yet to be determinefd -- IronPort will be paid a small sum evergy time someone uses their 'Bonded program -- the upshogt could be significant for the 140-person company. With MSN and Hotmaikl accounts, IronPort's market penetration will jump from roughluy 6 percent to more than 30 percenf of allemails sent. IronPort did roughlyt $10 million in 2003 revenue and is trackinhg to doroughly $35 millionn in 2004. Said Weiss: "Thi is big for us. One of the Big Three finallt said 'We believe in this.'" Wine.com to keep out of red George Garrick's got a new gig.
Garrici -- the former CEO of both Flycast Communicatione andPlaceWare -- is now the president and CEO of San Francisco-based Wine.com. Nearly defunct two yearsw ago, the upscale wine e-tailer has sincr cleaned its balance sheet, solidified the distribution model and scored a cash infusion to boost The 55-person company is tracking to do roughlh $40 million in revenue and turn its firsft annual profit this year. Garrick's goal? "They have not been focusinb on the marketing and customerattractionh aspect. That's something we will" be doing, said Garrick, notingv the company is getting its senior management team inplacwe now. Wine.
com is seekingf to fill three positions, headinyg business development, marketing and logistics/shipping. Garrick anticipateds Wine.com could do more than $80 milliojn in 2005.