Sendmail and HP Announce Wins
Sendmail, Inc. and HP Demonstrate Demand
for Linux-Based Email Systems on HP ProLiant Servers
Emeryville and Palo Alto, Calif. - August 13, 2002 - Sendmail, Inc, a
leading provider of email systems, and HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced
significant sales momentum for their combined Linux-based email solution
running on HP ProLiant servers, further demonstrating the increase in the
adoption of Linux for commercial applications in the enterprise. Since the
beginning of the companies' sales and marketing relationship in January
2002, Sendmail, Inc. and HP have signed several deals yielding sales in
excess of $5 million, spanning three continents and several vertical
industries, including service providers, financial services firms,
universities, healthcare providers and government agencies.
The relationship between Sendmail, Inc. and the former Compaq began with the
packaging of Sendmail's Mailstream Manager and Integrated Mail Suite with
Compaq's industry-standard ProLiant server and SuSE Linux enterprise server.
Sendmail, Inc. signed a similar agreement with HP in February 2002.
Sendmail's relationship with the new HP continues its focus on the
development and marketing of tested and proven Linux-based enterprise email
solutions.
"Organizations are revamping their email systems to deal with the increase
in demand for value added email services," said Greg Olson, co-founder and
chairman of Sendmail, Inc. "The HP and Sendmail package is ideal for
organizations standardizing on the Linux platform and in need of a scalable
email system with a low cost of ownership and strong content management
capabilities."
New customers of the Sendmail and HP solution include a wireless GSM-cell
phone provider in Jordan - which has already launched a new service with the
HP and Sendmail solution; the American University in Cairo; a Romanian
service provider; BAX Global Logistics; HealthNET - a major healthcare
provider; a large Chicago-based law firm; and a US government agency.
"Operating under strict budgetary constraints, we were tasked with finding a
cost-effective email system that could easily scale. The HP and Sendmail
Linux package not only met our cost and scalability needs but also included
features that are necessary for our end-users such as end-user mail box
control and anytime, anywhere access to email," said Dr. Sami Akabawi,
associate vice president for computing & professor of Information Systems,
at the American University in Cairo.
"The success of this relationship further solidifies the HP ProLiant server
as the preferred platform for running Linux-based enterprise email
solutions," said Judy Chavis, director worldwide Linux marketing, HP
Industry Standard Servers. "The solution's scalability and competitive
pricing is significantly better than RISC-based solutions - and the
performance of our industry-standard ProLiant servers coupled with the
expertise of the Sendmail and HP service teams makes this package the most
compelling in its class for organizations who consider email a critical
business application."
The Sendmail, Inc. and HP packages are available immediately. For more
information visit: www.sendmail.com <http://www.sendmail.com> or
www.compaq.com/solutions/showroom/sendmail.html
<http://www.compaq.com/solutions/showroom/sendmail.html>.
About HP
HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and
services to consumers and businesses. The company's offerings span IT
infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and
imaging and printing. HP completed its merger transaction involving Compaq
Computer Corp. on May 3, 2002. The company would have had combined revenue
on a pro forma basis with the Compaq transaction of approximately $81.1
billion in fiscal 2001 and has operations in more than 160 countries. More
information about HP is available at <http://www.hp.com/>.
About Sendmail, Inc.
Sendmail, Inc. builds the most powerful and secure email systems for large
enterprises and service providers who depend on email to run their business.
With proven technology and unmatched expertise, Sendmail works with
customers to address their most complex messaging challenges. The result is
dependable email infrastructure that is easy to manage and built to grow.
The company is headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., with offices and
distributors in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. For more
information on Sendmail, Inc., visit its Web site at www.sendmail.com
<http://www.sendmail.com> or call 1-87-SENDMAIL or 1-877-363-6245.
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