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Rapidly-Growing Internet Messaging Server Pioneer Appoints Former SunSoft, Sun Microsystems and DEC Veteran, Walt Brown

CUPERTINO, Calif.- (BUSINESS WIRE) - Feb. 22, 1999 - Mirapoint Inc, the pioneering developer of function-specific Internet messaging servers for corporations and ISPs, today announced the appointment of Walt Brown, 51, as Vice President of Worldwide Customer Service. Brown, formerly has been Vice President of Worldwide Support Services with SunSoft, Inc. and Director of Intercon Support for Sun Microsystems' (NASDAQ: SUNW) Service Organization. Brown will develop and oversee Mirapoint's global customer service initiatives.

Mirapoint is the developer of the industry's first high-performance Internet e-mail thin server, an application-specific appliance for standards-based e-mail services. The company is competing in an explosive, rapidly expanding market segment that is being driven by the proliferation of Internet-based messaging standards. Because the burgeoning Internet e-mail user community continues to suffer from service outages due to infrastructure complexities and overburdened system administrators, purpose-built, application-specific thin servers are being forecast as a significant solution to address these problems.

"Walt Brown has directed customer service organizations with both established, globally-based organizations and with emerging companies branching out into international markets," said Cheena Srinivasan, Vice President of Marketing at Mirapoint." His appointment comes at a critical time as we ramp up our presence in North America and Europe. Walt's ability to assemble a world-class customer service organization that can effectively address mission critical applications, which clearly include email, will be central to Mirapoint's ongoing success."

Prior to joining Mirapoint, Brown was Vice President of Worldwide Customer Services with Versant Corporation. Previously, he was Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations with Make Systems, Inc. Brown also spent four years with SunSoft, Inc., as Director of Worldwide Support Services. Brown's twenty year career in high technology also includes positions as Director of Business Operations with Sun Microsystems' U.S. Service Organization, and District Field Service Manager with Digital Equipment Corporation. He is a graduate of the five-year Management of Service Organizations program developed by the Harvard Business School for Digital Equipment Corporation and holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial Management from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Brown received his Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from Lowell Technical Institute.

"As the reliance on e-mail continues to escalate as the preferred form of collaborative communication, there is a corresponding need in the vendor community to ensure customer service keeps pace in providing highly reliable, uninterrupted service," said Walt Brown, Mirapoint's new Vice President of Worldwide Customer Service. "By combining the high reliability attributes of our Internet e-mail thin servers with a world-class customer service organization, Mirapoint is well positioned as a key provider to corporate and ISP Internet e-mail infrastructures. Having worked with customers that include MCI, Sprint, AT&T, British Telecom, Chase Manhattan Bank and the Chicago Stock Exchange, I understand the true definition of customer service and I'm looking forward to applying my experience to help grow Mirapoint into a dominant provider of Internet messaging solutions."

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, the Middle East and Asia. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com.

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