The new products, which were deployed around the time of the Bagle virus earlier this year, proved themselves immediately, stopping hundreds of thousands of infected email attachments.
Not surprisingly for a company in its position, protecting customers is crucial for Dalton. Davies says, "As an ISP, we're held responsible for what happens over the network."
This highlights a rising trend in security circles that is, the need for firewalls that provide application security and anti-virus features.
ServGate technology includes anti-virus capability, according to Davies, who estimates that up to 15 percent of the 3,000 emails sent across its network each day are infected. He says, "Anything that gives me control to stop anybody from becoming infected and then passing that on through the Internet is a plus."
Dalton has so far deployed two EdgeForce Accels, and is planning to roll out four more as the business expands and the company offers new services. At the moment, the company has approximately 2,500 customers using its broadband service, although this number is growing by around 20 a day.
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