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Instant Messaging and Presence Standards
This report reviews the status of instant messaging interoperability initiatives.... read more »
MEC 2001: A Conference in Transition
Microsoft’s MEC 2001 was held in Orlando FL from September 30 to October 4. MicrosoftÂ’s emphasis has shifted this year, with Exchange playing a much diminished role.... read more »
Microsoft’s .NET My Services (“Hailstorm”): Assessment
This report investigates Microsoft’s proposed “HailStorm†initiative, and its impact on the messaging, directory and collaboration market spaces.... read more »
Message Archiving: Leading Vendors, User Requirements, Pricing
Message stores are becoming large and important repositories of information. Management of these valuable resources is handled extremely informally, if at all, and with crude tools. Since 1999, a variety of specialized vendors have offered solutions. The early offerings, notably from Compaq and Storage Technology, have withered. Now, however, there is a further flourishing of products.... read more »
The Messaging Management Market, 2001-2006
This report investigates the market for messaging management products and projects the global market through 2006. ... read more »
Calendaring & Group Scheduling Interoperability
This report reviews key points of the Ferris Research teleconference entitled “Calendaring & Group Scheduling Interoperability”, held on August 29, 2001.... read more »
Directory Services Status Report
This report reviews the current state of directory services.... read more »
Service Provider Requirements for Messaging Software
This white paper explores the special requirements for software used by service providers to deliver hosted messaging and collaboration services. In addition, key trends are discussed. ... read more »
SharePoint Portal Server (2001)
Portals are emerging as a key interface for business users of organizational and extra-organizational systems. This teleconference brings together leading vendors active in each of these spaces to give their perspectives on SharePoint and how this new product will impact their work. ... read more »
How to Decide Whether to Outsource an Email System
This paper focuses on the outsourcing of email by organizations with at least 500 staff. ... read more »
Managing Microsoft’s Exchange Server: More, Better, Faster
This white paper discusses the tools and tasks needed to manage enterprise-sized Exchange systems in the near future. ... read more »
Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server: Industry & Competitive Impact
This report examines SharePoint’s importance to Microsoft, the product’s strengths and weaknesses, and how it affects competitors.... read more »
The Corporate Email Market, 2000-2005
This 51-page report investigates what email products organizations with at least 500 employees are using, and projects their usage through 2005. It is based on a survey conducted by Ferris Research in September 2000 of 1.2 million mailboxes in 41 organizations, constituting 1% of all corporate mailboxes.... read more »
Electronic Message Archiving (2001)
The body of this white paper elaborates the business case for email archiving. A final section briefly summarizes one new email archiving product, Baltimore TechnologiesÂ’ MAILpreserver.... read more »