电子邮件已经成为企业日常经营所依赖的商业工具。根据市场调查公司Aberdeen Group的报告,在办公网络中,垃圾邮件的数量将从2002年的25％上升到2003年的50％。随着垃圾邮件数量的急剧上升,许多公司将不得不费大量的时间和投资过滤这些数量巨大的无用信息。因为大部分病毒和恶性程序都是通过电子邮件进行传播的,所以垃圾邮件不仅带来了工作效率的问题,而且也带来的安全隐患。为了加强在反垃圾邮件领域的力量,1月11日,美国网络联盟宣布,该公司收购了反垃圾邮件应用软件供应商Deersoft公司。根据协议,美国网络联盟已经收购Deersoft公司个人及企业级反址圾邮件产品相关的技术.而且将接管所有Deersoft E-mail has become a business tool on which companies rely on day-to-day operations. According to a report by market research firm Aberdeen Group, the amount of spam in office networks will rise from 25% in 2002 to 50% in 2003. With the dramatic rise in the volume of spam, many companies will have to spend significant time and investment filtering these huge amounts of useless information. Because most of the viruses and malicious programs are spread by e-mail, spam not only brings efficiency issues, but also brings security risks. To step up its efforts in the area of ​​anti-spam, the U.S. Network Alliance announced on January 11 that it acquired Deersoft, an anti-spam software provider. Under the agreement, the U.S. Network Alliance has acquired technology from Deersoft’s personal and enterprise anti-spam products and will take over all Deersoft