Award-Winning Mirapoint RazorGate 100 Now Available on HP ProLiant Servers.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirapoint today announced the general availability of the RazorGate 100 email security appliance based on HP ProLiant DL140 servers. The RazorGate 100 provides customers with highly effective email security protection in a compact, 1U appliance that can be deployed quickly and works with any existing mail server, such as Exchange. In addition to being available from Mirapoint, the RazorGate 100 can also be purchased directly from the HP sales force or through HP's channel partners.

Mirapoint today also announced the RazorGate 100 based on HP hardware was awarded InfoWorld Magazine's highest recognition available with an "Excellent" rating and leadership score of 9.2. InfoWorld's testing was conducted in production environment at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California and demonstrated 97% spam catch-rates and zero critical false-positives. According to the InfoWorld reviewer, "the [RazorGate] appliance's ability to reject a large portion of spam without having to filter it is unique in my experience. With anti-virus and policy enforcement, excellent reporting tools, and enterprise-class, multi-domain management tools, there's little left to look for in an e-mail security appliance."

"The combination of HP's ProLiant servers and Mirapoint's messaging expertise brings together the best of both worlds for enterprise customers looking to better protect their message networks from hackers, spam, viruses and other attacks," said Paul Miller, vice president of marketing, ProLiant Servers, HP. "HP has been working with Mirapoint on initiatives around email storage and archival, so this latest offering on a truly integrated HP and Mirapoint email security appliance is a natural progression of previous success and traction we've seen in the marketplace."

"We wanted to test the RazorGate appliance before we brought it to our customer base," said Charles Miano, Corporate Vice President at HPM Networks, a business solution provider. "We installed the appliance and from the moment we turned it on we haven't been disappointed. In fact, our IT operations department estimates that the spam messages we receive dropped by over 80%. We have also been impressed with how easy the appliance was to install and how quickly we were able to see the results. This is a product our customers can definitely benefit from."

"Mirapoint's packaged solution approach, which relies on open standards for component-level integration, has worked well for enterprises and service providers as they have built out their messaging infrastructure and edge security capabilities," said Dana Gardner, Senior Analyst at Yankee Group. "With this new HP relationship, Mirapoint gains significant new reach for these solutions via distribution through HP's global network of channel partners."

The RazorGate 100 based on HP servers offers the same email security features available in previous versions of the RazorGate product line, including Mirapoint's Full-Spectrum(TM) multi-layered email security technology for managing the broad range of threats affecting incoming and outgoing message traffic. This includes powerful virus and spam-stopping technologies like MailHurdle(TM) for edge-blocking and Rapid(TM) for real-time protection, as well as tools for better managing outgoing traffic through policy controls and detailed reporting. By porting the RazorGate 100's underlying Mirapoint Messaging Operating System (MOS) software to HP hardware, customers will benefit from greater performance and increased storage capacity.

"With their field-proven reliability and bullet-proof security features, RazorGate appliances are already established products in the large enterprise, service provider and higher education markets," said Barry Ariko, President, CEO and Chairman of Mirapoint. "By working with HP and its channel partners on the newest version of the RazorGate 100, we will now be able to expand distribution of the Mirapoint appliance to more small and mid-sized enterprise customers and better help them protect their message networks."

Pricing & Availability

The RazorGate 100 is available immediately with pricing starting at roughly $4,500. For more information or to purchase RazorGate appliances, please contact an authorized RazorGate reseller. Customers can also order directly by calling Mirapoint at 1-800-937-8118 or HP sales at 1-800-248-3707.

About Mirapoint

Mirapoint(R) is a leader in solutions for message networks used by service provider, enterprise, education and government institutions. Customers use Mirapoint solutions, including the RazorGate email security appliances, to build message networks that intelligently and securely route, store, access and manage Internet messages, including email. Mirapoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at http://www.mirapoint.com/.

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