Stock To Watch ~~~~~~~~ ZIXI
Zix Corporation provides e-communication services that protect, manage, and
deliver sensitive information to enterprises and consumers in healthcare,
finance, insurance, and government industries in the United States. The
company's solutions are grouped into two categories, eSecure and eHealth
Solutions. The eSecure solutions offer secure messaging solutions, such as
email encryption and content filtering. Its solutions include an e-messaging
gateway solution, which provides company-wide privacy protection for inbound
and outbound email communications; a secure Web-messaging portal; a desktop
solution for encrypting and delivering email; and an assessment service used
to analyze email traffic patterns and monitor compliance with corporate and
regulatory policies. The eHealth solutions comprise an e-prescribing
application, which provides the ability for a physician to write
prescriptions and transmit them to a pharmacy through a handheld device or
Web site. It provides access to a drug reference guide, insurance formulary
data, and checks for drug interactions with previously prescribed drugs or
identified allergens, and offers additional clinical decision support. The
company distributes its products and services directly to physicians and
healthcare institutions. It has strategic partnerships with MedAptus,
eClinicalWorks, RxHub, and SureScripts. The company was founded by David P.
Cook as Amtech Corporation in 1983. It changed its name to Zix Corporation
in 2002. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.