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MIRAPOINT FIRST TO PUBLISH RESULTS FOR MAIL SERVER PERFORMANCE WITH NEW SPECMAIL2001 BENCHMARK
Mirapoint's Scalable Architecture Handles 2,000 Messages Per Minute

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – January 24, 2001 - Mirapoint, Inc., a leading provider of Internet messaging infrastructure equipment, today announced it is the first company to publish mail server results using the new SPECmail20001 benchmark. SPECmail2001is the first standardized benchmark that measures mail server performance using a real-world workload.

SPECmail2001, developed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), models the stress placed on a mail-server system in an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) consumer environment, simulating e-mail users' actions such as sending mail, checking for new mail and retrieving messages. This new benchmark was announced by SPEC today (see separate release) and initial SPECmail2001 performance results are available on the SPEC web site at www.spec.org.

Mirapoint's messaging system managed a sustained volume of 2,000 messages per minute which is equivalent to a 400,000-user ISP environment. The Mirapoint architecture is comprised of including Internet Message Routers, Internet Message Servers, and Internet Message Switches for routing, storing and providing access to messages.
"Mirapoint is delighted to be the first company to publish results based on the new SPECmail2001 benchmark," said Satish Ramachandran, chairman and CEO of Mirapoint. "SPECmail2001 is a breakthrough benchmark that provides an objective way to evaluate the performance of competing messaging servers. Because our products are scalable, modular and optimized for messaging, we are able to deliver the high message performance that is required by ISPs."

Over two years in development, the SPECmail2001 benchmark simulates a real-world messaging environment by varying message size and arrival rates. In order to deliver a stressful workload, the benchmark concentrates 15 percent of all daily volume into a single hour and then replicates this workload as the benchmark. Because the benchmark is oriented towards measuring peak workloads, messaging system evaluators will find it useful in comparing various alternatives.

Mirapoint's architecture provides customers with flexibility and economy compared to an architecture based on products from multiple suppliers. Because the Mirapoint architecture is modular, deployment and expandability is extremely simple. Furthermore, Mirapoint enables service providers to "pay as they grow" by allowing them to make incremental investments in hardware and software as their businesses expand. For more information on Mirapoint's results, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.mirapoint.com to obtain a white paper.

SPECmail2001 was developed by mail server vendors and research organizations that realized that the marketplace needed realistic and standardized performance tests. For the first time, SPECmail2001 allowed performance evaluations for systems supporting the Post Office Protocol (POP3) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to be tested in realistic scenarios. It is designed for ISPs and company IT departments that require performance data to support mail server purchase decisions. It also allows mail server and computer systems vendors to test and fine-tune products under development.

"SPECmail2001 is the latest benchmark from the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation that provides significant measurement tools for companies that are evaluating Internet messaging systems," said Kaivalya Dixit, president of SPEC. "We thank Mirapoint for its active role in the development of the benchmark."

SPECmail2001 was designed and implemented by Mirapoint, Compaq, Openwave Systems and Sun Microsystems. Over the past two years, Netscape, Critical Path, SGI, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and the University of Pavia (Italy) also contributed to its development.

About Mirapoint
Founded in 1997, Mirapoint designs and manufactures specialized, dedicated Internet messaging solutions optimized for next-generation Internet messaging and fast deployment for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Mirapoint's cost-effective solutions provide customers with high performance, high reliability, built-in security and easy integration with legacy messaging infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information on Mirapoint, call 800-937-8118 or visit its web site at http://www.mirapoint.com.

About SPEC
SPEC is a non-profit organization that establishes, maintains and endorses standardized benchmarks for the newest generation of high-performance computers. Its membership comprises leading computer hardware and software vendors, universities and research organizations worldwide. For more information, contact Dianne Rice, SPEC, 6585 Merchant Place, Ste. 100, Warrenton, VA 20187, USA; phone: 540-349-7878; fax: 540-349-5992; e-mail: info@spec.org; web: www.spec.org.

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