AppRiver, a leading provider of e-mail messaging and Web security solutions, reported results of a performance evaluation using the mobile performance monitoring testing solutions from Compuware (News - Alert) Gomez.

 

The Gomez data showed that AppRiver's Akamai-enabled hosted Exchange service can improve mobile e-mail performance by up to 50 percent. AppRiver is the first Microsoft (News - Alert)  Exchange hosting provider to embed the Akamai global distribution platform into its secure service. As a result, AppRiver customers receive faster connectivity and more reliable performance from both wireline and wireless business e-mail at no additional cost.

 

In April 2009, Appriver (News - Alert) partnered with Voltage Security, a provider of information encryption, and added the Voltage Security Network to its line of managed e-mail services.

 

“By implementing Akamai's (News - Alert) IP Application Accelerator service, AppRiver securely provides fast and reliable hosted e-mail for both wireline and mobile users. Akamai improves the overall global experience for mobile device users by optimizing the Internet and minimizing the impact introduced by oversubscribed wireless networks,” said Willie Tejada, vice president, Application and Site Acceleration at Akamai.

 

“After facing serious reliability issues with our previous Exchange hosting provider, we switched in 2007 to AppRiver's Exchange service and immediately saw a remarkable difference,” said Brett Corporon, Systems Architect at the Colorado State Supreme Court. “With AppRiver, we have experienced no e-mail downtime. Our staff attorneys can easily send and receive secure e-mail messages containing confidential case information using their PCs or mobile devices.”

 

“AppRiver's relationship with Akamai is an excellent example of how network optimization can create a differentiated and improved IT service -- in this case hosted Exchange,” said Peter Christy, principal analyst, Internet Research Group. “By optimizing the connection from e-mail user to server, Akamai enables AppRiver to deliver consistently fast, reliable service to customers.”

 

“These optimizations are completely transparent to the hosted e-mail user and significantly improve the user's experience, especially on longer connection paths,” Christy added.

 

Other key findings from the test include:  

 

1.      Speed and Reliability: The time taken to connect and sync with Exchange was reduced by half when using the Akamai-enabled AppRiver Secure Hosted Exchange solution. AppRiver Exchange customers received clear, consistent e-mail delivery over a variety of wireless networks, regardless of their location or what was happening on the Internet.

 

2.      Mobile worker support:  The AppRiver-Akamai offering provides mobile device users with secure, on-the-go access to information, including e-mail, calendars and tasks.

 

3.      Secure e-mail delivery: AppRiver and Akamai privatize the connection between the user and the Exchange servers to create a high-speed virtual private network. The private network acts as a “secure perimeter,” which eliminates public entry points to cloud infrastructures.