Texas-Based MessageOne at Highest Alert Level Supporting Organizations Through Hurricane Rita

32 Companies Currently Active; 40 More Scheduled for Activations Planned Before Landfall

In the path of Hurricane Rita, more than 70 companies in Texas and parts of Louisiana have turned to MessageOne to prepare their organizations with business continuity solutions that maintain email availability and provide emergency notification services. MessageOne, the fastest growing business continuity company, is on the highest alert to meet its customers' needs during the impending crisis. Closely following last month's Hurricane Katrina, MessageOne served more than 50 customers during that significant disaster.

As part of their disaster preparedness plans, 32 companies have already activated MessageOne Emergency Mail Service, which provides guaranteed email continuity, and AlertFind that provides automated emergency notification and escalation alerts.

Currently activated companies include Exmar Offshore, the Houston-based provider of marine vessel design and project support services to the offshore industry. Johnson, Rice and Company, Acme Truck Line, Andrews & Kurth, LLP and Adams & Reese, LLP. Another 41 customers have gone on stand-by mode ready for immediate activation with a phone call or email message.

In anticipation of shutting down our Houston operations, and evacuating employees to other locations, Exmar Offshore instantly invoked MessageOne's EMS service. "As a major provider of engineering design and resources to the worlds leading oil exploration firms, many of whom operate rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, business continuity is not an option," said Harris Knecht, President of Exmar. "MessageOne EMS is enabling us to keep the lines of communication open with our global clients and parent company in Europe. We trust MessageOne with the highest reliability and they've come through when we need them the most."

Current customers seeking assistance can immediately call MessageOne 24 hours a day, toll-free, at 1-888-367-0777 or via email at support@messageone.com. For those not currently a MessageOne client and in need of assistance with email recovery, emergency notification or application availability, help is still available at 512-652-4500. In many instances, MessageOne customers can deploy and be up, running, and protected in less than one hour.

"During this potentially catastrophic event, MessageOne's crisis response team is standing by and supporting clients at the highest alert levels, ready to assist those whose organizations and businesses have, or will be, incapacitated and impacted by Hurricane Rita," said MessageOne CEO Satin Mirchandani. "Our success supporting customers during Hurricane Katrina has heightened the preparedness of our crisis response team to handle any disaster thoroughly and reliably."

About MessageOne

MessageOne (http://www.messageone.com), headquartered in Austin, Texas, is the fastest growing business continuity company. MessageOne's suite of products includes the Emergency Mail System(TM) (EMS(TM)), a highly scalable, extremely affordable standby email solution built on Linux; AlertFind(TM), the leading enterprise emergency notification and escalation platform; and OneSwitch(TM), the only solution to provide automated one button failover service for Windows applications. Founded by Adam Dell, MessageOne customers include Motorola, T. Rowe Price, CIT, Young Broadcasting and MaxRe.

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