MESA Email Converters for Microsoft Exchange Now Available; Migrates Users' Email Asset From Lotus Notes and cc:Mail Archives

Business Wire, July 21, 1997

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1997--The MESA Group, Inc. (MESA) today announced shipments of its MailBox Converter (MBC) products for Lotus Notes and Lotus cc:Mail Archives.

Mailbox Converter converts existing Lotus Notes mail databases and Lotus cc:Mail archive files to Microsoft Exchange. MailBox Converter speeds migration and increases productivity by allowing users to preserve essential information stored within their personal mail folders.

"We created MailBox Converter to secure the business-critical information asset of the millions of users migrating to Microsoft Exchange," said Eric Schultz, MESA's Chairman and CEO. "Users maintain essential information such as contacts and documents within their mail folders. MailBox Converter allows users to be productive immediately within Exchange, reducing user resistance, increasing customer satisfaction and accelerating migrations."

"MESA's products enable the migration of critical information and application assets to Microsoft Exchange," said Rob Shurtleff, Microsoft's Group Product Manager, Microsoft Exchange Server. "MESA's MailBox Converter accelerates migrations from Lotus Notes and cc:Mail to Microsoft Exchange."

MailBox Converter is a member of MESA's JumpStart family of products and services for migration and coexistence between Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange and the Internet. MESA's JumpStart products also include Connection Agent (CXA) which synchronizes Lotus Notes databases with Microsoft Exchange public folders, and MESA Application Exchange (MAX) which migrates Lotus Notes applications to Microsoft Exchange.

"Solid tools are essential to any successful migration," said Steve Mahoney, Digital Equipment Corporation's Vice President of Worldwide Messaging Integration Services. DEC is the leading systems integrator in deploying Microsoft Exchange with over one million seats under contract. "MESA's products help contain costs and eliminate risks."

MailBox Converter is priced on a per-user basis and is available directly from MESA or through selected reseller and systems integrator partners.

Founded in 1989, MESA is a leading provider of groupware and workflow interoperability products. Specializing in the development of cost effective connectivity solutions for messaging-based enterprises, MESA provides valuable technology and customized client services which allow an organization to maintain it's optimal groupware mix.

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CONTACT: The MESA Group, Inc.

Julianne Greenwood

617-964-7400 ext. 204

julig@mesa.com