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Legacy open-source email network applications and mail transport agents, such asSendmail and Postfix, are among the most widely deployed applications in history.Given the demands placed on them by increased email volumes, security threats,compliance necessities, management requirements and operating performance, thesetraditional systems are becoming less efficient and more expensive to maintain.
"TodayÂ's enterprises use email to run their businesses, yet their email networkinfrastructure is often significantly less advanced, scalable, or reliable thanother business systems, explained Kelly Wanser, CEO of ColdSpark.  Our customersare modernizing their mail networks to ensure they can meet all of theirrequirements  now and in the future - while simultaneously leveraging email as astrategic asset across their businesses. The adoption of the SparkEngine by theoperators of the worldÂ's largest mail networks, including top financialinstitutions, indicates the importance of a new approach and the power of theplatform approach to enterprise email infrastructure.Â
The SparkEngine platform replaces legacy MTA systems with a powerful, flexiblesoftware-based mail transport platform (MTP). The platform offers an array offunctionality and capabilities to support new requirements and improve architectureand management models. Key functionalities include inbound and outbound messagedelivery, internal message routing, policy-based processing, security,authentication, encryption, failure-processing, delivery optimization, advancedtraffic management and logging and, most importantly, the ability to readilyintegrate applications and services onto the email network infrastructure.
 The SparkEngine is the evolution of email network technology to something trulyenterprise-class, said Scott Brown, CTO of ColdSpark.  It corrects a number of thedeficiencies of legacy MTAs and, most importantly, offers an open API architecturethat supports a services-oriented architecture (SOA) for SMTP operations. Thisenables the consolidation and streamlining of email networks even as services, suchas archiving, policy-scanning, encryption, to the organization can be expanded anddifferentiated across business units.Â
The SparkEngine platform allows customers to: Â Intelligently process, route and deliver email rapidly, efficiently andsuccessfully; Â Average a replacement ratio of one SparkEngine for every seven legacy MTAs,dramatically reducing hardware and energy costs;Â Optimize compliance with industry regulations and corporate policies; Â Secure the email network perimeter, encrypt message traffic, improve trust foremail correspondence and mitigate fraud; Â Expand services by providing an extensible platform that integrates withenterprise business, operations and management applications; Â Improve manageability of the messaging infrastructure by consolidating mailtraffic management and control, such as policy and compliance, into one system; Â Maximize ROI by streamlining mail network operations, improving performance andfuture-proofing the enterprise email infrastructure against future threats andrequirements.
The SparkEngine is backward compatible with most Postfix and Sendmail capabilities -including applications based on MILTER - for turn-key upgrade of legacy systems.
For More Information
For more information on how your organization can take advantage of this campaign,please contact ColdSpark at www.coldspark.com/contact. Additionally, ColdSpark haspublished a new whitepaper, titled Beyond Postfix and Sendmail, which discussesaspects of legacy, open-source email applications that every enterprise shouldconsider. This whitepaper can be downloaded by visitingwww.coldspark.com/leg acyupgrade.
About ColdSpark, Inc.
ColdSpark has created the next generation of enterprise email infrastructure, basedon the SparkEngine Mail Transport Platform (MTP), a new type of message platformfor mail networks. The patent-pending SparkEngine is the foundation of ColdSpark'ssuite of advanced email security, compliance and customer care solutions, designedto solve important challenges facing enterprises in the capabilities, management andperformance of email for critical business operations. Founded in 2001 by emailtechnology veterans, ColdSparkÂ's customers include Fidelity Investments, JPMorganChase, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual Bank, Bear Stearns andEquifax.###
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