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LEADING ANALYST FIRM VALIDATES MIRAPOINT APPROACH PROVIDING MESSAGING SOLUTIONS WITH INTEGRATED SECURITY
White Paper Cites IT Savings, Productivity, Reliability as Key Benefits of Enterprise Messaging Systems with Built-In Security Features

Sunnyvale, Calif., March 12, 2007– Mirapoint, the secure messaging expert, today announced that leading analyst firm IDC validates the approach taken by Mirapoint in providing a messaging appliance solution with integrated security features.  In the IDC white paper sponsored by Mirapoint, “Messaging Solutions with ‘Baked-In’ Security Delivers for IT and Messaging Users,”IDC states that demands on messaging systems due to messaging user productivity needs, corporate governance and compliance requirements, and threats from outside and inside organizations keep IT departments on their toes, constantly looking for better ways to deliver secure, reliable, rich messaging at the lowest cost.  Integrated secure messaging solutions can help IT achieve these goals in a cost-effective way.

“Having an integration of messaging with security in a single appliance is key in meeting the needs of enterprises by providing the building blocks for constructing an effective and secure messaging infrastructure," said Mark Levitt, vice president for Collaborative Computing and the Enterprise Workplace at IDC.

IDC's white paper describes several ways in which integrated secure messaging solutions are different.  First, nearly all of the messaging and security features can be designed on the same platform to work optimally together without the risk of incompatibilities.  Second, one set of system administration and policy controls can be used by IT to ensure smooth and consistent messaging operations protected by a wide variety of threats.  Finally, specific features such as having an integrated directory for managing all messaging and security information and features can mean higher performance and security by avoiding having to do recipient lookups against centralized corporate directories.

“The validation from IDC regarding our messaging and security solutions is very gratifying,” said Barry Ariko, CEO, Mirapoint.  “Our focus has always been to deliver solutions for our customers that meet the challenges they face in keeping their messaging applications available and protected in this era of spam overload, virus outbreaks and regulatory compliance.”

According to IDC’s 4Q06 AppStats survey of 228 U.S. enterprises, 70 percent of those who responded to the survey expect email investments to remain constant over the next 12 months, with 21 percent forecasting an increase in email spending.  Of the respondents who were surveyed, 80 percent had a continued preference for on-premise licensed email solutions versus outsourced or managed services approaches.

A copy of IDC’s white paper, “Messaging Solutions with ‘Baked-In’ Security Delivers for IT and Messaging Users,” can be viewed at http://www.mirapoint.com/idc/.

The Mirapoint Secure Messaging Solution for Enterprises
With over 115 million mailboxes served and secured worldwide, Mirapoint’s secure messaging infrastructure provides the building blocks for establishing a platform for cost-effectively supporting and managing enterprise messaging solutions, including instant messaging and wireless email.  It provides these features in the appliance with no need to add point solutions.

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.

Key Mirapoint features include:

• Antivirus and Antispam – Mirapoint’s messaging solution, when fully implemented, provides effective message scanning for viruses and spam at the edge of the network and on the mail server behind the firewall.
• Integrated LDAP – Equipped with a fully integrated LDAP server with recipient checking at the gateway, there is no need for IT to open ports in the firewall, thereby eliminating the opportunity for hackers to breach the security defenses and gaining access to usernames and passwords.
• Reputation Filtering – Users are able to provide IT with reputation feedback, which can be used to filter or allow messages from particular sources.

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.

2007 Mirapoint, Inc.  All rights reserved. All company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

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