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Whitepapers
PostPath Server Whitepaper (PDF, 392K) As email in the business world became increasingly important, Microsoft Exchange garnered more and more of the enterprise mail server market, becoming the defacto standard. In this paper, an overview of the PostPath Email & Collaboration Server is given, how it interacts with Exchange, and how the PostPath Server can be installed in lieu of new Exchange servers.
Server and System Performance (PDF, 82K) An important benefit that the PostPath Server offers over Exchange™ is high system performance. In this paper, the PostPath approach is explored, explaining the methods, benefits, and how PostPath outperforms Exchange using Microsoft's own tests.
Webmail Client (PDF, 218K) The PostPath Server has an advantage in that it leverages open standards and innovations from the Open Source World. One of those areas of innovation is the use of the AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML) webclient. This paper examines the advantages of the AJAX webclient included with PostPath.
Archiving, Anti-Virus, Compliance (PDF, 209K) This whitepaper examines how drop-in compatibility uniquely enables the PostPath Server to leverage open standards and support archiving and anti-virus filtering even for communications that originate in proprietary Microsoft software — and how that ability to operate seamlessly in both a Microsoft-like and an open-standards fashion allows archiving and anti-virus filtering issues to be solved flexibly, comprehensively and efficiently.
Storage, Backup, and High Availability (PDF, 309K) The database model of email storage is flawed. PostPath takes a different approach, with significant gains in terms of performance, reliability, and cost. These approaches are explored and explained in this whitepaper.
A Compelling Alternative to Your Next Exchange Upgrade (PDF, 342K) Exchange is the dominant player in the mail server market. However, when it comes to upgrading your Exchange ecosystem, PostPath is a compelling alternative while retaining full Exchange compatibility. This whitepaper gives an overview of these advantasges in cost, compatibility, and performance.
Drop-In Fortune-100-class Messaging On an SMB Budget (PDF, 342K) Do you wish you could have a fault tolerant email system with full Outlook, Blackberry and Windows Mobile support, Web 2.0 Webmail, large Google- and Yahoo-like mailboxes that even very few Fortune 100 companies have? Do you also need to keep your system simple to own, operate, and extend, and to deliver the whole infrastructure while maintaining an SMB-sized budget?
Getting the Message on Email Servers (PDF 80K) This whitepaper delves into the drawbacks associated with Microsoft Exchange. It explains how PostPath Servers can eliminate those drawbacks, save your organization time and money, and reduce complexity — while also making your infrastructure more robust, flexible, and extensible.
PostPath Server High Availability Edition v2 In the business world email is no longer a luxury; it is a requirement. Even so, many small and medium-sized businesses have opted not to implement High Availability or Disaster Recovery solutions for their email infrastructure. While Exchange is expensive and difficult to configure for HA/DR, PostPath makes it simple and affordable, and this whitepaper explains how.
Solving the Pain of Upgrading From Exchange 5.5 Many businesses continue to run Exchange 5.5 as their primary email server. A large number of these businesses are starting to feel the pressure to move off this legacy platform, and upgrade their email server to be interoperable with newer applications and technologies. This paper explores how the PostPath server provides improved performance, simplified manageability, bottomless mailboxes, virtualization, and broad mobile support, all at greatly reduced cost of ownership compared to Exchange.
PostPath Server Archive Edition Many businesses currently do not implement a true archive solution, relying instead on pulling backup media during eDiscovery, or worse, simply hoping no eDiscovery will ever be required. The PostPath Server Archive Edition solves the problem.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
PostPath FAQ (PDF, 113K) Frequently Asked Questions, and their answers, about the PostPath Server family.
PostPath Server Archive Edition FAQ Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Archive Edition of the PostPath Server.

Research
Email Migration Trends and Challenges (Michael Osterman, PDF, 496K) This white paper presents the results of a survey that was conducted by Osterman Research in March and April 2007. The goal of this research was to determine organizational plans around email server deployment planning and related issues. The survey was conducted with individuals who are decision-makers for their organizations' messaging security capabilities. However, other Osterman Research funded survey data is also presented in this document to provide additional context.

Podcasts
A Compelling Alternative to Your Next Exchange Upgrade (Windows Media, 16M) A presentation on the problems inherent with Exchange 2007, and the advantages of PostPath.
Info-Tech Research - Exchange Alternatives Podcast by Info-Tech Research, Sina Miri of PostPath talks about the value of the PostPath Server.

Product Documentation
Documentation for PostPath's products can be found on our Downloads page.

Other
PostPath Corporate Backgrounder Background Information about PostPath