Mirapoint Streamlines Messaging Deployments for Today's Distributed Enterprises With Hybrid Messaging.

Radicati Group's New Whitepaper States Enterprises Can Leverage Existing Email Deployments and Mirapoint Solutions in a Hybrid Model to More Efficiently Address User Requirements

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Mirapoint, the secure messaging expert, today announced that the company's secure messaging solutions enable large businesses to more efficiently align their messaging infrastructures with user requirements, according to Radicati Group's latest whitepaper, "Managing Spiraling IT Costs with a Hybrid Messaging Architecture." Pioneered by Mirapoint, hybrid messaging is a new model for today's distributed enterprises which offers substantial benefits either as a new deployment or enhancement to existing messaging platforms.

Hybrid messaging allows organizations to flexibly and precisely match messaging services to the needs of their diverse user groups, while simplifying the overall messaging infrastructure. With hybrid messaging, organizations can maintain an existing deployment for users who need complex collaboration capabilities such as video conferencing and robust calendaring, and deploy a Mirapoint Message Server to support those whose jobs don't require as high a level of collaboration. Mirapoint's Message Server combines with popular corporate email platforms to provide a streamlined enterprise messaging infrastructure that scales with growing needs and enables high levels of communication, security and functionality between users. By leveraging Mirapoint's Message Server in a hybrid messaging model, enterprises can more efficiently manage their messaging systems to free valuable IT resources, improve reliability as well as reducing hardware, software and licensing costs. For example, a single Mirapoint Message Server centrally located can easily scale to support tens of thousands of users, translating to significant cost benefits from reduced software and hardware acquisition, simplified administration and maintenance and streamlined upgrades. Mirapoint Message Server also has built-in email security, 99.999 percent uptime and policy controls.

"The hybrid messaging model eliminates the need for a server to be deployed in each branch office, enabling distributed businesses to obtain a more scalable and cost-effective messaging environment," said Barry Ariko, CEO, Mirapoint. "Mirapoint's Message Server allows organizations using Microsoft Exchange or IBM Lotus Domino to meet the email needs of all users while at the same time creating a more efficient, cost-effective and secure messaging environment."

Message Server - the Foundation for a Secure Messaging Infrastructure

Mirapoint's complete range of enterprise-focused messaging and messaging security appliances delivers a secure messaging infrastructure to enterprises worldwide. Mirapoint is the only vendor in the industry with proven email server, archiving and security appliances that offer carrier-class, 99.999 percent uptime reliability and the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Because Mirapoint's Message Server has the ability to scale to thousands of users, it is ideal for growing enterprises that are expanding quickly. Mirapoint's Message Server is an all-in-one messaging, collaboration and security appliance that is a solid foundation for a secure messaging infrastructure. Message Server's versatile platform provides multiple services including POP, Web, IMAP, anti-virus, content filtering and secure message routing and deploy seamlessly with popular email platforms like Microsoft Exchange/Outlook, Lotus Notes/Domino, Mozilla Thunderbird and Novell GroupWise/NetMail. The Message Server appliance also includes advanced features such as group scheduling, calendaring and address book.

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, California, with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com.