CHELGATE TO FRONT BATTLE FOR DIGITAL MAIL
Thursday 26 August 2004

Chelgate Limited has been appointed by dmail to launch into the UK and establish it as one of the leaders in the new emerging digital mail market.

Digital mail is a new alternative to email which can effectively eradicate the problems of spam and viral infection, and provide an exceptionally fast medium for accessing and exchanging large files such as music, images and film. As it can be isolated, digital mail is also a safe and secure platform which can not be penetrated by unwanted visitors or observers.

The market for digital mail is very much in an evolutionary state, with only a very few service providers currently entering, the main one being Google. gmail is currently being beta tested ready for launch later this year, or early next.

Developed by Dorset inventor, Peter Jackson, dmail originates from the oil and gas industry: "We had created a global supply network in the industry which needed a secure messaging system which was instantaneous and able to transfer large files rapidly. I developed what is now called dmail to satisfy those requirements.

"Email has now reached a turning point in its short history. People both at work and at home are sick and tired of spam and viruses, and seriously concerned about security and the increasing prevalence of criminal activity on the Internet, especially targeting children. The emergence of digital mail is in effect a response to all those concerns."

Digital mail differs from email in that it is based upon html text and back-end SQL databases, whereas email supports a myriad of formats and interfaces. Most email accounts have a few megabytes of storage attached, while digital mail accounts will typically include one gigabyte of storage.

Chelgate will be working with dmail to launch the beta service early next month. The account team will be led by Michael Hardware, executive vice-president. He said: "This will be a challenging assignment where a UK company will attempt to challenge the supremacy of the usual US market leaders. MSN and Yahoo are already reacting to the future competition from digital mail by increasing the storage size available on their email accounts, but this only addresses one benefit of digital mail - the real battle is yet to come."

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