Mirapoint Integrates NetApp(R) Storage Solutions to Fortify Backup and Recovery of Business Critical Email.Mirapoint and NetApp Team Up to Simplify the Life of Storage and Messaging Administrators With Integrated Messaging and Storage Solution SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Mirapoint, the secure messaging experts, today announced the integration of its Mirapoint Message Server with Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything [TM] (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NTAP NTAP Network Appliance, Inc. (stock symbol) NTAP Never Take Another Puff NTAP National Track Analysis Program NTAP Notices to Airmen Publication NTAP Windows NT Application Processors NTAP Naval Training Acquisition Process ) FAS storage systems. The joint solution, preconfigured Set up ahead of time. It implies that the device or software application has been modified to suit the customer or situation. See ghosting server. and optimized specifically for enterprise messaging environments, provides customers with an integrated disaster recovery solution designed to protect business-critical messaging. The integrated SAN solution addresses the challenge of exponentially ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. increasing volumes of email due to longer retention periods, greater reliance on email in the enterprise, and the escalating costs associated with the management of email infrastructure. "Email continues to be the most critical business communications tool used today and organizations are still grappling with how to deal with the growth in volume of email that must be retained due to regulatory and corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. purposes. Critical to any solution are highly available and reliable storage mechanisms for effective archiving of emails and attachments," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mark Levitt, vice president for Collaborative Computing computing - computer and the Enterprise Workplace at IDC. Protecting Business-Critical Email Protecting business-critical data is essential for enterprises today. A natural disaster such as a flood, hurricane, fire, or even human error can be challenging for businesses, resulting in loss of intellectual property and revenue. Now, businesses gain a secure messaging infrastructure with the added protection of ensuring the integrity of their email and maintaining business continuity. Additionally, there are mounting legal and regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. for public businesses to archive and store email. Unlike today's existing storage area networks which are typically generically configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: for a multitude of storage requirements such as enterprise applications, data from databases, and email, the Mirapoint and NetApp[R] joint solution is specifically optimized for the storage and retrieval of millions of emails, simplifying the life of storage and messaging administrators. The solution's N+1 high-availability configuration option allows businesses to rest easier knowing that they have 99.999% availability and continuous data protection. "We are seeing a shift from one-size-fits-all storage to the storage of different types of data based on their business need, making it faster and more cost-effective for users to access this information," said Bethany Mayer, chief marketing officer for Mirapoint. "The Mirapoint and NetApp solution provides customers with a more complete messaging solution that includes messaging, security, archiving, reporting, and now backup and recovery via an integrated storage area network solution." "The combination of Mirapoint and NetApp was a natural one, considering the explosive growth of email in businesses today, coupled with compliance regulations driving expanded data retention periods," said Stanley Jaworski, vice president of Worldwide Channel Marketing at Network Appliance. "The Mirapoint and NetApp solution offers customers an integrated email and storage solution to meet their growing email storage needs cost effectively." About Mirapoint Founded in 1997, Mirapoint is the market leader in appliance-based solutions for secure message networks in enterprise, service provider, and education organizations, with more than 115 million mailboxes served and secured worldwide. Customers use Mirapoint appliances to build the messaging infrastructure that intelligently serves, secures and manages email. Mirapoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., 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 and Asia. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com. About Network Appliance Network Appliance is a world leader in unified storage The capability of combining different data formats such as files, folders, contacts and e-mail messages into collections that can be viewed and manipulated as one group. See WinFS. solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner firsts. Information about Network Appliance[TM] solutions and services is available at www.netapp.com. NetApp and the Network Appliance logo are registered trademarks and Network Appliance is a trademark of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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