TriNet Ensures Business Record Readiness With Mimosa NearPoint and eDiscovery; Human Resource Services Firm Deploys Mimosa NearPoint to Ensure Fast and Complete Access to Historical Email Records for Increased Staff Productivity

Business Wire, Sept 6, 2006

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Mimosa Systems(TM), a leader in unified information management solutions for enterprise content, today announced that TriNet, a nationwide provider of human resource (HR) outsourcing services for small and mid-sized companies, has deployed Mimosa NearPoint(TM) for Microsoft(R) Exchange Server to create and manage a complete repository of all historical email records. Utilizing the newly released Mimosa NearPoint eDiscovery Option, TriNet has also equipped its staff with powerful email search tools to discover, analyze and classify email content quickly and reliably.

Since 1988, thousands of companies throughout the United States and Canada have placed their trust in TriNet to help them manage their HR responsibilities more strategically and cost-effectively. The leading HR outsourcing company provides a comprehensive range of services including payroll, benefits, workers compensation, strategic HR management and assistance with regulatory compliance. Email is an integral part of TriNet's business processes and communications, both internally within TriNet and externally with customers. As a result, email is a key component of TriNet's record of business. Identifying a solution that would reliably manage and archive all of its Exchange information was a top priority. TriNet often needs to analyze historical email records to trace conversation threads with customers in regards to employee relations matters, and hence providing intuitive self service email search and discovery was a key requirement. Finally, as a leading authority on HR compliance regulations, TriNet also needs to ensure that its customers are ready to quickly respond in the event email records are required for any business reason.

"Our business requires that we have fast and easy access to all historical email records," said Felipe Bagkus, systems engineer, TriNet. "As a result, powerful eDiscovery functionality was one of the most critical factors in our selection of an email archiving solution. Mimosa NearPoint is the most comprehensive solution we evaluated for email information management. I have been impressed with the speed and thoroughness of NearPoint's search capabilities. It now takes us just minutes to produce emails for review that in the past would take days or even weeks to locate."

TriNet chose Mimosa NearPoint for Microsoft Exchange Server and the NearPoint eDiscovery Option because it delivers:

--Powerful tools for content review: NearPoint provided the powerful eDiscovery search tools TriNet's staff required to quickly search thousands of emails, analyze results and make faster, more informed business decisions.

--Assured adherence to corporate governance rules: NearPoint easily allowed TriNet to configure automated retention and disposition policies to assure compliance to company policies that call for the retention of executive and financial staff emails for seven years and all other emails for three years.

--Intelligent mailbox storage management: NearPoint has helped TriNet to reduce its total Exchange storage requirements thereby reducing recovery times and the risk of critical email data loss.

--Improved end user productivity: TriNet users now enjoy "super-sized" mailboxes without undesirable quotas. They also now have intuitive self-service access to all of their historical emails, including critical emails sent and received from customers.

"From the start, it was clear that the Mimosa NearPoint architecture offered a significant advantage over competitive products. NearPoint can archive my entire Exchange Server without impacting Exchange application performance in any way," said Bagkus. "The NearPoint repository is a complete record of our historical email communications -- from email content and attachments to calendar items, contacts, notes and tasks. It also uniquely keeps a record of contextual information such as folders and message properties. With NearPoint, I have complete confidence that the TriNet team has quick and easy access to any email record that may be required."

About Mimosa NearPoint

Mimosa NearPoint addresses critical customer requirements around email information archiving, eDiscovery, regulatory compliance, business continuity and storage optimization. Mimosa NearPoint provides immediate mailbox and message recovery, disaster recovery, email archiving, and self-service search and access in one solution. By leveraging cost-effective storage, NearPoint also optimizes e-mail storage and reduces overall infrastructure costs.

About TriNet Group, Inc.

Founded in 1988, TriNet (www.trinet.com) delivers comprehensive human resource services to small and medium-sized companies. Its offerings include human asset administration, employer risk management, online HR services and support, payroll processing, tax compliance, workers' compensation, group health and welfare products, and strategic human capital consulting services throughout the United States and Canada. More than simply an HR services provider, TriNet contractually assumes certain legal and financial responsibilities regarding employer rights, legal compliance and risk management.