Recent Announcements from Goodmail Systems

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June 2010

• GOODMAIL CERTIFIEDEMAIL GUARANTEES INBOX PENETRATION FOR MORE THAN 60 STRIATA BILLERS
  Goodmail Systems and Striata are working together to enhance deliverability for more than 60 of Striata’s telecommunications, utility and insurance billers in the U.S. Striata’s innovative clients taking advantage of the Goodmail partnership include: Time Warner, United Water (Suez Group), PepsiCo, Plymouth Rock Companies, City of Tallahassee, Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc, CPS Energy, Denver Water and more than 50 others in the USA.
• GOODMAIL STUDY REVEALS STRONG CONSUMER PREFERENCE FOR EMAIL EMBEDDED WITH STREAMING VIDEO
  Email messages with video positively influence consumer brand perception
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced that a majority of consumers respond positively to streaming video in email as a new, effective and preferred marketing channel. According to a study of 1,893 consumers conducted for Goodmail by the Adams Company, a firm which produces syndicated and custom research in the technology and consumer markets, video embedded in email messages engages consumers at a much higher level than email messages without video.
• GOODMAIL MAKES EMAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS MORE EFFECTIVE WITH UNIQUE REPUTATION MANAGEMENT APPLICATION
  New reputation reporting system offers better management performance and higher quality feedback data for more effective email campaigns and improved end-user experience
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced the delivery of new expanded reputation reporting capabilities designed to help CertifiedEmail customers more closely monitor and manage key email campaign metrics. Accessible through Goodmail’s MailCenter, the new application includes a granular status dashboard that provides alerts on quality issues as they happen, giving users more detailed feedback to help improve their email reputations with greater ease and consistency across different email domains.
• GOODMAIL EXPANDS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH TWO TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY VETERANS
  Eric Monderer named senior vice president of corporate strategy and business development; Mary Byrne appointed vice president of sales and client services
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced the appointment of technology executives, Eric Monderer, to the position of senior vice president of corporate strategy and business development, and Mary Byrne to the to the position of vice president of sales and client services. Monderer and Byrne join Goodmail as the company looks to intensify its initiatives across its ISP partner network and to expand its growing list of customers

May 2010

• GOODMAIL PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER, DANIEL DREYMANN, TO SPEAK AT INET SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE
  Topics include: current and evolving Internet and email threats, including cybercrime, and their implications for consumers and enterprises
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced that Daniel Dreymann, president and co-founder, will be speaking about restoring trust in email at the INET San Francisco conference. Dreymann’s presentation is scheduled for Friday, May 7 at 1:45 p.m. PT at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel. Dreymann will also participate in a panel on the topic of trust in email communication later that day. 

April 2010

• (Partner Release From Datran) Beltone New England and PGATOUR.COM Campaigns Powered by Datran Media's Aperture and StormPost Digital Marketing Solutions Win Internet Advertising Competition Awards
  Goodmail's Groundbreaking CertifiedVideo Service Helps Datran Media Win Internet Advertising Competition Award
  In the award for "Best Sports Email Message" and "Best of Show, Email," Datran Media and PGATOUR.COM were recognized for a groundbreaking campaign in which live, streaming video enabled by Goodmail was embedded into email creative promoting the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup on PGATOUR.COM. The campaign generated a 34 percent click-through rate versus 14 percent in emails without video. PGATOUR.COM, the official Web site of the PGA TOUR, is the number-one site in golf and is managed by Turner Sports in conjunction with the PGA TOUR. 

February 2010

• GOODMAIL AND RPOST SETTLE PATENT SUIT, ANNOUNCE JOINT SERVICE
  Goodmail Systems and RPost announced today that they have resolved the legal issues between them. RPost had brought suit against Goodmail alleging that Goodmail’s Paper Suppression™ service, which promised proof of delivery for email, infringed several RPost Patents. The suit has been settled with an agreement to form a strategic partnership to provide RPost proof of delivery as an optional upgrade for senders of Goodmail CertifiedEmail. All Goodmail products incorporating a content and delivery proof feature will leverage RPost’s technology. The two companies will also continue to independently market Goodmail CertifiedEmail™ and RPost’s Registered Email® services as separate products.
• GOODMAIL AND STRIATA PARTNER TO LAUNCH CERTIFIED EMAIL DOCUMENT DELIVERY
  Enables Secure, Reliable Email-Based Transactions Goodmail’s CertifiedEmail Enhances Deliverability and Trust for Striata Electronic Document Presentment and Payment
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, and Striata, a leading provider of secure electronic document delivery, today announced their partnership to launch and resell CertifiedEmail Document Delivery. The new solution enables companies to reliably deliver sensitive documents, such as bills and statements, as a securely encrypted email attachment. It also allows consumers to effect transactions, such as paying a bill, directly from within the email or attachment itself, with just one click.
• BRONTO SOFTWARE JOINS GOODMAIL’S CERTIFIEDDOMAIN™ DOMAIN-BASED WHITELIST
  Rapid Growth of CertifiedDomain List Signals Increasing Acceptance of Shift to Internet Domains for Email Reputation
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced that email service provider Bronto Software has undergone Goodmail’s rigorous accreditation process for all sending domains and is now listed on Goodmail’s CertifiedDomain™ list, the email industry’s first domain-based whitelist of reputable email senders.With CertifiedDomain, Goodmail is leading the industry shift from IP addresses to domain-level certification, filtering and reputation. In joining the CertifiedDomain list, Bronto Software is playing a leadership role in the future of the email marketing industry by helping to establish the enhanced domain-level service. Bronto Software provides web-based email marketing services to more than 3,500 organizations worldwide, and The American Business Awards recently recognized the company’s proactive approach to service with a Stevie Award for Best Customer Service Department.

January 2010

• GOODMAIL AND iCONTACT PARTNER TO OPTIMIZE EMAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS
  iContact to Resell Goodmail CertifiedEmail to Enhance Key Deliverability and Inbox Visibility Benefits for SMB Customers
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, and iContact, an industry leader in email marketing services for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced a partnership and reseller agreement to offer email marketers a fast on-ramp to launch high-impact campaigns. The partnership provides businesses safe, secure, guaranteed email delivery for increased ROI and enhanced customer satisfaction. The combination of CertifiedEmail and iContact will increase the ability of marketers to reach and stand out in subscriber inboxes.
• GOODMAIL AND LIVECLICKER DELIVER NEW VIDEO-BASED EMAIL MARKETING SERVICE
  CertifiedVideo .GIF Ensures Delivery and Display of Highly Engaging, Effective Video Messages
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, and Liveclicker, a developer of advanced video commerce applications, today announced a joint partnership to extend video email marketing to more consumers by adding Liveclicker’s video technology atop the Goodmail CertifiedEmail platform. The companies today also announced CertifiedVideo .GIF, a new joint service that ensures deliverability and automatic play of Liveclicker-enhanced video emails through all Goodmail ISP partners.

December 2009

• Goodmail Publishes Email Industry's First Domain-Based Whitelist
  Goodmail’s CertifiedDomain™ List Leads the Shift of Email Reputation from IP Addresses to Internet Domains
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced the publication of the CertifiedDomain™ list, the email industry’s first domain-based whitelist of good email senders. Meeting the evolving needs of the email industry, CertifiedDomain further extends Goodmail’s leadership in standards-based certification products for trusted brands that engage with consumers via email. CertifiedDomain is the first in a new line of domain-based products to be introduced by Goodmail throughout 2010.
• Goodmail and ClickMail Marketing partner to help email marketers increase ROI
  ClickMail Marketing to Resell Goodmail CertifiedEmail to Ensure Best Practices Approach to Online Reputation Optimization and Improvement
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, and ClickMail Marketing, a leader in email services and optimization, today announced a partnership and reseller agreement to put companies on a fast track to increasing the ROI from their marketing campaigns. Online reputation is key to email deliverability, and ClickMail Marketing’s best-practices approach to online reputation management readies companies to meet Goodmail’s rigorous accreditation standards. The new partnership enables companies to quickly improve their reputation, optimize deliverability, and increase their email marketing ROI.
• Goodmail and Tommimedia partner to embed live video chat in email
  Goodmail CertifiedEmail and TommiMedia Instant Video Chat Technology Provides Simplified Live Consumer Response for Business and Marketing Communications.
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, and TommiMedia, a leader in interactive marketing, today announced a partnership to embed TommiMedia’s instant video chat technology in emails sent using the Goodmail CertifiedEmail platform. TommiMedia’s technology embedded in CertifiedEmail messages will enable marketers to include single-click access to sales representatives and support departments, making it easier for consumers to get more information in response to targeted marketing messages. The combination of TommiMedia’s platform with CertifiedEmail will also allow companies to include access to live webinars and webcasts in an emailed invitation, simplifying the user experience and access to content.

October 2009

• Extravision Partners with Goodmail to Enhance Email Trust for Marketers, Recipients
  UK based Email Service Provider, extravision ltd has partnered with Silicon Valley-based Goodmail Systems, to add CertifiedEmail™ to its range of marketing services, to enhance recipient trust and sender authentication.
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, provides a safe and reliable way for trusted senders to deliver mail. CertifiedEmail is only used by senders who maintain the best email practices and allows senders to receive the inbox privileges they deserve. With Goodmail’s proven technology and strict standards for safety, security, and permission, extravision clients and partners who pass accreditation, can be assured that their messages will get delivered, exactly as intended.
• Goodmail responds to RPost Claims
  RPost Press Release Reflects Ignorance of Goodmail’s Technology and Services Goodmail to Bring CertifiedEmail Paper Suppression Service to Market as Planned
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today responded to a press release by RPost publicizing a lawsuit it filed on September 15, 2009 for alleged patent infringement. “RPost made no attempt to contact Goodmail to determine if its claims had any merit before filing the lawsuit, nor did it explain the basis for its allegations against Goodmail,” said Daniel Dreymann, president and co-founder of Goodmail. “We see no merit to the allegations in the complaint and intend to vigorously defend against them.”

September 2009

• Goodmail Systems Appoints Dori Thompson to Senior Director of Channel Sales
  Trusted Email Vendor Deepens Sales Bench to Stay Ahead of Surging Sales and Market Demand
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry standard for trusted-class email, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dori Thompson as Senior Director of Channel Sales. A 19-year sales veteran in direct, ecommerce and email marketing, Thompson will be responsible for building and maintaining strategic, innovative sales relationships with Goodmail channel customers.

August 2009

• Media Alert: Goodmail and Brightcove to discuss how to delivery "The best of the web" to consumer mailboxes, 100 percent of the time.
  Goodmail Systems, Inc., the creator of CertifiedEmail™ and embedded multidimensional applications like CertifiedVideo™ for streaming video, and Brightcove, the leading online video platform, will host a free Web cast to discuss how marketers are creating and repurposing their video investments – sports, news, entertainment and demos to name a few – to automatic streaming video in email, increasing brand awareness, enjoying the benefits of higher click through rates and creating the ultimate consumer email experience.
• Goodmail Technology Goes Live With MySpace Email
  MySpace Adopts CertifiedEmail to Safely Deliver Authentic and Legitimate E-Mail
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, is providing a safe, reliable way for trusted senders to deliver mail to the MySpace community. CertifiedEmail provides a safe and reliable means for consumers to easily identify authentic mail messages from legitimate commercial and nonprofit email senders.
• Goodmail Names Laura Hastings Director to Lead Account Management Team
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, has named Laura Hastings director, Account Management, to lead a world class account management team.
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, has named Laura Hastings director, Account Management, to lead a world class account management team.

July 2009

• Goodmail Systems Appoints Media Veteran Mike Rogers Senior Vice President of Sales
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced the appointment of Mike Rogers, a veteran in media, as senior vice president of Sales to spearhead the company’s sales organization. Mr. Rogers has 25 years of business experience in a wide range of technology companies, including senior management positions. He has been a global leader in business development, consulting, marketing and sales, bringing a proven track record of accelerating revenue growth and profitability. Before joining Goodmail, Mr. Rogers was vice president of sales for AllBusiness.com, acquired by D&B. Prior to D&B, Rogers held senior management positions with Sourceforge, Syndicate IQ, Reed Business Information, Knight Ridder Corporation, IDG and Lowe Lintas Partners. He holds a bachelors degree in Business from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces and an MBA in Marketing – Consumer Behavior from the University of Denver, Colorado.
• Consumer demand increasing for the Goodmail Trust Icon - A foolproof, visual way to identify legitimate email
  Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group survey underscores consumer need for 100 percent legitimate and safe email
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email responded to recently published Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) survey results stating that respondents rely on various signals to determine an email’s legitimacy. Respondents were asked what signals they use to indicate an email is legitimate. Overall, almost 70 percent of the respondents look at the sender’s name, followed by 45 percent who viewed the subject line. Other visual indications were found important to about 20 percent of the respondents. The report is based on 800 interviews with computer users in the United States and Canada who said they were not “security experts” and who used email addresses that were not managed by a professional IT department.
• (Partner Release) Goodmail Partner, Striata Creates One-Click, No-Registration, In-Email Payments With CertifiedEmail
  Striata has partnered with Goodmail to add CertifiedEmail to its Secure eDocument Delivery solutions to enhance recipient trust and authentication. This partnership creates a unique ability to initiate electronic payment directly from within the body of an email.

June 2009

• Goodmail and Pivotal Veracity Release Vertical-Market Deliverability Benchmarks for Q1 2009
  Twenty Percent of Business-to-Consumer Messages to Qualified Email Addresses Don’t Get Delivered
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™ and CertifiedVideo™, and Pivotal Veracity, the industry leader in cross-platform email deliverability and optimization solutions, today released co-authored research that found 20 percent of legitimate marketers’ email messages were routed to spam folders or blocked entirely in the first quarter of 2009. Five percent of messages were found in spam folders, with even more – 15 percent – unaccounted for.
• Consumer Alert: Beware of Email Scams Tied to Car Warranties
  Goodmail Warns of Email Scams Spoofing Troubled Auto Companies; Offers Consumers Tips
  Goodmail Systems, creator of CertifiedEmail, today advised consumers to be on the lookout for fraudulent email scams and "phishing" attacks related to the current turmoil in the U.S. auto industry, and offered advice for staying safe online.

May 2009

• Media Alert: Goodmail to Present at 2009 Video Commerce Summit
  Gal Chanoch, VP of Product Management for Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedVideo™, an innovation that the Wall Street Journal said “opens a long sought horizon for marketers,” will present at the inaugural 2009 Video Commerce Summit on a panel titled “Emerging Uses of Video in E-Commerce.” Organized by Liveclicker, this hands-on, intense one-day summit is jammed with video commerce content from start to finish and presented in an intimate setting that will put attendees face-to-face with video commerce thought leaders.

April 2009

• Goodmail Systems Announces DKIM-Based CertifiedEmail
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today released the first DKIM-based CertifiedEmail software development kit (SDK) at the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) Town Hall & Forum at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. DKIM is an emerging cryptography-based standard for email authentication that enables email receivers to verify what Internet domain is responsible for a message. CertifiedEmail is the only closed-loop DKIM-based solution in which each individual message is certified, signed, and monitored by a trusted third party.
• Digital Target Marketing Aligns with Beliefnet to Offer Streaming Video to AOL's Email Audience
  Trusted New Video-in-Email Makes Leading Inspirational Web Site an Advertising Powerhouse (Joint Customer and Goodmail Release)
  Digital Target Marketing (DTM), a Direct Response focused full-service online marketing agency, today announced that it will partner with Beliefnet.com, the leading inspiration and spirituality web site, to offer streaming video email. Beliefnet is among the first to offer streaming video inbox capability powered by Goodmail Systems' CertifiedVideo
• Goodmail Systems Names Gal Chanoch as VP of Product Management
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced that Gal Chanoch has been promoted to vice president of product management, reporting to Daniel T. Dreymann, co-founder and president. In this role, Chanoch will be responsible for the development, management and marketing of Goodmail's products, as well as for identifying and building key business partnerships.
• Goodmail Systems Launches Video-in-Email
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced the launch of CertifiedVideo, a cutting-edge technology that allows legitimate commercial and nonprofit organizations to incorporate streaming video within the body of email communications they send to opted-in recipients. AOL is the first email provider to implement CertifiedVideo, enabling its Webmail users to receive CertifiedVideo messages. The first CertifiedVideo senders include Country Music TV, DailyCandy.com, Fox Digital, iVillage (NBC Universal), LiveNation, the New York Times, Target, Thrillist and Turner Networks.

February 2009

• (Partner Release) GOLD LASSO PARTNERS WITH GOODMAIL TO STRENGTHEN EMAIL TRUST AND VERIFY SENDER LEGITIMACY
  Gold Lasso, LLC, (www.goldlasso.com) a leading provider of on-demand email marketing software, has announced that it has added Goodmail System’s CertifiedEmail to its portfolio of email solutions in order to enhance recipient trust in communications delivered by email. The additional layer of confidence and authentication established by the CertifiedEmail platform will be incorporated into Gold Lasso’s offerings immediately.
• PETER HORAN, CEO OF GOODMAIL SYSTEMS TO LEAD EEC SESSION ON THE FUTURE OF EMAIL MARKETING
  Goodmail Systems®, creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, announced today that its CEO, Peter Horan, will present during two sessions at next week’s 2nd annual Email Evolution Conference at the Westin Kierland in Scottsdale, Arizona, taking place February 9 – 11.Horan’s first session, entitled, “Email 3.0: How Video-in-Email Will Change the Game,” will take place on February 10th, from 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM and will provide insight into new technologies and ISP developments that will enable companies to embed online video and other “Web 3.0” functionality within their email communications.  “Video-in-email is just the beginning,” says Horan, who will explain how the secure delivery of video via email will open the door to additional exciting new email marketing capabilities such as one-click shopping, bill pay, and rich media advertising.

January 2009

• Increased Spam and Phishing Attacks Tops List of Email Marketer Challenges for 2009
  Even More than the Economy Restoring Trust to Email Will Allay the Majority of Email Marketers’ Future Concerns
  Increased spam and phishing attacks along with further email and image blocking by ISPs top the lists of marketer’s concerns for 2009, this according to a recent Goodmail-sponsored survey conducted by JupiterResearch.  The survey asked 202 email marketers which challenges related to the success of their email marketing initiatives over the next twelve months most concerned them. Marketers cited “increased spam and phishing attacks” as the most pending anxiety, with 53 percent of respondents calling it a top concern in 2009, followed by “further email and image blocking by ISPs” (45%). By comparison, survey respondents were less concerned about “slowing consumer spending” (40%); their ability to stay relevant with subscribers (27%), or securing adequate budget for their programs (16%). Only 11% feel that their email programs are threatened by “increased consumer preference for social and mobile communications.”
• GOODMAIL SYSTEMS TO HOST WEBINAR DISCUSSING HOW EMAIL MARKETERS CAN MAXIMIZE ROI IN 2009
  Independent Research Firm’s David Daniels will describe tactics that improve recipient trust and boost email marketing profit by 38 percent
  Goodmail Systems®, creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard trusted class of email, announced today that industry luminary David Daniels, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, will be the featured speaker on a complimentary webinar the company is hosting titled "The ROI of Rendering," on January 28, 2009, at 1:00 PM EST. Mr. Daniels will reveal findings from new executive research and discuss key challenges for email marketers in 2009, ways in which email marketers can recoup their investment in image creation and content development, and what email marketers can do to generate, on average, 38% higher profit from their email campaigns.
• (Goodmail Partner Release) Striata Adds CertifiedEmail to Enhance Email Trust
  CertifiedEmail allows consumers to easily verify sender legitimacy
  Striata, a specialist and innovator in electronic document delivery, today announced that it has added Goodmail's CertifiedEmail to its Secure eDocument Delivery solutions in order to enhance recipient trust in statements, bills, collection notices, policies and other high-volume, system-generated documents delivered securely by email.
• Goodmail Systems Secures Additional $4 Million in Funding from Omidyar Network
  Investment Completes $25 Million Funding Round; Omidyar Network Partner Matt Halprin named to Goodmail Board of Directors
  Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry’s standard class of trusted email, today announced that it has received $4 million in funding from Omidyar Network as part of a $5 million second closing of a funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. This brings the total investment in this round to $25 million. The new funding will enable Goodmail to further enhance its core product, CertifiedEmail, so that non-spam messages with multimedia and active content can be delivered and opened with complete security.