Critical Path Launches Next Generation Messaging Server as Foundation for New Messaging Platform.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001 Messaging Server 6.0 Delivers the Improved Performance, Easier Management and Unparalleled Scalability Necessary for Value-Added Messaging Services Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), a global leader in communication technology and complete messaging solutions for wireless and wireline carriers, service providers and corporations, today debuted its Messaging Server 6.0 as the foundation for a new integrated communications platform. As one of the industry's most cost effective solutions, Critical Path's Messaging Server 6.0 serves as an ideal base from which to grow a messaging platform for both global service providers and the emerging category of corporations that are leveraging public networks to act as service providers for customers and partners. The addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be market for messaging is changing, with service providers consolidating at a rapid rate and a new breed of corporate enterprises leveraging public networks to build externally facing messaging systems Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent to service key constituents, whether customers, partners or remote workers. Traditional groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. messaging and piece-meal messaging systems are often incapable of delivering a messaging infrastructure that can support explosive growth and deliver new value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. to users. Critical Path's integrated communications platform delivers a core set of messaging applications along with a unified interface and back-end system management through Critical Path's Directory and Meta-Directory products. Messaging Server 6.0 acts as the anchor upon which additional value-added services, such as secure messaging, calendaring, Internet file storage and a personal address book that syncs with all devices and applications, can be rapidly built and deployed to generate new revenues. "We believe the messaging market of the future transcends basic corporate or portal email, or traditional groupware," said Sue Barsamian, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Critical Path. "The rapid expansion of Ebusiness and digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. is causing service providers and corporations to rethink re·think tr. & intr.v. re·thought , re·think·ing, re·thinks To reconsider (something) or to involve oneself in reconsideration. re messaging, and turn to solutions such as Critical Path's Messaging Server 6.0 and our integrated communications platform to assist in increasing revenues, personalizing relationships and streamlining communications." Introducing Critical Path's Messaging Server 6.0 As of March 31, 2001, Critical Path's Messaging Server supported more than 142 million mailboxes worldwide with 30 customers supporting over one million mailboxes and 10 customers supporting greater than five million mailboxes. Our products have demonstrated superior total cost of ownership through centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. management and provisioning, flexible deployment options, rapid deployment and easy migration. Critical Path's Messaging Server 6.0 also has the following new benefits: Performance Enhancements -- Customers have selected Critical Path's Messaging Server because it offers high performance while delivering carrier-class scalability. The latest version of Messaging Server 6.0 has been shown in internal testing with conservative benchmarks to be 100% more performant that its predecessor 5.5. Manageability -- Improved manageability helps reduce the burden of administrative management at several levels: 1) enables greater ability for administrators to delegate administration down to lower levels (i.e. department levels), 2) defines a template for a set of attributes as part of a user population for easy provisioning, 3) provides enhanced mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). monitor to make data storage more efficient. Enhanced mailbox management enables improved storage, archiving and routing of messages, and delegated group administration delivers IT flexibility. Advanced Spam and Virus Protection -- The advanced filtering of Critical Path's Messaging Server 6.0 provides a high level of spam and virus protection. Its default sieve filters provide a flexible gatekeeper In an H.323 IP telephony or video environment, a gatekeeper is a device that manages domains and provides call control. It is used to translate user names into IP addresses, to authenticate users and to manage network resources. that enables server and domain level protection against malicious messages. Critical Path's Messaging Server 6.0's tighter integration with Brightmail, a leading provider of message management solutions, alleviates the problems associated with spamming See spam. spamming - spam and junk mail See spam and junk faxes. as well as reducing virus threats. HP UX Support -- Through support for the Hewlett Packard's UX platform, Critical Path's Messaging Server 6.0 will become a component of HP's services Initiative for the service provider market. Additional Language Support -- Critical Path continues its commitment to its customer base with expanded language support. Critical Path's Messaging Server 6.0 now supports both traditional and simplified Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Korean. About Critical Path, Inc. Critical Path Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is a global leader in communication technology and complete messaging solutions for wireless and wireline carriers, service providers and corporations through its integrated platform of messaging applications and directory infrastructure. Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , with offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . More information on Critical Path can be found at http://www.cp.net./. Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. by the Company and others regarding expected future business and financial performance, including the Company's statements regarding endorsements of our product and services offerings by our customers, our belief as to the ability of our products to ensure performance, security, scalability and reliability and the market for outsourced services like ours. The words "will," "expect," "plan," "believe," "seek," "anticipate," "estimate" and similar expressions are intended to identify the Company's forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, our evolving business strategy and the emerging and changing nature of the market for our products and services, our ability to deliver on our sales objectives, the ability of our technology and our competitors' technologies to address customer demands, changes in economic and market conditions, unplanned system interruptions and capacity constraints, software and service design defects. These and other risks and uncertainties are described in more detail in the Company's filings with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) made from time to time, including Critical Path's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, as amended, and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarters ended June 30, 2001 and March 30, 2001, both as may be amended from time to time. Note to Editors: Critical Path and the Critical Path logo are the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their holders. |
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