Company Provides Universities with Messaging Rules for Success

SEATTLE, (Educause 2007, Booth #1209) – October 23, 2007 – Mirapoint, the secure messaging expert, today announced that the company will be address email simplification strategies at EDUCAUSE 2007 Conference and Exposition at Booth #1209, taking place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Wash., October 23-26, 2007.

Alan Elliot, Mirapoint’s senior director of business development will be speaking on “Multi-Point or Mirapoint: An Email Simplification Strategy,” on Thursday, October 25^th at 3:55 p.m. at Room 206.   As spam, viruses and malware threaten email networks many organizations have deployed point-solutions to manage these first generation problems.  Now archiving, compliance and storage represent the next set of challenges for email management.  Attendees will learn how appliance-based messaging systems circumvent these multi-faceted problems and the complexity caused by point solutions.

Mirapoint will also co-sponsor the opening reception in the EDUCAUSE 2007 Exhibit Hall on Tuesday, October 23^rd from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at exhibit hall 4B-F.

“Mirapoint simplifies the process of managing an organization’s email infrastructure,” said Barry Ariko, CEO of Mirapoint.  “Educational organizations require a messaging solution that is simple to deploy and manage, as well as provides the highest level of security, reliability and scalability.  Because Mirapoint’s appliance based solutions are designed specifically to meet these demands, over 200 higher education institutions now rely on the company’s secure messaging infrastructure to address their unique messaging challenges.”

Highlighting its commitment to educational market, Mirapoint today also introduced the Mirapoint Connector for Macs, enabling Mac users to synchronize their calendar, tasks and address book to their Mac applications, including Entourage.  (See today’s related release entitled, “Mirapoint Provides Universities with More Flexibility with Support for MAC OSX Platform.”)  In addition, Mirapoint announced that Endicott College has extended its Mirapoint email deployment to include faculty and staff.  (See today’s related release entitled, “Endicott College Extends Mirapoint Messaging Solution to Faculty and Staff.”)  

Secure Messaging Infrastructure for Educational Organizations

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 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference

The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is a unique intersection of the interests of IT professionals in higher education, vendors who offer products and services to this market, and media representatives who cover this sector. Additional information can be found at http://www.educause.edu/e07.

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.

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

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