Zix Corporation Receives Network Products Guide 2010 Product Innovation Award

DALLAS, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(R)), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the only email encryption service designed with your most important relationships in mind, announced today that Network Products Guide has named ZixGateway 4.0 a winner of the 2010 Product Innovation Awards. As an industry leading information technology research and advisory guide, Network Products Guide recognized ZixGateway 4.0 among the innovative and groundbreaking products offered by vendors, large and small, from all over the world.

"Innovation is not just about new products alone," says Rake Narang, Editor-in-Chief at Network Products Guide. "To succeed companies need to see innovation not as a one time errand but as something that has to be continuously evolved and improved upon over and over again. Innovative products, such as ZixGateway 4.0, are bringing essential and incremental changes and setting the bar higher for others in all areas of information technology."

ZixGateway 4.0 was selected by Network Products Guide for offering transparent and secure email exchange to customers in healthcare, finance, insurance and government. Through its ZixGateway 4.0 and ZixDirectory, the world's largest, shared infrastructure of public email encryption keys, organizations can transparently send and receive encrypted emails without having to exchange identities, enabling secure email exchange without any change to their daily workflow.

"Network Products Guide's recognition of ZixGateway 4.0 further validates our innovation and thought leadership in this industry," said Rick Spurr, Chief Executive Officer of ZixCorp. "As a leader, ZixCorp pursues innovation to provide the most transparent, automatic and secure email exchange for our customers. We are proud to accept this award and will leverage it as a standard for continued enhancements in our email encryption solution."

Network Products Guide provides information and tools, including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements and independent product evaluations, to facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. To read more about its product innovation selections, please visit www.networkproductsguide.com/innovations.

About Network Products Guide Awards

As industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, Network Products Guide from Silicon Valley plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. You will discover a wealth of information and tools in this guide including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com.

About Zix Corporation

Zix Corporation is the only email encryption service designed with your most important relationships in mind. More than 1,000 hospitals and over 1,200 financial institutions, including the most influential companies and government organizations use ZixCorp's proven Email Encryption Service, including Wellpoint, Humana, the FDIC and the SEC. ZixCorp's Email Encryption Service is powered by ZixDirectory(TM), the largest email encryption community in the world. The 20 million members of the ZixDirectory can feel secure knowing their most important relationships are protected. For more information, visit www.zixcorp.com.  

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