Mirapoint Selected by STMicroelectronics for Global Message Network.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Semiconductor Giant Replaces Software-based Messaging Infrastructure with Mirapoint's More Reliable, Secure & Low Total Cost of Ownership Appliances Mirapoint, a proven leader in email server See mail server. and security appliances Security appliances protect computer networks from unwanted data traffic, intruders, email spam, enforce policies, and may also be used to create and manage VPNs. There are a number of types of security appliances. for enterprise customers, today announced that STMicroelectronics (ST), one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers, has standardized on Mirapoint Message Server appliances A self-contained computer system specialized for network use. Its applications are pre-installed, and access to setup and configuration is via a Web browser. Server appliances may provide a single application or several applications; for example, a single device may provide file server, . Deployed in early 2004, ST will use Mirapoint's purpose-built solutions to provide end-to-end email routing, storage, access, and management functions across the company's global message network consisting of over thirty sites and 32,000 enterprise employees. Prior to deploying Mirapoint, ST used HP OpenMail HP OpenMail was an enterprise e-mail messaging and collaboration product from Hewlett-Packard. It was known for its ability to interconnect several other APIs and protocols, including MAPI, , SMTP and MIME, and was originally based on the OSI standards such as X.400. software running on a general-purpose UNIX server A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. for its enterprise-wide email. Not only was the OpenMail-based solution proprietary with a high ongoing cost of ownership, but the system required a considerable degree of specialization by the company's IT group and was becoming increasingly difficult to manage across multiple sites. In order to alleviate these management headaches, the company began looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a new messaging solution that could be managed globally by a single team, and offer the scalability, reliability, low ongoing cost of ownership, and security features necessary to meet the demands of ST's growing business. "We found Mirapoint's appliance approach to email was the best solution for ST in terms of Internet standards-based design, proven reliability, and built-in security," said Herve Regad-Pellagru, corporate mail manager at STMicroelectronics. "Many of the solutions we evaluated were proprietary and required too much ongoing management, which made them inflexible and too costly for a globally distributed enterprise of our size. We needed a solution that could be easily administered from a central location, and only Mirapoint allows us to do that. Mirapoint has also demonstrated powerful cost of ownership savings for ST that have helped us to dramatically reduce ongoing administration costs." As part of the selection process, the Mirapoint Message Server appliances were subjected to rigorous performance, reliability, and usability testing Usability testing is a means for measuring how well people can use some human-made object (such as a web page, a computer interface, a document, or a device) for its intended purpose, i.e. usability testing measures the usability of the object. by the ST team. Confident with the Mirapoint solution, ST began implementing the Mirapoint solution in late 2003 across its thirty-three sites in the USA, Europe, and Asia. The complete migration from OpenMail to Mirapoint was completed in early 2004 and today only four full-time email administrators are needed to remotely manage ST's global message network. "Mirapoint's robust, secure, optimized appliance approach perfectly meets ST's needs, not only in terms of messaging but in terms of cost. It has been proven that Mirapoint offers the lowest TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. over a 3-year period of all the leading messaging vendors," states Jacques Montibert, Mirapoint's manager for Southern Europe Southern Europe or sometimes Mediterranean Europe is a region of the European continent. There is no clear definition of the term which can vary depending on whether geographic, cultural, linguistic or historical factors are taken into account. . "Furthermore, given the Mirapoint Message Server's ability to scale to support large numbers of users and millions of messages, the system will effortlessly and seamlessly evolve with ST's growing performance needs." With its new messaging infrastructure from Mirapoint, ST has made significant leaps forward in terms of its enterprise-wide email and collaboration capabilities. ST no longer experiences the internal interoperability and management headaches they faced with their older messaging solution, plus ST's users now have a more reliable, dependable, and secure communications platform with Mirapoint. Due to their positive experience, ST is now evaluating adding advanced group calendaring functionality from Mirapoint, plus other features for end-user flexibility like Outlook and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). SynQ. About Mirapoint Appliances The Mirapoint Message Server is the industry's only dedicated appliance that integrates email routing, storage, access and management with Mirapoint's comprehensive, multi-layered Full-Spectrum(TM) email security technology. The Mirapoint Message Server 45-Series is designed to support any enterprise, service provider, government or education customer trying to deliver email to a broad base of users that demand anytime, anywhere access to carrier-grade email services See Internet e-mail service. . Designed to complement an existing email server, like Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. , Mirapoint also offers the RazorGate email security appliances that provide multi-layered security protection at the network edge to block hackers, spam, and virus threats. The RazorGate appliances also provide advanced management of message traffic through policy enforcement tools, content filters, and detailed reporting. About Mirapoint Mirapoint is a leader in solutions for message networks used by enterprise, service provider, education and government institutions. Customers use Mirapoint solutions, including the new line of 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 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. |
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