This is the first time Entourage is available as a free download. Mac-centric companies can now get hosted Microsoft Exchange, the world’s most popular messaging platform. Instead of spending thousands of dollars on an Exchange server (or not using it atIntermedia.NET, the US leader in hosted Microsoft Exchange and Web hosting for small and medium businesses, announced that it is the first Exchange hosting provider to offer Entourage 2004 for Mac as a free download to customers. Entourage 2004, which is similar to Outlook 2003 for PC, lets Mac users use Microsoft Exchange as their advanced email and collaboration server.

Any company signing up for hosted Exchange with Intermedia.NET is able to download Outlook 2003 or Entourage for Mac immediately, at no charge. This makes Intermedia.NET the only Microsoft Exchange hosting company to allow both PC and Mac users to sign up for Exchange, download software and get started within a few minutes. Most Exchange hosting companies do not offer Entourage at all, or take several days to mail out a CD-ROM – often for a fee.

“Many industries use the Mac as a standard office computer and wish to take advantage of Microsoft Exchange’s productivity-boosting features,” said Michael Choupak, CEO of Intermedia.NET. “Now that Intermedia.NET offers Entourage as a free download, companies using Macs can sign up and get started with a cost-effective hosted Exchange solution in a matter of minutes.”

In the hosting business since 1995 and hosting Microsoft Exchange since 2000, Intermedia.NET offered the first Exchange hosting solution specifically for small and medium businesses -- enterprise-strength technology as a service for a low monthly fee, with no up-front investment.

Intermedia.NET is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner, and companies looking for hosted Exchange or Web site hosting know that Intermedia.NET will provide the absolute best in 24x7 support, as well as technical knowledge of the highest level.

The company offers a wide variety of Exchange hosting and Web hosting plans, from the smallest businesses with three users and upwards, to substantial mid-sized organizations. Intermedia.NET hosted Exchange plans start at $9.95 per month for each user. For further details on our hosted Exchange offerings, please visit http://www.intermedia.net/exchange-hosting. For specifics on the free Entourage 2004 offer, visit www.intermedia.net/free-entourage.