Boulevard Brewing Company Taps MessageOne for Email Archiving, Security and Disaster Recovery Services

Business Wire, May 21, 2007

AUSTIN, Texas -- Boulevard Brewing Company is well known for serving up tall cold ones - but like all businesses, the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest could not afford for its email to go cold. With assistance from MessageOne, the leading business continuity and email management company, Boulevard recently deployed MessageOne's EMS (Email Management Services) to protect the fast-growing company from all of the key threats to email that organizations face.

Fast Growing Company Faces Email Complexity

As the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest, Boulevard has experienced steady growth and has achieved a significant presence in eleven states. As the company expands, its business increasingly relies on email for business communications within the company and also for business and relations with vendors, suppliers, clients and customers. Unfortunately, as the company has grown and email volume has increased, so have the risks to email including unplanned outages, security threats with spam and viruses, data loss windows, server and storage performance issues, and the need to produce emails if required for legal or compliance purposes.

Email Management Covers All Risks

"Email is a vital part of our business - representing critical communications that impact revenue and productivity. It must be protected," said Tony Lux, Purveyor of Technology for Boulevard. "With limited IT resources, we needed to maximize our investment with a solution that provided us full assurance email would always be available, would be secure, and that no email would ever be lost. MessageOne offers the most complete email management suite that meets our email needs today and provides a solid email foundation as we continue to grow our company."

Boulevard's most pressing requirements were to handle email continuity, so that outages would not impact the important flow of business email, and to seize control of an increasing influx of spam and viruses that were compromising email security. As a small business, the team was also seeking a fully managed service, that was simple to implement and deploy, and did not require large capital expenses. MessageOne's EMS solution was the perfect recipe. With the full complement of email services provided through EMS (email continuity, recovery, security and archive), Boulevard easily solved their immediate email concerns and mitigated critical risks.

One Vendor Removes All Email Concerns

"With MessageOne's EMS, our customers are free to concentrate on their business and not waste precious time and resources worrying about email - we've got them covered," said MessageOne Vice President of Product Management, Bryan Rollins. "Boulevard has earned a strong reputation for its specialty beers and has tremendous potential for business expansion. Along with growth comes added complexity for their email system, including issues with email archiving, storage, and legal compliance. We stand by them with the perfect email brew to ensure email communications are always on tap and that email management is served up right."

About MessageOne

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, MessageOne is a leading provider of managed services for email management, archive, and business continuity. The Company's Email Management Services (EMS) provides comprehensive email archiving, continuity, recovery, security, and storage management for enterprise email systems. In addition, MessageOne's AlertFind[TM] provides guaranteed emergency notification and escalation to help companies protect their employees during any crisis or disaster. More than 1,200 customers around the world depend on MessageOne for its award-winning managed services. For more information, please visit www.messageone.com.

About Boulevard Brewing Company

Boulevard Brewing Company has grown to be the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest, dedicated to the craft of producing fresh, flavorful beers using traditional ingredients and the best of both old and new brewing techniques. Boulevard beers are available throughout Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Minnesota, North Dakota and Illinois. For more information, please visit www.boulevard.com.