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Mirapoint's Unrivaled Email Security Appliances Secure University of Massachusetts Computer Science Department Email
Award-Winning RazorGate Email Security Appliances Ensure Users Receive Important Email While Stopping Spam and Viruses at the Edge

"The MailHurdle technology was a differentiating factor that set Mirapoint apart from the competition," commented Ken Kleiner, System Administrator for the Computer Science Department at University of Massachusetts, Lowell. "We tested the technology to see how well it performed and were impressed to see that it stopped over 60% of spam at the edge of the network. This meant we had 60% lower traffic load on the network that we didn't have to monitor, review, or worry about. We've also noted the RazorGate appliance's overall catch rate is consistently over 95%, which enables us to spend our time and resources on other areas of the network."

Prior to installing Mirapoint's RazorGate appliance, the Computer Science department was using another vendor's scanning appliance, which proved to be inflexible for filtering inbound email. The lack of flexibility resulted in the department's 1,800 users too often having their good email quarantined and in some cases even discarded with the unwanted email. The system administrator was then faced with spending time answering support calls from unhappy users looking for their critical email and then having to spend time on a 'seek and find' mission for the lost email.

"I know the concern is usually blocking unwanted email from users' inboxes, but second to that, and possibly more important, is the need to ensure that the expected and critical email gets to the users," said Kleiner. "We needed a solution that stopped the spam and viruses but that was flexible enough for us to modify to ensure our critical email was delivered to our users. We obviously made the right choice going with Mirapoint because the appliance was easy to implement and we haven't had one phone call regarding missing-critical emails since we turned it on."

Before selecting the RazorGate appliance, Kleiner, working with Blue Spruce Technologies - a security system integrator - researched and reviewed a separate software-only solution. At the conclusion of the comprehensive review process the team decided that only Mirapoint's RazorGate appliance met their criteria and would provide the best flexibility. Two other deciding factors for the team were the ease of deploying the appliance and the unique Mirapoint MailHurdle technology that blocks unwanted email at the edge, saving time and network resources.

"We understand that our customers' message networks are the critical communications backbone for their organizations," said Barry Ariko, President, Chairman and CEO of Mirapoint. "That is why Mirapoint has spent the last eight years using its expertise to build appliances that offer five nines reliability and multi-layered security to protect our customer's message networks. This expertise is crucial in higher education environments where the message network is tested on a daily basis, whether it is through overall message volume to downloading of suspicious material to preventing spam."

About University of Massachusetts, Lowell
The University of Massachusetts Lowell, a comprehensive university with special expertise in applied science and technology, is committed to educating students for lifelong success and conducting research and outreach activities that sustain the economic, environmental and social health of the region. UML offers its 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students more than 80 degree programs in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Management, School of Health and Environment and the Graduate School of Education. Visit our website at www.uml.edu.

About Blue Spruce Technologies
Blue Spruce Technologies, headquartered in New Hampshire, is a security systems integrator focused on solving the unique challenges facing Enterprise IT companies including secure messaging, secure network access, and the integration of complimentary security technologies. The Company provides consulting and services ranging from market research to strategy and planning through system implementation. For more information on Blue Spruce Technologies visit www.bluesprucetechnologies.com.

About Mirapoint Appliances
Mirapoint is the only vendor in the industry with boundary-to-core email and security solutions for any size organization. Designed to complement any email server, Mirapoint's RazorGate email security appliances provide multi-layered protection at the network edge to block hackers, spam, and virus threats, as well as provide advanced management of message traffic through policy enforcement tools, content filters, and detailed reporting. Mirapoint's Message Server is the industry's only dedicated appliance that integrates email routing, storage, access, and management with Mirapoint's comprehensive, multi-layered, Full-Spectrum™ email security technology. The Message Server is designed to support any enterprise, service provider, government, or education customer trying to deliver email to a broad base of users that demand anytime, anywhere access to carrier-grade email services. Both the RazorGate email security appliances and the Message Server appliances are available with the unique MailHurdle and, recently announced, Rapid Anti-Spam™ technologies.

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.

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