Electronic messaging firm Software.com, Inc. today announced that
Excite, Inc. selected its InterMail
application as the portal’s new carrier-scale e-mail platform.
According to the agreement, Software.com will become Excite’s primary
Web-based e-mail provider effective this fall. No financial details were
disclosed.
Designed specifically for large-scale user environments, InterMail will be
the long-term platform for Excite’s future e-mail services, which are
targeted at the domestic market, the firms stated. Excite’s network of
sites reportedly
reaches over 20 million unique consumers each month.
Excite said it will create a custom interface for its service, while
leveraging InterMail’s WebMail Server for
optimum scalability, giving it the ability to meet the demands of ever-
changing network conditions.
“Enhancing our users’ personal experience by offering them easy-to-use,
feature-rich messaging is a highly strategic goal for Excite,” says Brett
Bullington, Executive Vice President, Excite, Inc. “We chose Software.com’s
InterMail because it enables us to offer our users the unique experience they
were craving, while satisfying our strict scalability and performance
requirements as we extend messaging capabilities into more aspects of our
service.”