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April 21, 2022 – Retarus has been recognized as a “Representative Vendor” in the 2022 Gartner “Market Guide for Intelligent Document Processing Solutions” report, released for the first time this year. Gartner has listed Retarus Intelligent Capture Services in the OCR/Capture category.

March 23, 2022 – Retarus, the Munich-based provider of cloud services around the globe, has made over 100,000 euros immediately available for aid projects related to the war in Ukraine. This amounts to roughly 220 euros per employee. All 13 of Retarus’ country organizations, including Romania, France, Italy, Switzerland, and the USA, are receiving a share of the total donation proportional to their number of employees to support whichever local projects they prefer – this may take the form of purchasing and donating goods such as medicines, hygiene products, baby food, blankets, and much more, or even financing the transportation of aid supplies to the Ukrainian border. In Munich, where Retarus is headquartered, the company has also made its company apartment available to a refugee family which has fled from Ukraine.

October 7, 2021 – With its new Trace & Recover service, Retarus offers an innovative service to benefit companies that send emails directly from their business applications. The service complements Retarus Transactional Email by caching transactional emails securely in an intelligent short-term storage – such as to allow service and contact center staff to send the messages again effortlessly at any time should the need arise. This is especially beneficial to companies with complex application landscapes and workflows, who gain substantial value from the time and cost saved as well as achieving significantly higher customer satisfaction. The new service is immediately available as part of the modular Retarus Secure Email Platform.

August 5, 2021 – Retarus has continued to grow impressively, even during the coronavirus pandemic. The fiscal year 2021, which ended in June, saw a revenue growth to more than 60 million euros for the first time. This represents an 11 percent increase over the previous year’s turnover and the seventh consecutive year of record results for Retarus. The sustained growth is reflected in the company’s workforce. With global staff now exceeding 450 employees, Retarus has grown by more than 10% in comparison to the previous year and is still hiring.

July 28, 2021 – Retarus continues to grow its Romanian development center. The Romanian subsidiary has been on a positive growth trajectory since its launch in December 2019. As a result, Retarus is now searching for more employees for the Timişoara office in the areas of software development, service and support, technical product management, and EDI implementation. Retarus has also recently relocated to larger offices which are centrally located in Timişoara and equipped with all the latest mod cons.

June 9, 2021 – According to the latest Market Compass "Cloud-delivered Security" by analyst firm KuppingerCole, Retarus received top marks in all relevant evaluation categories. This places Retarus in the same league as sector giants Akamai, Cisco, and Broadcom/Symantec, even outperforming them in certain assessment criteria.

April 20, 2021 – Retarus, the global provider of cloud messaging solutions, has announced its partnership with AppSmart®, the leading source to find, buy, and manage all business technology services. The two leading companies are collaborating to advance the reach of Retarus’ cloud solutions both domestically and internationally for global enterprise and SMB customers.

March 26, 2021 – Retarus, the global provider of cloud messaging solutions, today announced its partnership with MicroCorp, a leading national master agent for telecommunications, data center, and cloud services. The two leading companies are collaborating to integrate their cloud solutions for global enterprise and SMB customers.

February 11, 2021 – Internationally active companies would be well advised to urgently check the state of their data protection and make certain that the digitalization of their communication processes also ensures compliance with the GDPR. Cloud service provider Retarus, which for decades has been supporting companies to process their communication data in compliance with the law, points out the key factors which need to be considered.

January 27, 2021 – Retarus, the global provider of enterprise cloud services, has launched an intelligent new service enabling companies to better organize and administrate all inbound messages as they arrive: The Bounce and Response Manager. This new option gives Retarus Transactional Email users a powerful service for sending high mail volumes straight from their business applications and more control over the inbound channel.

December 7, 2020 – In recent months it has become clearly evident, just how crucial it is for IT processes to function well and reliably communicate with patients. Now key healthcare projects have entrusted Retarus with contributing to the success of their vaccination efforts with its Transactional Email Services and Enterprise SMS Services.

September 22, 2020 – Retarus is launching a new partner program for its Secure Email Platform. Channel partners are set to benefit from the impressive flexibility of Retarus’ cloud services, which allow partners sufficient options for independent implementation and configuration of the services while also fulfilling the most stringent European data protection guidelines and regulations. The new two-pillar channel sales model is directed both at those potential partners simply providing standardized email security packages and those selling highly customized services at enterprise level to customers with huge, complex email infrastructures.

September 1, 2020 – The CERT at Retarus has issued a warning regarding phishing emails in which recipients are instructed to edit important business partner contracts. The phishers pretend to make the document available on the otherwise reputable Dotloop platform, directing the recipients to a fake login page for their Microsoft account.

July 10, 2020 – Maintaining full control over the multifaceted email communication channel, with all its intricacies, is becoming more complex every day. This not only applies to the high-performance routing required within company networks. Critical business issues such as process automation are also becoming increasingly difficult to cover with standardized solutions. Companies need more control over incoming email traffic, ideally before the messages are delivered to the company’s own infrastructure. To meet this challenge, Munich-based cloud services provider Retarus has developed the new Predelivery Logic service.

June 25, 2020 – With its new Retarus MailEDI service, Retarus offers purchasers a digital communication solution which facilitates the automation of order confirmations received from smaller suppliers. Thanks to interactive ordering emails and responses which are digitally processed into formats compatible with their respective ERP systems, companies maintain full control over their orders. The Retarus flat pricing model allows companies to connect an unlimited number of suppliers to the system without incurring additional costs.

June 17, 2020 – Following several months of successful beta testing, the Munich-based enterprise cloud services provider Retarus has now activated its comprehensively modernized quarantine service for all existing customers of its Email Security service. For the relaunch, both the front end and the corresponding back-end systems have been updated comprehensively, including a user interface and experience optimized for mobile display.

June 4, 2020 – LapID Service GmbH now uses Retarus Transactional Email to facilitate communication with its customers. By opting for Munich-based cloud service provider Retarus’ powerful API to manage its appointments and reminders, Germany’s leading provider of services for ensuring company fleet compliance now benefits from impressively high email throughput rates and compliant data processing in local data centers.

May 28, 2020 – Cloud services provider Retarus has responded to strong demand for their Retarus Enterprise Communication Platforms by stepping up its recruitment drive for new employees. Over the current business year, 2020, Retarus plans to expand its staff considerably by more than 100 additional employees. Since the company was founded in 1992, it has never before hired as many new employees in a single year.

May 20, 2020 – As online business continues to grow impressively, systems at the companies involved are generating ever more order confirmations, shipping details, and invoices – in short, there is a substantial increase in transactional emails. However, the proliferation of such emails can have a negative impact on the sender reputation of the company sending them. As a result, important records or messages may get stuck in spam filters, meaning that they are no longer able to reach their recipients’ inboxes reliably. This has can unsettle customers, slow down processes, erode trust and bring about additional costs. The Email Deliverability Guide created by Munich-based cloud service provider Retarus shows how this can be prevented.

May 14, 2020 – With the state-of-the-art failover service Retarus Email Continuity, companies remain productive even if their own email infrastructures become unavailable, for instance during server and cloud downtimes or security incidents. In such cases, the service steps in and ensures that the impacted company’s email communication continues running uninterrupted. Immediately, the service reroutes the emails to a server independent of its own email system, ensuring that communication with business partners, customers, and colleagues remains smooth and free of disruption.

April 17, 2020 – Offers counsel against coronavirus phishing for Singapore businesses during the circuit breaker period.

March 13, 2020 – As the wave of COVID-19 infections grow, an increasing number of companies are restricting business trips for their employees and requesting staff instead to opt for home office and virtual meetings. To handle the resulting communication with staff, Munich cloud service provider Retarus is now granting its existing customers free use of its market-leading multichannel messaging service, Retarus WebExpress. With this one-to-many service, enterprises can keep their employees well-informed about the latest developments with timely yet personalized messages. This free limited offer is available until April 30th, 2020. Customers can find out more about this opportunity from their Retarus representatives int their local country organization.

January 31, 2020 – Munich-based cloud service provider Retarus has successfully completed the TISAX audit, certifying the processing of information for the automotive sector in compliance with high security requirements. TISAX, which stands for "Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange", was developed by the automobile industry as a common standard for information security. It aims to ensure that all participants in the value chain have similar levels of IT security.

December 11, 2019 – IDT, a long-standing integration partner of Kodak Alaris, is collaborating with Retarus to provide a fully integrated, easy to use “Scan to Fax” solution. The network-connected offering eliminates monthly dedicated phone line charges while offering an alternative to analog fax machines and bulky multi-functional printers (MFPs) that require IT support and incur maintenance, per-click, and consumables charges.

November 28, 2019 – Munich-based cloud service provider Retarus has founded a new subsidiary in Romania, retarus (România) s.r.l., and is set to expand its operations in the country. From its Timișoara office, Retarus runs a service center for international customers of its Retarus Business Integration Services alongside departments for development and quality assurance.

November 7, 2019 – In its recent analysis of the Secure Email Gateway market, Radicati Group rated information logistics expert Retarus the “Trail Blazer” with the very best positioning, attributing to its innovation in the Email Security Services portfolio. The only privately managed European organization to land a spot in this competitive report, Retarus has progressed towards the “Top Player” segment from its previous assessment at the beginning of the year.

August 30, 2019 – Munich-based cloud service provider retarus GmbH has added secure document handling to its API for high-volume email transmission, including automated encryption of attached files and the option of providing a template for email jobs detailing the design of the message (templating). Along with these technical advances, the service is being strategically repositioned at the same time.

July 31, 2019 – Munich based IT company retarus GmbH has continued to develop its cutting edge Email Security Services, making them even more effective - with a whole range of new functions and features. Retarus has been providing email security as a service since 1994 and has continually been evolving and developing its offering – with dedicated Advanced Threat Protection which includes the post-delivery protection mechanism “Patient Zero Detection” and Retarus’ botnet recognition, both of which are patented across Europe.

July 25, 2019 – Retarus, a global specialist in information logistics, is now also offering its cutting-edge email security services in Spain and Portugal through the value-added distributor IREO. IREO offers security and ITSM solutions to over 750 resellers.

June 27, 2019 – Gartner has included Retarus in its new "Market Guide for Email Security". In Forrester Research's "Wave: Enterprise Email Security, Q2 2019", Retarus is listed as one of the twelve currently most important providers of email security worldwide.

May 8, 2019 – Retarus, a global enterprise cloud provider, today announced its endeavor to increase business agility by offering its services through CenturyLink, the second largest domestic communications provider serving global enterprise customers.

April 15, 2019 – Retarus has appointed Dylan Castagne as new Managing Director for Asia. He will be responsible for spearheading business operations and driving strategic expansion in APAC across key industries, including banking and finance, logistics, and telecommunications.

March 6, 2019 – In its latest analysis of competition in the Secure Email Gateways market, analyst firm The Radicati Group has awarded “Trail Blazer” status to information logistics experts Retarus. Placement in this quadrant underlines a provider’s pioneering, industry-leading position on the market.

February 6, 2019 – The WildFire malware prevention technology from Palo Alto Networks is now part of Retarus' comprehensive email security portfolio. The partnership marks the beginning of a close cooperation in the European market.

December 17, 2018 – The European Patent Office has granted a Europe-wide patent for our Patient Zero Detection® technology. The innovative approach to analyzing and recognizing harmful emails is an integral component of Retarus E-Mail Security Services.

November 7, 2018 – Alex Dosch and Stefan Rath return to Retarus and assume responsibility for sales worldwide.

November 6, 2018 – Digital fax solutions for multifunctional printers (MFPs) from Lexmark and Retarus are now available worldwide.

October 2, 2018 – Retarus Managed Capture Services enable the automated capturing of investment fund orders

May 2, 2018 – The communication interface BC-SMTP, used in the Retarus Messaging Services and the Faxolution 6 for SAP S/4HANA service, has been officially “SAP Certified”.

March 26, 2018 – Berjaya, a Malaysia-based conglomerate, has opted for Retarus E-Mail Security - an advanced platform for the protection of business-critical email communication.

February 7, 2018 – Enterprise email with Essential Protection, Advanced Threat Protection and Postdelivery Protection - all from a single platform

December 4, 2017 – Improved customer loyalty by way of communication platforms

September 12, 2017 – Retarus again named a Sample Vendor for Enterprise Level Cloud Faxing in Gartner Hype Cycle for Imaging and Print Services

July 13, 2017 – Implementation of Retarus Mail2Fax boosts internal efficiency and drives digitisation for Malaysia’s leading healthcare provider

July 7, 2017 – New version now also detects phishing emails

May 31, 2017 – “Protect”, “Detect” and “Respond”: More powerful protection from identity theft and substantially less strain on support staff in the analysis of security incidents

May 22, 2017 – Digital processing of business documents ensures efficient workflows

May 3, 2017 – Retarus issues warning about spam wave purporting to offer stock market

February 1, 2017 – Patient Zero Detection® for the timely detection of malware and efficient IT forensics

January 26, 2017 – “What matters is that the information arrives.”

November 21, 2016 – Data centre development and additional staff to meet local customer needs.

October 21, 2016 – Migrating its fax communication to the cloud allows Henner to cut costs and optimize resources.

August 31, 2016 – Cloud Fax Services are replacing fax server infrastructures

May 31, 2016 – Effective immediately, the attorney will advise Retarus’ senior management on all strategic issues regarding international law and regulatory provisions, as well as compliance requirements.

April 18, 2016 – Retarus is currently observing a significantly higher incidence of the crypto trojan Locky, as well as new variations.

February 29, 2016 – Zyllem has chosen Retarus SMS for Applications, to help it manage its SMS communication processes for enhanced overall customer experience.

January 21, 2016 – Secure bank communication from a single source

January 19, 2016 – Retarus has identified seven trends that will have a decisive impact on corporate B2B communications in 2016

January 11, 2016 – Conor McGrath appointed new UK country manager

December 15, 2015 – Due to the impressive range of services on offer, Retarus is considered one of the strongest providers of cloud services in the category “E-Mail / Web / Collaboration Security”.

November 15, 2015 – Oliver Prevrhal appointed to expand regional growth

November 9, 2015 – Retarus has been listed in the Gartner report “Hype Cycle for Imaging and Print Services” as a sample vendor for “Enterprise-Level Cloud Faxing”.

October 28, 2015 – New data center in Frankfurt

September 15, 2015 – Messaging service provider guarantees high availability

June 22, 2015 – E-Voting in New South Wales

May 11, 2015 – Strong US market growth continues

October 24, 2014 – Retarus key in helping companies consolidate their IT infrastructure

June 17, 2014 – Retarus exhibits at CommunicAsia 2014 in Singapore

June 6, 2014 – Air rescue base coordinates helicopter crew via SMS

March 31, 2014 – Retarus’ global data centers and communication services meet stringent data security and compliance requirements

February 14, 2014 – T-Systems adds Retarus Fax and SMS Services to its Dynamic Services for Collaboration

January 29, 2014 – Retarus, Inc. officially announces that Retarus Faxolution is interoperable with the BroadWorks platform