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Looks like we missed this one a while ago. No matter, though. It’s still something to be aware of. AppRiver, a secure hosted exchange service, has announced a partnership with Akamai Technologies to use their Application Performance Solutions program. This will increase AppRiver’s “performance, availability and scale of its secure hosted exchange service.” So it’s a better service at no extra cost.

By implementing the Akamai platform within its service, AppRiver ensures that Internet disruptions such as circuit failures, which are typically out of the control of a hosting company, can be dynamically avoided. This assures that users will always have quick and reliable access to their Outlook and Outlook Web and Mobile Device applications, regardless of their location or what is happening on the Internet. The enhancement will prove especially beneficial for AppRiver customers who use Hosted Exchange on handheld devices as well as multinational companies and businesses with multiple branch offices.

So how does AppRiver deliver all of this to you for free? Because Akamai’s platform is so powerful and efficient it actually reduces AppRiver’s cost of doing business. How about that for a novelty in the telecommunications industry? A service that passes the buck to the consumer. Brilliant!

“AppRiver is excited to become the first Hosted Exchange provider to use Akamai, which is the most comprehensive platform for content delivery and application acceleration,” said Michael Murdoch, AppRiver’s CEO. “Implementing Akamai within our service makes it possible to achieve LAN-like network consistency, performance and reliability over the Internet, allowing us to provide an easy, effective and affordable Hosted Exchange solution for our customers worldwide.”

This is all stuff we love to hear. If you’re in the market for a hosted exchange, you might want to check out AppRiver.

[AppRiver]

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