PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accellion, Inc., a leader in e-mail attachment caching and management, today announced that the Accellion Attachments caching solution for the enterprise has been chosen by Purdue Pharma L.P. as a best-of-breed product to streamline e-mail communications between staff scientists and partner research organizations. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, Purdue Pharma and its independent U.S. associated companies are known for their pioneering research in the principal causes of persistent pain and have applied expertise in a range of therapeutic areas to develop innovative prescription and non-prescription medicines. Accellion removes the IT burden of spiraling e-mail attachments and reduces the costs of large file management in the intensely collaborative process of pharmaceutical research and development.
The initial rollout will give approximately 1,700 users the ability to simply use the Accellion server to send large files (up to and beyond 1GB). Attachments then travel separately from the e-mail message. “Accellion replaces expensive and time consuming alternatives of using FTP and CD burning that our geographically distributed researchers used reluctantly,” said Joe Gimigliano, Associate Director, Security of Purdue Pharma. “Gone is the frustrating delay. With Accellion we boost our competitive advantage because we can instantly and simply exchange information with both outside organizations and internal research groups. Furthermore, because these are caching appliances, it really is zero-maintenance. For collaborative work, Accellion is a here-now, affordable solution.”
Accellion will enable Purdue Pharma to accelerate the delivery of research documentation and data files, managing the file delivery separately from the e-mail system. Accellion’s greatest value is that it speeds the collaboration and review required by the development cycle, which reduces the time to market for Purdue Pharma’s innovative products. In addition, managing the attachments separately from the e-mail infrastructure benefits Purdue Pharma by:
-- reducing the burden on the Microsoft Exchange Server by removing the attachments, therefore increasing e-mail performance (up to 10 times) -- providing auditing, tracking, and attachment security -- reducing mailbox size (up to 80%) and reducing e-mail storage requirements
“Accellion’s advanced technology has delivered a product for today’s marketplace,” said Yorgen Edholm, Chief Executive Officer of Accellion. “We envisioned exactly the development cycle that is the backbone of companies like Purdue Pharma, where review time is critical, and information exchange absolutely required. We are delighted to support a customer of the caliber of Purdue Pharma, and help them erase an IT headache and replace it with increased time-to-market. Whether research or presentations and other large documents, the e-mail infrastructure cannot do the heavy lifting. Accellion makes e-mail the new best friend for corporate IT, delivering an innovative and cost effective solution.”
“The information age workplace has solidly adapted to e-mail as a primary work tool and in the bargain created a major IT pain around electronic document delivery,” said Michael Osterman, President and Founder of Osterman Research. “While electronic content delivery networks and archival solutions are working toward an integrated solution to support a range of business initiatives, the secret is that e-mail stands alone and needs a separate solution. Today, caching and delivery are cost effective, ensure security and are ready for prime time. While IT budgets are earmarked for long-range infrastructure requirements, e-mail is the orphan who will be king. CIOs are increasingly dissatisfied with box size limits, and caching solutions are a winning technology approach at a very good cost-point.”
How Accellion Works
Accellion offers the mid-to-large enterprise the best of both worlds -- cost reductions and use of e-mail as the ad hoc application of choice for collaborative work environments. Accellion easily handles increased communications and file sharing as projects heat up with review cycles. The attachment is removed from the e-mail, uploaded to the closest Accellion appliance, and replaced with a secure link, embedded in the e-mail. The attachment is then transferred between Accellion appliances, outside of the messaging infrastructure. It is uploaded and downloaded over secure tunnels, and compressed and encrypted. The e-mail recipient requires no software, and simply clicks on the link in the e-mail to retrieve the attachment from the closest Accellion appliance.
About Purdue
Purdue Products L.P. and its independent associated U.S. companies are privately held pharmaceutical companies headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Purdue is part of an international group of companies that are independent, yet frequently collaborate -- including companies in Europe, Canada, Australia, and the Far East. Combined they employ approximately 4,700 people in pharmaceutical research, manufacturing, and marketing worldwide. Additional information can be found at http://www.purduepharma.com/.
About Accellion
Accellion, Inc., founded in 1999, is a leader in e-mail attachment caching. Accellion’s enterprise solution improves e-mail manageability and drives dramatic end user performance improvements by enabling messaging server consolidation and secure large file delivery. Accellion caching appliances support distributed offices and remote users, require minimum administration, and shrink mail files up to 80%. Privately held, Accellion is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., with additional offices in Singapore and Europe. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at http://www.accellion.com/ or call 650-739-0095.
Accellion, Inc.
CONTACT: Rosie Pongracz, Director, Product Management of Accellion,Inc., +1-650-739-0095, ext. 21, or rosie.pongracz@accellion.com; or KayeMcKinzie of Quatrain Public Relations, +1-415-927-7365, orkaye@quatrainpr.com, for Accellion, Inc.
Web site: http://www.purduepharma.com/
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