New RazorGate 6000 and Message Server S6000 Deliver Ultimate Reliability and the Industry’s Lowest TCO

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – January 28, 2008 – Mirapoint, the secure messaging experts, today announced the availability of the next generation Message Server™ email appliance and RazorGate ® email security appliance.  Mirapoint has a proven leadership in secure messaging appliances and is now raising the bar with their 8^th generation platform.  Delivering ultimate reliability with the industry’s lowest total-cost of-ownership (TCO), Mirapoint increases capacity and security with the company’s new family of appliances.

“Email is the most critical communications tool for enterprises today.  It is critical for messaging solutions to scale to the ever increasing storage and security requirements,” said Alan Elliot, vice president of marketing, Mirapoint.  “Our appliance based approach has proven to be the most reliable and scalable messaging solution in the market and delivers the lowest cost of ownership.”

Mirapoint Message Server S6000 – Enhanced N+1 Architecture for Non-Stop Email Availability

The Mirapoint Message Server offers feature rich email, group calendaring, address book and integrated policy management in an easy to use appliance form factor. Offering an improved SAN architecture, Mirapoint’s Message Server S6000 allows for N+1 redundancy across the entire fabric for support of mission critical messaging.  When combined with Mirapoint’s unique Geographic Mirroring architecture, the ability to replicate the email system in different regions, the Message Server performs consistently with virtually zero down time.  The new S6000 uses dual Intel Quad-Core Xeon processors and Mirapoint’s hacker-proof MOS operating system, and is the world’s most scalable email server. 

The S6000 is the flagship of the Mirapoint Message Server product line which also includes the M6000 and M600 servers which are perfectly suited for small and mid-sized enterprise email deployments. The S6000 continues to leverage Mirapoint’s strategic partnership with NetApp.  Because the Mirapoint Message Server is integrated with NetApp’s FAS storage systems, enterprises are assured that their business critical email is always protected. 

Mirapoint RazorGate 6000 – Delivering Unparalleled Multi-Layered Security

Mirapoint’s RazorGate email security appliance delivers industry leading protection from spam, virus and hacker attacks. It provides real-time updates to close the window of vulnerability resulting in airtight security at the edge of the network.  The new Mirapoint RazorGate 6000 offers enterprises increased security with multiple scanning engines for virus and spam defense to address the constantly evolving security threats.  In addition, the RazorGate 6000 features support for Sender Policy Framework (SPF), Junk Mail Manager, and solid RBL support for additional layers of protection.

Mirapoint’s RazorGate MailHurdle connection management technology blocks up to 80 percent of threats at the network edge before network bandwidth, storage, processor and administration resources are wasted. In combination with Mirapoint’s multi-layered email security technologies such as RAPID Anti-Spam and zero hour RAPID Anti-Virus, customers can achieve overall catch-rates upwards of 98 percent with virtually zero false-positives. The RazorGate 6000 is the flagship of the award-winning RazorGate product line which also includes the RG600 and RG160 products which are perfectly suited for small and mid-sized deployments.

Michael Osterman, president and founder of Osterman Research, stated, “Enterprises are constantly searching for new ways to scale their messaging solutions.  With increased storage and security, Mirapoint’s new messaging appliances offer extremely high levels of uptime and protection, while still offering very low TCO.”

Pricing and Availability
Mirapoint Message Server and Mirapoint RazorGate appliances are available immediately.  Pricing is typically 50 percent of a comparable exchange deployment with greater performance and higher reliability.  Mirapoint Message Server pricing starts at $10,500.  Mirapoint RazorGate appliances are also available immediately with pricing starting at $8,300.

Secure Messaging Infrastructure for Enterprises

Mirapoint email server, archiving and security appliances offer carrier-class, 99.999 percent uptime reliability and the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).  Mirapoint’s Message Server is the only dedicated appliance that integrates email routing, storage, access and management.  Mirapoint’s RazorGate email security appliances provide multi-layered protection at the network edge to block hackers, spam, and virus threats, with spam and virus catch-rates upwards of 98 percent.  Mirapoint’s Messaging Reporter delivers a holistic view of spam, virus, and email trends across the messaging network.  The Mirapoint Directory Server serves as the backbone to the messaging infrastructure providing a foundation for storing and managing message routing information, user profiles, and access privileges.  Combined, Mirapoint appliances deliver a secure messaging infrastructure to enterprises worldwide.

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

Press Contact:

Arlene Lim                                                                           
Loughlin/Michaels Group for Mirapoint
(408) 910-3112
arlene@lmgpr.com 

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