Microsoft Exchange Hosting Provider Elephant Outlook Standardizes on 4Gb/s EMC(R) CLARiiON(R) UltraScale(TM) CX3-20 Systems for Continuous Replication to Maximize Performance, Functionality and Reliability

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Elephant Outlook, a leading email messaging provider of business-critical Microsoft Exchange Hosting, today announced it has standardized its information infrastructure on multiple EMC CLARiiON CX3-20 networked storage systems to deliver more flexibility, scalability and performance to its mission-critical email infrastructure. The new end-to-end 4 gigabit-per-second (Gb/s) Fibre Channel EMC CLARiiON UltraScale architecture will provide the foundation for Elephant Outlook's managed Microsoft Exchange 2007 hosting service. The new hardware strategy will increase fault tolerance, service availability and service continuity.

"EMC CLARiiON provides the transactional I/O and performance needed to satisfy the higher demands of a managed and hosted email environment," said Ingram Leedy, managing partner of Elephant Outlook. "The EMC CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale series has exceeded our high disk I/O operations per second (IOPS) requirements. The infrastructure will deliver higher speed and reliable access to e-mail, calendars, contacts, and attachments demanded by our customers' needs."

Continuous replication is a new Microsoft Exchange 2007 feature in which Microsoft Exchange databases and log files are copied to a secondary location. The databases being accessed by clients contain the active copy of the database, and the databases in the secondary location contain the passive copy of the database. To provide the highest levels of storage resiliency, Elephant Outlook will utilize independent EMC CLARiiON CX3-20 storage arrays that are isolated from the active copy's storage array.

"By utilizing multiple EMC CLARiiON CX3-20 arrays, we have the flexibility of offering geographically disperse cluster continuous replication in which the passive copy could be in a different physical location, providing complete site resiliency," added Leedy. "We want to strengthen our business continuity strategy with the highest possible availability. EMC provides that confidence in the storage systems and hardware support they offer."

About Elephant Outlook

Elephant Outlook provides managed business-critical high-availability email messaging and collaboration services to leading companies in the US and around the world. With operational experience and certified expertise, Elephant Outlook provides unmatched levels of availability, performance, and security for companies in the financial, healthcare, and technology sectors including emergency and government agencies. Elephant Outlook serves as an extension to IT operations allowing companies to focus on their core business. For more information on Elephant Outlook and its services, visit www.elephantoutlook.com or call 800-876-1422.

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Source: Elephant Outlook

CONTACT: Helen Knight of King Knight Communications, +1-813-254-4411, or
helen@kingknight.com , for Elephant Outlook

Web site: http:www.elephantoutlook.com

Elephant Outlook will provide a fast-track for E Solutions' customers to Microsoft Exchange 2007

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Elephant Outlook, a leading email messaging provider of business-critical, high-availability Microsoft Exchange Hosting announces the acquisition of E Solutions Microsoft Exchange Hosting.

Elephant Outlook will provide a fast-track for customers anticipating the upcoming release of Microsoft Exchange 2007.

"Elephant Outlook will take over the day-to-day functions of maintaining and providing assistance to E Solutions' Microsoft Exchange customers and deliver Microsoft's next generation messaging software," said Ingram Leedy, managing partner of Elephant Outlook.

Elephant Outlook will migrate customers to the new release of Microsoft Exchange, the leading email messaging solution among Fortune 50 companies. The new Microsoft Exchange 2007 release will provide unified messaging, improved customer experience, new anti-spam and anti-virus message hygiene technologies, along with advanced continuous replication clustering for increased reliability and performance.

With state-of-the-art-facilities and state-of-the-art support, companies will use Elephant Outlook's expertise by tapping its operational experience and technical expertise. "Elephant Outlook will assist users and IT staff directly with our friendly and knowledgeable team. We take pride in our personalized support," added Leedy.

"Elephant Outlook is more than ready to take over the operations and exceed customer expectations," said Richard Nicholas, Jr., operations manager of E Solutions. "Elephant Outlook is focused on keeping pace with the technology turnover happening every 12-24 months required for complex Microsoft Exchange solutions."

About E Solutions

E Solutions Corporation is a Tampa, Florida-based hosting and application development firm that creates and hosts software solutions and operates multiple data centers at the Tier 1 and Tier 3 levels. Services include custom application design and development; co-location and fully managed enterprise-level hosting servers; network management and security; Web statistical reporting; and streaming video services. For more information on E Solutions visit www.esnet.com or call 813-301-2600.

About Elephant Outlook

Elephant Outlook provides managed business-critical, high-availability email messaging and collaboration services to leading companies in the US and around the world. With operational experience and certified expertise, Elephant Outlook provides unmatched levels of availability, performance, and security for companies in the financial, healthcare, and technology sectors including emergency and government agencies. Elephant Outlook serves as an extension to IT operations allowing companies to focus on their core business. For more information on Elephant Outlook and its services, visit www.elephantoutlook.com or call 800-876-1422.

Source: Elephant Outlook

CONTACT: Helen Knight of King King Communications, +1-813-254-4411, or
Helen@kingknight.com, for Elephant Outlook

Web site: http://www.elephantoutlook.com/