Last week I got an invite from Xobni to try its beta version of Email productivity tool which turbo charge outlook as well as socialize the way we use outlook. Great tool Exchange Hosting providers can recommend this to its users; this is certainly a big leap for outlook in terms of end user experience.

As per Xobni, this tool help users to find information buried in MS outlook through sidebar View which has Past Conversations & Attachments. Also, email Search done at lightning speed to locate attachments, contacts, conversations etc…

Microsoft Outlook is much better than any other email client when mail management matters and but Xobni went beyond what MS outlook offered currently in terms of email management rather socialized approach by a free add-on application on the sidebar.Look at the below sidebar in my outlook.

What does Xobni do to turbo charge MS outlook? Here are my favorite features:

1. Email search
2. E-mail analytics
3. Phone number extraction
4. Threaded conversations
5. File exchange recently
6. Xobni sidebar

Great productivity tool for any outlook users, I hope they introduce this to more beta users and release it to public in real quick. In the meantime, I am hoping that in its next version (I guess they are currently looking into it) is that Xobni show all telephone numbers from my contacts. I am wondering what criteria they are using to extract the phone number, because for anyone there are more numbers in their personal contacts.

In summary, Xobni is a fantastic productivity tool. I have installed this into both Outlook 2003 & Outlook 2007 at office and home respectively; so far I haven’t encountered slowness while working. Hoping the address issue I mentioned will be improved and also, I would like to have one more feature of corporate IM integration in its next release where it indexes the chat history & files transfer. No wonder why bill gates love Xobni and embracing it… see one of his videos where talk about Xobni.

Its Hostingcon time again. HostingCon is world’s largest event for hosted services professionals. HostingCon 2008 will be help at Navy Pier in Chicago.

Exchange hosting Service providers will eagerly look for this event,  as it helps them connect with many people in the industry, meeting with new people and exchanging business ideas and showcasing what they offer to customers. I was talking to Mr. Alon Cohen, Marketing manager in GroupSpark about this event and what their customers to look for in the event. He says,

“HostingCon is the most important Software as a Service (SaaS) related hosting event for us to participate in each year.  We always look forward to taking part in the sessions and meeting with other industry-leading hosting providers to help shape the future of the hosting industry.  We also exhibit at HostingCon which enables us to talk to attendees about our Private Label Exchange service and how they can grow their SaaS offerings under their own brand and dramatically increase their monthly average revenue per user.  This allows us to expand our groupSPARK reseller channel and enables resellers to offer enterprise-class hosted services such as hosted Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows SharePoint Services and Dynamics CRM to their customers.  We expect that interest in HostingCon and knowledge of hosted software services will dramatically increase this year with the additional press generated recently about the availability of new SaaS solutions.”

So look for Exchange hosting companies and most importantly understand what they have to offer in Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2007. In general, you will use Microsoft Outlook to manage your calendar, contacts, tasks, and emails. Since you are connected to Exchange Server in the hosting provider, everything in the outlook follows you.

With Windows mobile device or Blackberry, these data are available on the road. iPhone is yet to release the Activesync version, hope to see this in few months time. In most cases, a free copy of Microsoft Outlook is offered to per mailbox you buy. I am not sure about the price, but generally it starts from $9 per month for a mailbox. Price varies for different providers or if you add more functionality to the mailbox.

Now Outlook Web Access gives you extended access to your inbox in the event you do not have access to your own PC or your mobile device, provided the pc is connected to internet and preferably comes with IE browser recent versions. Hosted services on dedicated and shared servers have lots of difference in performance and prices. So leave this to your decision.

Nothing is concluded without Antispam & Antivirus services offered by them…Hope you have a great time in Hostingcon; unfortunately I am not able to make it this time. But surely on next year Hostingcon…

Burlington, MA, April 29, 2008 – 123Together.com, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions such as hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and hosted Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, today announced that it is exhibiting at Interop Las Vegas 2008.

Information technology is more critical to business success than ever before and Interop Las Vegas 2008 is the industry’s most comprehensive IT event of the year. Serving as the hub for business and technology leaders interested in the latest in business technology, this year’s event brings together 20,000 attendees, including corporate and IT professionals, journalists and industry analysts from around the world. Attendees will explore a full range of innovative business solutions such as green IT, mobility, Software as a Service, and the latest messaging and collaboration applications.

Attendees can visit 123Together.com at booth 1082 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from April 29-May 1, 2008. Small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) will learn about the advantages of 123Together.com’s hosted messaging and collaboration services such as hosted Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 and hosted SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 enabling them to immediately take advantage enterprise-class email and data collaboration solutions without incurring any upfront expense, deployment delays, requirements for new hardware and software or lengthy contract commitments. They can utilize all of the features and functionality of these best-in-class software services for a small monthly fee.

“We are excited to present our hosted Exchange and hosted SharePoint services to business and IT executives at Interop 2008,” said Ravi Agarwal, senior executive officer, 123Together.com division of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. “Many SMBs are unaware that they can take advantage of applications previously only accessible to large corporations due to the considerable cost and time involved in deploying them in-house. We offer small and mid-size businesses the ability to increase corporate productivity and profitability by providing them with these industry-leading tools as hosted services.”

123Together.com also offers full support for BlackBerry, Treo, and Windows Mobile handheld devices. Free Outlook 2007 is available for every hosted Exchange user and all customers receive live 24×7 U.S.-based technical support via phone, e-mail and online chat. Businesses can be using these services immediately and achieve 99.9% uptime on shared servers or 100% uptime on their own dedicated server.

About 123Together.com

Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, 123Together.com, a mindSHIFT company, is the leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions including hosted Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows SharePoint Services and Dynamics CRM. These hosted services are offered on shared and dedicated servers to small and mid-size businesses and can be resold as a completely white labeled service. Full mobile access is also offered for BlackBerry, Treo, PocketPC, SmartPhone and Windows Mobile handheld devices. Exchange hosting customers receive free Outlook 2007, live 24×7 U.S.-based technical support, advanced spam and virus filtering and a 100% uptime guarantee on dedicated servers. A 30-day no obligation trial is available for shared customers. www.123Together.com

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Introduction about Next Generation Hosting

Through Software as a Service model, Exchange Hosting providers has been delivering the messaging services at its best. But the customer needs are growing such that now broader services are to be provided, which goes beyond accessing mere application (e.g. Outlook over Web) through browsers.

Industry is now watching the progress at Software + Services (S+S) model whereby providers extend the existing model to fulfill customer’s next level demand on total business solutions as well as enhance the end user experience. This certainly needs a high level integration of enterprise, desktop and web based applications, taking the Exchange Hosting Provider to next level, “Software + Services” (S+S).

In other words, S+S providers create a long-term relationship with customers as they provide total business solutions rather just Exchange & Outlook. For example, S+S providers in Exchange hosting sector are capable of providing integrated user experience of hosted Microsoft exchange, hosted SharePoint, hosted Unified Communications using Microsoft Office communications Server product. Microsoft is aggressively aligning its future products to assist the service providers in S+S space so that customers will be enabled with the services and end user experience that S+S providers can deliver.

What will be the Next Generation Hosting Platform & How Microsoft products
are aligned?

Opportunities with S+S are going to grow exponentially according to the current customer business trends - S+S will be a sure preference for customers over SaaS model. Therefore, Microsoft is doing its part by creating strong base with Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, IIS 7.0, and Silverlight etc. Using this Microsoft core service platform, S+S providers can create state of the art infrastructure in order to deliver the applications and services for customer’s total business solution.

Delivering Next Generation Services - What are the success criteria?

Make use of the Microsoft’s core Services at the platform level, build the applications and services as “total solution” which meets customer business requirements, and then deliver them using Windows as a services (WaaS). As the services are wider range, categorize them as Microsoft applications, Microsoft Services, Applications created by MS partners, in some cases light use of open source applications, etc…

Enhanced Client Experience

End user experience is getting better and better with applications like Microsoft Silverlight and Expression Suite. MS Silverlight is now competing with products like Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, Apple QuickTime, Java etc. Silverlight is a browser plug-in from Microsoft, which can be used for developing rich internet application such as animation, to playback audio/video, vector graphics etc. So S+S providers can take advantage of this kind of Windows applications in enhancing end user experience over internet with its click to run characteristics.

How is Microsoft’s engagement with Hosting providers to enable S+S? Not so much information is with me…Probably we all can keep an eye on the following site - www.microsoft.com/hosting

SALT LAKE CITY, UT, APRIL 22nd, 2008 – IKANO Communications Inc., the nation’s leading aggregator of IP services, and DSLExtreme, California’s leading Internet service provider and a division of IKANO, announced today the launch of DNAmail.com. The new service will help small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and organizations utilize web-based communication and collaboration tools including Microsoft Exchange 2007 Email, SharePoint Intranet , and Blackberry Enterprise Service.

“IKANO is now offering more solutions for businesses as our customers have asked for more,” said George Naspo, CEO of IKANO. “We are dedicated to delivering a variety of solutions that allow mid-sized businesses to utilize the same computing technologies as large enterprises, without the hosting costs. This is important launch for IKANO as we embrace ‘cloud computing’ in collaboration with leading technology companies for the benefit of our partners and end users.”

DNAmail provides Microsoft Exchange 2007 email technology to enable businesses and organizations a communications platform to enhance collaboration and productivity. Connecting employees to a secure central area for messaging, calendaring, and contacts also enables freedom for multiple office locations, employees and devices. DNAmail is a Blackberry Alliance Member and a Microsoft Certified Partner, with IT professionals that specialize in maintaining guaranteed uptime, spam filtering, and reliability of communication services.

“We are excited about the launch of DNAmail since we realize small businesses have evolved with the use of new technology and are looking for providers to help their email evolve as well,” said George Mitsopoulos, VP of DSLExtreme. “What business owners want is a mail server and communications platform they don’t have to manage or worry about. DNAmail will help businesses reduce technology and support expenses and maintain their existing branding.”

Small businesses can now have the same advantages large organizations do with Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Blackberry messaging support for everyone in the office at a low cost. DNAmail will also provide live and local phone support for employees. Plans start at $9.95 a month, with a 30-day free trial.

DNAmail also announced today a wholesale offering for organizations interested in reselling Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint intranet portals, and customer support services under their own brand.

“IKANO has invested serious time and technology to ensure the Exchange Email and Blackberry services are solid for our customers,” said Bonnie Bird, Director of Sales and Exchange Evangelist at DNAmail. “More and more companies are seeing the benefits of outsourcing their mail to specialists who can guarantee uptime and spam avoidance.”

DNAmail will also be launching additional services this year to assist SMBs with network productivity and maintenance. Visit DNAmail at HostingCon 2008 (Booth #322) on July 28-30 in Chicago. Call Bonnie Bird at 818.435.1107 or visit DNAmail.com to find out how DNAmail can help your business evolve with you.

About IKANO
IKANO, founded in 1999, is a provider of IP solutions including Internet access, billing, customer support, hosting, portal, and email services. IKANO makes it easy for service providers to maintain a unique brand while eliminating the hassle of maintaining network contracts, servers, and call centers. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company has offices in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Toronto and offers services in the United States and Canada. IKANO is backed by leading industry investors, including Insight Venture Partners. Companies interested in learning more about IKANO should contact info@ikano.com, or call 877.492.0121. For more information, visit www.ikano.com

About DSLExtreme
DSLExtreme is the largest private DSL service provider in California. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Los Angeles, DSLExtreme offers a suite of online products and services for consumer and business customers throughout the United States. Services include broadband Internet access, email, Web hosting and data circuits, with superior quality connectivity and minimal drop-off. The DSLExtreme network serves tens of thousands of clients in over twenty-one major metropolitan areas across the country. For more information, visit www.dslextreme.com.

BURLINGTON, MA – April 22, 2008 – groupSPARK, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and the leading provider of private label hosted software services including Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, today announced its private label SaaS services are now being offered as part of Ingram Micro’s Seismic Virtual Services Warehouse. The new agreement includes groupSPARK’s hosted Exchange Server 2007 and 2003, as well as Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, and Dynamics CRM 4.0.

Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) is the world’s leading distributor of technology products and services to the IT industry. Ingram Micro’s Seismic Virtual Services Warehouse is part of the distributor’s North America Services Division which provides VARs with a full range of managed IT services, professional IT labor services, and warranty contract management services and enables VARs to offer customers a variety of hosted software services. This new agreement enables Ingram Micro Seismic to immediately offer industry leading private label hosted messaging and collaboration solutions from groupSPARK to partners in the U.S. and Canada.

groupSPARK’s unique Private Label Application Delivery (PLAD) platform was designed to enable resellers to offer the company’s hosted services completely under their own corporate brand, URL, and look and feel. This private label solution reinforces the resellers’ brand with their customers, deepens their market penetration and enables them to offer their customers’ enterprise-class hosted email and collaboration solutions at a price set solely by the VAR. In addition, groupSPARK’s hosted Exchange, hosted SharePoint and hosted CRM offering fortifies customer retention and provides Ingram Micro Seismic partners with the opportunity to earn additional monthly recurring revenue per user.

As part of Seismic’s hosted solutions portfolio, groupSPARK will maintain, monitor and upgrade all hardware and software allowing Seismic partners to offer these hosted software services to their customers without incurring any upfront expense, delay or risk in attempting to deploy the services on their own. groupSPARK will also enable Seismic partners to offer 2-way wireless synchronization with BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), Windows Mobile and Good Mobile Messaging.

“Ingram Micro is at the forefront of the services market in the IT channel and remains committed to identifying best-in-class solutions for our Seismic partners,” said Justin Crotty, vice president of Ingram Micro Services Division, North America. “We selected groupSPARK’s private label hosted Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Dynamics CRM services because of its focus on the VAR brand and its proven track record for providing VARs with affordable solutions that deliver the email and collaboration services small and mid-size businesses need to increase productivity and stay connected.”

“As the provider of hosted Exchange Server, SharePoint and CRM to Ingram Micro Seismic, we are dramatically increasing our reseller channel and reaching a new group of small and mid-size businesses,” said Ravi Agarwal, senior executive officer, groupSPARK division of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. “Ingram Micro’s confidence in our hosted services offering and our best-in-class service and support is the direct result of our commitment to and focus on true private label hosting of enterprise-class services.”

About groupSPARK

Located in Burlington, Massachusetts, groupSPARK, a mindSHIFT company, is a leading provider of SaaS services, such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services v3.0, and Dynamics CRM, which can be completely private labeled and resold by partners as a part of their own product offerings saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in development and support costs.

Its partners utilize groupSPARK’s turnkey private label platform to provide hosted services to their users in minutes. Partners are able to address scalability and uptime concerns by leveraging groupSPARK’s 100% uptime SLA, private label 24×7 U.S.-based support and proactive hardware and software monitoring capabilities. For additional information, visit www.groupSPARK.com.

About Ingram Micro, Inc.

As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 150 countries and is the only broad-based global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.

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Contact Info:

Lisa Masiello
groupSPARK
781-273-6248 x.652
lmasiello@groupspark.com

Jennifer Signorini
Weber Shandwick
617-520-7069
jsignorini@webershandwick.com

Burlington, MA, April 15, 2008 – 123Together.com, the leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions such as hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and hosted Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, today announced the release of Service Pack 1 for hosted SharePoint 3.0 to small and mid-size businesses (SMBs). This first service pack release provides businesses with increased performance, added stability and security enhancements.

123Together.com’s hosted messaging and collaboration customers can now take advantage of new document libraries, lists, and meeting workplace sites and enjoy enhancements to search capabilities, web discussions and browser-based customization. Serving as a central point of data dissemination for such things as documents, task lists, and image libraries, employees can create, share and manage project timelines, data lists, updated files, corporate photography, newly created web pages and intranet sites.

This enterprise-class collaboration tool provides businesses with increased individual and team productivity, collaboration and document sharing. It has traditionally been used by larger organizations with national or international reach since Windows SharePoint Services is not limited by geographic boundaries and stands as a central location from which to store and manage information. SMBs can also benefit from SharePoint’s collaborative features but have, until recently, been unable to do so due to the high cost and deployment delays involved in setting up servers in-house.

123Together.com’s hosted SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 now enables SMBs to take advantage of best-in-class collaboration to increase team productivity and business process efficiency without the need to incur upfront expenses, conduct additional training of IT staff or purchase of new hardware and software. Customers can sign up and collaborate with coworkers immediately on a shared or dedicated server with guaranteed uptime of 99.9% on shared servers and 100% on dedicated servers. 123Together.com also provides its hosted SharePoint Services customers with phone, email and online chat technical support 24 x 7 from its corporate headquarters in the United States. Customers’ questions are answered by hosted SharePoint experts in real time.

“We pride ourselves on providing small and mid-size businesses with the most current versions of our hosted messaging and collaboration solutions, such as hosted SharePoint Services 3.0 with Service Pack 1, as soon as they are available,” said Ravi Agarwal, senior executive officer, 123Together.com division of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. “Our current customers can be assured that they are utilizing enterprise-class hosted services with the most robust capabilities. Businesses who have previously been hesitant to deploy Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 without the benefit of Microsoft’s service pack enhancements can also have immediate access to hosted SharePoint for a small monthly fee and with guaranteed uptime.”

In additional to hosted Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1, 123Together.com offers SMBs a full breadth of hosted services including hosted Exchange Server 2007 SP1, virus and spam filtering, archiving and 2-way wireless synchronization with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Good Messaging Server and Windows Mobile.

About 123Together.com

Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, 123Together.com, a mindSHIFT company, is the leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions including hosted Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows SharePoint Services and Dynamics CRM. These hosted services are offered on shared and dedicated servers to small and mid-size businesses and can be resold as a completely white labeled service. Full mobile access is also offered for BlackBerry, Treo, PocketPC, SmartPhone and Windows Mobile handheld devices. Exchange hosting customers receive free Outlook 2007, live 24×7 U.S.-based technical support, advanced spam and virus filtering and a 100% uptime guarantee on dedicated servers. A 30-day no obligation trial is available for shared customers. www.123Together.com

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Contact Info:

Lisa Masiello
123Together.com
781-273-6245 x652
lmasiello@123together.com

Jennifer Signorini
Weber Shandwick
617-520-7069
jsignorini@webershandwick.com

Burlington, MA, April 11, 2008 – 123Together.com, the leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions such as hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Hosted Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, today announced the completion of the 123Together.com Exchange hosting affiliate contest and the winning participant.

123Together.com’s affiliate program enables it to expand its customer base through such companies as small IT consultants, web hosting companies and ISPs who have web site visitors or customers interested in hosted Exchange or hosted SharePoint and wish to increase incremental revenue. Affiliates are paid a commission or “finder’s fee” for every customer referred to 123Together.com. The commission varies based upon the sale of shared or dedicated hosted Exchange servers.

123Together.com’s just completed affiliate contest resulted in the payment of additional affiliate commissions and monetary prizes to the winners. One of the winners, Alan H. Jones, is a principal at Carr-Jones, Inc., a Boston, Massachusetts-based provider of concierge-level technology services to small businesses. Alan recognizes the importance of email as a critical component of any small business. By associating with 123Together.com he is able to refer his clients to an affordable and reliable provider of hosted enterprise-class email which requires little assistance from him and provides best-in-class service to his valued customers. “Before deciding to affiliate with any (hosted) Exchange service, I evaluated every firm I could identify,” said Alan. “I selected 123Together.com based on their responsiveness and focus, and have continued to recommend them because they have delivered. The affiliate program makes it easy to generate additional revenue, but my primary motivation for recommending 123Together.com is because it helps my customers to be successful – which makes me successful.”

In addition to offering hosted Exchange and hosted SharePoint, 123Together.com also offers its SMB customers full 2-way wireless synchronization for BlackBerry^®, Treo, PocketPC, SmartPhone and Windows Mobile handheld devices. Customers may also contact 123Together.com’s U.S.-based technical support team 24 x 7 via online chat, phone or email with any questions they may have.

“I want to congratulate Alan and all our affiliates who participated in our contest,” said Ravi Agarwal, senior executive officer, 123Together.com division of mindSHIFT. “We thank them for their belief in the quality of our hosted software services, technical support and customer service and their recommendation of our services to their customers. Our focus on and dedication to hosted Exchange and hosted SharePoint services for the SMB market is validated each day with the addition of new affiliates who enthusiastically recommend our company to their customers.”

About 123Together.com

Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, 123Together.com, a mindSHIFT company, is the leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions including hosted Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows SharePoint Services and Dynamics CRM. These hosted services are offered on shared and dedicated servers to small and mid-size businesses and can be resold as a completely white labeled service. Full mobile access is also offered for BlackBerry, Treo, PocketPC, SmartPhone and Windows Mobile handheld devices. Exchange hosting customers receive free Outlook 2007, live 24×7 U.S.-based technical support, advanced spam and virus filtering and a 100% uptime guarantee on dedicated servers. A 30-day no obligation trial is available for shared customers. www.123Together.com

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Contact Info:

Lisa Masiello
123Together.com
781-273-6245 x652

lmasiello@123Together.com

Lisa Masiello
groupSPARK
781-273-6248 x.652
lmasiello@groupspark.com

Jennifer Signorini

Weber Shandwick

617-520-7069

jsignorini@webershandwick.com

DENVER – April 1, 2008 – Ciracom, an information technology consulting firm and woman-owned, 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business, announced at the FOSE Exposition today that it was recently awarded a five year Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70 contract by the General Service Administration (GSA) to provide USA.NET Microsoft Exchange hosting services to the U.S. Government. GSA contract number GS-35F-0221U gives federal, state, and local government agencies the ability to conveniently purchase and deploy innovative IT solutions from Ciracom and USA.NET. Ciracom’s first government client for email hosting services is the Acquisition Services Directorate (formerly GovWorks^®), a line of business within the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Business Center.

“We are pleased that the GSA has awarded us this hosted business email government contract,” said Amy Rutt, president and CEO, Ciracom. “Email hosting services are on the GSA schedule because we are starting to see a movement towards software-as-a-service (SaaS) even in the government. We consider USA.NET as the premium provider in this space, and our partnership with them enables us to provide our government customers with a Fortune 50 platform − ensuring top-quality security no matter the size of the agency. Along with the USA.NET brand comes all of the coverage for compliance, and an audit that is very important for a government client.”

A leading SaaS company and wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter eSecurity^TM, USA.NET offers a fully integrated suite of secure email hosting services including its Microsoft^® Exchange Hosting and Commercial Messaging Solution (CMS) platforms and a suite of enhanced services including Anti-Virus/Anti-Spam, Content Filtering, Encrypted Email, Email Archiving, Unified Messaging and Mobile Messaging solutions. With a broad spectrum of corporate enterprise and SMB customers, USA.NET is the trusted provider of complex, mission critical, customizable email hosting solutions. With this GSA award, Ciracom is now able to deliver these same services and benefits to the government.

According to Doug Howard, President of USA.NET, “In the current climate of budget constraints, our SaaS offerings give predictable pricing and service levels over time without any upfront capital expenditures. The solution scales as an agency grows and the speed at which an agency can launch our service and start to see the benefits is much quicker than with traditional in-house implementations. As a part of our partnership with Ciracom, USA.NET continues to undergo rigorous network and host-based security audits in order to maintain the authority to operate its Exchange Hosting services for a government agency under the FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) compliance process.”

Ciracom will be showcasing the solution at booth #2424 during the FOSE Exposition April 1 to 3, 2008, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, DC.

About Ciracom:

Ciracom, Inc. is a woman-owned, 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business with offices in Virginia and Washington, D.C. The company provides commercial clients and Federal agencies with on-site support in the areas of IT, Telecommunications, and Professional Services. Our Government segment provides a wide array of technical services and solutions, primarily to the U.S. federal, state and local government agencies as well as foreign governments. More information is available at http://www.ciracom.com.

About USA.NET

Cited as the “Top Player” for the business email hosting market by The Radicati Group, Inc., USA.NET, The Global Secure eMessaging Service Provider®, is the only hosting provider that is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange, and winner of the 2006 Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. USA.NET eMessaging solutions are modular and infinitely scalable to ensure customers can grow their business without having to invest additional resources, time or capital into their mission-critical messaging infrastructure. USA.NET is a wholly owned subsidiary of Perimeter eSecurity. For more information about USA.NET visit http://www.usa.net or call 800-653-0179.

For further information contact:

Cathy Clarke
CNC Associates
617-527-2089
cathy@cncassocs.com