Press Release - Longo’s Grocery Chain Migrates from GroupWise to Ceryx Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2003

Toronto grocery chain simplifies e-mail infrastructure and decreases spam by 79 per cent.

TORONTO, May 25, 2005 - Messaging solutions provider Ceryx announced today that Longo's and its subsidiary Grocery Gateway, one of Toronto's premier grocery chains and most advanced online grocery retailer, is replacing its GroupWise messaging platform with Ceryx Hosted Exchange 2003. By outsourcing its Microsoft Exchange 2003 environment to Ceryx, Longo's has improved the communication and collaboration among its 2300 employees and lowered costs.

With the acquisition of Grocery Gateway, Longo's was faced with the challenge of integrating its mix match of Microsoft and GroupWise messaging platforms. Longo's also wanted to find a solution that would enable it to better connect its employees' mobile devices with its messaging platform. The grocery retailer decided to migrate to Microsoft Exchange 2003 because of its reliability and integration with mobile devices and turned to Ceryx to host its messaging environment.

"By moving from GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange 2003 we have been able to create a reliable and collaborative environment for our employees and we know as our business grows our messaging platform will grow with it," said John Charleson, Director of IT, Longo's. "Outsourcing our messaging platform with Ceryx was the right business decision for us. Ceryx's messaging specialists monitor our systems for spam and viruses 24/7 and the built-in redundancy and real-time replication gives us the peace of mind that our mission critical messaging platform will always be available."

Ceryx completed the architecture, implementation and migration plans and was able to move Longo's from GroupWise onto Hosted Exchange 2003 over one weekend. Since the migration, in addition to improving communications, Longo's has seen a 79 per cent reduction in the amount of spam and viruses the company's messaging platform receives. Ceryx's Email Firewall, part of its hosted Exchange solution, provides a fully managed e-mail security solution and includes AntiSpam, a service that controls all spam filters, whitelists and configurations for the customer.

"We are thrilled to have Longo's and Grocery Gateway on our e-mail system," said Gus Harsfai, President and CEO of Ceryx. "We believe that securing a cost-conscious customer like Longo's further demonstrates the economics of e-mail outsourcing are very compelling and messaging outsourcing is gaining acceptance with larger businesses."

"More and more small and medium sized businesses are looking to outsource their messaging environment," said Paul Kaczmarczyk, Microsoft Canada Co. "Microsoft is committed to helping service providers like Ceryx deliver enhanced hosted messaging offerings based on Exchange 2003."

ABOUT LONGO'S
Established in 1956, Longo's has built a reputation on a strong commitment to quality, service and value. Still a family-owned independent business, the company's hallmarks of quality, freshness and personal service have helped the business to grow to the current network of 15 stores across the Greater Toronto Area. Longo's is dedicated to exceeding customer expectations by offering the best food experience to every customer, every time. In 2000, Longo's was named one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Private Companies. For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.longos.com

ABOUT CERYX
Ceryx helps businesses achieve e-mail reliability by bringing together operational experience, advanced infrastructure, and proprietary research and product development with leading messaging and collaboration solutions. With operations in Toronto and New York, as well as Tier 4 redundant data centres in both cities, Ceryx's team of senior messaging professionals have met Fortune 500 companies' messaging needs across North America for more than 17 years. Ceryx offers clients a suite of messaging services that include hosted and managed email systems, and e-mail security. The Ceryx platform was recently named as a finalist in the Microsoft Impact Awards for Advanced Infrastructure Solution of the Year. Visit www.ceryx.com for more information.

For more information, please contact:
Aine Magennis
Sequentia Communications
aine@sequentia.net
(416) 203-3656 ext. 224

Bill Di Nardo
Ceryx Inc.
(416) 482-9659 ext. 107
bill.dinardo@ceryx.com

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