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Cal State Northridge to Standardize on Mirapoint Messaging System
Flexible, Multi-service Platform the System of Choice for Universities

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 05, 2002- California State University, Northridge is the latest university to standardize on Mirapoint systems to improve campus messaging and simplify IT operations. The university chose Mirapoint's messaging solution to deliver enhanced email services for student communication, distance learning and integration with other university applications for collaboration.

With educational institutions increasingly under pressure to deliver core Internet services like email to faculty, staff and students, existing legacy hardware and software messaging solutions are often unable to meet even minimal requirements for functionality, flexibility and cost. Mirapoint is quickly becoming the solution of choice for these customers, not only for its high reliability, cost-effectiveness and ability to deliver a broad range of wireline, web and wireless email services but for such critical built-in features as anti-virus and anti-spam.

Cal State Northridge installed Mirapoint's messaging products in 10 days prior to the beginning of the fall semester to ensure that its 40,000 faculty, staff, students and alumni users would have the most advanced messaging capabilities available. Previously, the university was dependent upon Sendmail and Messaging Direct, but these systems limited the school's ability to use other compatible hardware products.

"It was very important to have a messaging solution that could fit seamlessly into our computing environment and scale to specific group needs," said David Sorkin, system technical manager for Cal State Northridge. "We considered a variety of enterprise-scale solutions and called other universities to find the preferred college messaging solution and heard great things about Mirapoint's performance. We have not been disappointed." According to the consulting firm, Harris Interactive, 93 percent of American college students regularly use the Internet, making them the most connected segment of the population. Around 92 percent of students aged 18-30 own a personal computer, while 13 percent plan to buy a PC in the next year.

"Mirapoint's 'one-platform, multiple services' approach is emerging as the solution of choice for universities with their large, diverse user populations," said Satish Ramachandran, chairman and chief executive officer of Mirapoint. "Our messaging solution offers a continuum of services that can easily be customized for various groups of users-students, academic staff, administrators, alumni. Not only does it enhance overall performance, but the Mirapoint system can be easily managed and upgraded. The result is a greatly reduced cost of ownership-often a critical factor for cash-strapped educational institutions."

About Mirapoint
Founded in 1997, Mirapoint designs and manufactures specialized, dedicated Internet messaging solutions optimized for fast deployment in service provider, enterprise, education and government environments worldwide. Mirapoint's cost-effective and modular solutions provide customers with high performance, high reliability, built-in security and easy integration with legacy messaging infrastructure. Mirapoint 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 http://www.mirapoint.com.

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