Mirapoint Provides Universities with More Flexibility with Support for Macintosh OSX Platform

Business Wire, Oct 23, 2007

Mirapoint Connector for Macintosh Enables Users to Synchronize Calendar, Tasks and Address Book to their Macintosh Applications

SEATTLE -- Mirapoint, the secure messaging expert, today introduced the Mirapoint Connector for Macintosh, enabling Mac users to synchronize their calendar, tasks and address book to their Macintosh applications, including Microsoft Entourage. The synchronization of calendar and contact data to Macintosh provides students, facility and professors with more flexibility to collaborate using the built-in applications and technologies in Macintosh OSX platform.

"Mirapoint's Connector for Macintosh will enable Mac users to have a seamless experience between their favorite email and calendar clients and the Mirapoint Message Server," says Barry Ariko, CEO, Mirapoint. "This announcement highlights our commitment to support the varying needs of our customer base, especially in the education market where the Mac is very popular."

EDUCAUSE attendees can learn more about Mirapoint's messaging solutions by visiting booth #1209 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Wash., October 23-26, 2007.

Pricing and Availability

Mirapoint's Connctor for Macintosh is available immediately. The Mirapoint Connector for Macintosh is bundled into a comprehensive Group Calendar product suite which also enables a powerful web calendaring from any web browser, in addition to Outlook SynQ.

Secure Messaging Infrastructure

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 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.