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Isode releases M-Box, a high-performance IMAP message store and platform for emerging mobile messaging demands

M-Box incorporates superior performance and scalability and is the first to support the emerging Open Standards designed to meet the demands of mobile clients.

(LONDON. - June 29, 2005) - Email and Directory server company Isode today launches M-Box, a high performance IMAP/POP message store which is a key element in Isode's solutions strategy for Internet Service Providers, providing them with a cost-effective, high-performance, forward looking and Open Standards based solution.

M-Box combines excellent performance, scalability and directory based configuration with support for the emerging Open Standards for mobile messaging - essential to support users wishing to access email from multiple devices whilst on the move.

Working in conjunction with Isode's M-Switch (for message switching and related services such as spam filtering and virus checking) and M-Vault ( LDAP directory server providing configuration information including client authentication ) M-Box combines a high performance solution today with the ability to easily scale to match demand.

The key benefits of M-Box include:

  • High performance: M-Box has an optimized database design and multi-threaded architecture, which gives high performance and allows a very large number of users to be supported on a single server.
  • Scalability: Multiple instances of M-Box can share a single file store, enabling straightforward service scaling for very large deployments.
  • LDAP directory based configuration: M-Box stores configuration and authentication information in a Directory, which allows sharing between multiple instances of M-Box and M-Switch, as well as enabling straightforward integration with a provisioning system.
  • Mobile device support: As an active participant in the Internet Engineering Task Force's (IETF) LEMONADE working group, examining open standard extensions for optimized mobile messaging, Isode's M-Box is the first commercially released IMAP server to support some of these extensions. Future releases of M-Box will extend support for the emerging LEMONADE specifications.
  • Rock Solid & Secure: M-Box combines exceptional robustness and stability (including support for fail-over clustering and Off Site Hot Standby/Disaster Recovery) with a variety of security features including SASL for POP and IMAP access.

Commenting on the release, Isode CEO Steve Kille said "M-Box completes our core ISP offering by giving customer's access to a robust, scalable and high performance IMAP message store today and our benchmarking of M-Box indicates that it is significantly faster than both open source and commercial alternatives. We believe that demand for IMAP access is on the rise, largely as a result of users needing to access their mail from multiple clients such as PDAs and phones. We're committed to ensuring that emerging open standards, like the LEMONADE group recommendations, are used to meet that demand and as the groups recommendations are finalised, further LEMONADE extensions will be incorporated into M-Box."

Further Information

Editors and journalists wishing to discover more about how Isode's products are used in the sectors we target are invited to visit our Media Resources page where short guides are available that place Isode products into a proper industry context. Alternatively contact Will Sheward on 020-8783-2973 (will.sheward@isode.com).

For more information on Isode's IMAP strategy, the whitepaper 'Isode's IMAP Strategy' is available on this website.

About Isode

Isode, employing 18 people from its Hampton HQ, occupies a low profile but vital position supplying email and directory server software to some of the world's most sensitive organisations. Working with partners to supply solutions to the intelligence, military, aviation, government and service provider markets, Open Standards and innovation are at the core of the company's continued success.

Contact Information

Isode
Will Sheward
+44 (20) 8783 2965
will.sheward@isode.com

Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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