Directories contain a lot of valuable information, usually to do with people, or security and access controls. Hitherto, the information has mostly been available to people within an organization. Now, the information is beginning to be shared with external parties, to provide for such applications as white and yellow pages lookups, and secure transactions and messaging.... read more »
This teleconference is an excellent way to quickly understand how document management can help your organization, and what’s involved in getting it working. ... read more »
In the teleconference, several IS experts discuss the major issues they have faced separating out messaging & collaborative systems for disposal of a subsidiary, and integrating existing systems with those of a newly merged group. They also share tips on how best to manage the process, and help set realistic expectations. Most large organizations are... read more »
Microsoft’s Active Directory is a major new directory. It requires a serious commitment of resources to absorb the steep learning curve and design and implement a system that fits your organization. Several corporate IS professionals discuss how they approached their implementations, issues they confronted, solutions they found worked, and performance measurements they made. One of... read more »
Messaging support staff describe how they protect their systems from viruses, their emergency contingency preparations, the lessons they’ve learned, and how they expect their virus protection to change in the future.... read more »
In this teleconference, three of the leading messaging management vendors describe their capacity management tools, how they see capacity management tools and technologies evolving in the future, system implementation issues, and their particular plans for future enhancements.... read more »
This teleconference discusses existing resources and issues in regards to capacity management.... read more »
Information systems professionals talked about their migrations to Domino R5 and the issues they’ve faced.... read more »
Information systems professionals discussed their use of a meta-directory to integrate different directories. They described their current meta-directory use, the main business problems they intended to solve with their meta-directory and how effective it’s been in solving them, the main implementation issues they’ve faced and their solutions, and how they anticipate meta-directory use evolving over the next few years.... read more »
This teleconference addresses the effects of email processing on productivity based on a recent Ferris Research study.... read more »
ExxonMobil’s Jim McDermott and Steelcase’s Chris Allen describe their current use of internal and outsourced fax servers, and how they expect use to evolve in the future.... read more »
Three people that have been through the trials and tribulations of enterprise directory deployment describe their experiences. Each spoke for ten minutes on their directory applications and the business payoff, and the main implementation issues they faced.... read more »
This teleconference discusses high value applications, implementation issues, and the likely future evolution of corporate use.... read more »
Ralph Ehlers described the experiences of major Swiss pharmaceutical firm Hoffman-LaRoche in implementing an enterprise directory.... read more »
In this one hour teleconference, email professionals from large organizations discuss what they have done to make their email systems Y2K compliant, what remains to be done, and the contingency plans developed in case problems arise.... read more »
In this teleconference three users of Lotus Notes/Domino talked about their current system, and their plans for the next twelve months.... read more »
On April 14, we held a teleconference in which two messaging managers described the delivery times their users experience, what they expect future requirements to be, and best practices for ensuring timely delivery.... read more »
In this one-hour teleconference three users of Microsoft Exchange talked about their current system, and their plans for the next twelve months. It is a great place to benchmark your Exchange plans with those of other organizations. ... read more »
Email policies, such as those which restrict message size or limit the amount of user mailbox storage, can adversely affect user productivity.... read more »
Vendors make out that TLS support is important, that it helps you satisfy privacy regulations. Eg, see http://www.postini.com/news_events/pr/pr121304.php and http://www.messagelabs.com/news/pressreleases/detail/default.asp?contentItemId=1384region. What TLS does is to encrypt emails sent between SMTP MTAs. So it does help privacy, to the extent that…... read more »
Trend Micro announced it has acquired Kelkea a provider of IP filtering and reputation services.... read more »
We now provide full text syndication for our insight bulletins in both RSS 1.0 and Atom. This means you can read the bulletins in your browser as well as your favorite aggregator such as NetNewsWire, NewsGator or Bloglines. If you…... read more »
A recent Ferris bulletin argued the case for high availability email. It noted that "Productivity of less-motivated staff takes a really bad hit, and that translates immediately to real costs". The point is valid, but there are many situations where high availability email is important, not just for economic reasons. An example is air traffic... read more »
BigFix announced BigFix AntiPest and BigFix Client Manager for Spyware Tools, its anti-spyware solutions. AntiPest key features: protection against spyware, adware, keyloggers, remote access trojans, and browser hijackers; silent detection and removal of software pests; and distribution of updated definitions; among others. Client Manager provides distribution, updates and management of detection and removal definition files... read more »
McAfee announced an enhancement for McAfee SpamKiller and McAfee WebShield, its secure content management appliances. Offers streaming updates for proactive spam updates every five to ten minutes. Available immediately.... read more »
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Email’s very open. Once you’ve got someone’s address, it’s easy to send them an email. That’s translating to a lot of problems. Easy to be sent spam, viruses, etc. Much investment goes into helping recipients filtering out what’s bad. As…... read more »
Adware is usually seen as an annoyance. But it can also be as vicious as a virus. We experienced a case recently in which an attack rendered a machine unusable, due to the constant flow of pop-ups. In this case,…... read more »
This upcoming conference on how to implement email authentication looks interesting. Email authentication helps deal with spamming, spoofing, and phishing. In addition to the main sessions, the event includes two parallel breakout sessions designed for IT professionals, corporate staff concerned…... read more »
On June 6, 2005, AOL announced today that members will have unlimited e-mail storage. That seems entirely reasonable, given the low cost of storage today, and the $15-$30/month subscription for a broad range of Internet services, of which a certain…... read more »
This was a conference for messaging vendors and IT staff involved in messaging. Vendors had various sponsorship opportunities, and could have a table-based booth. General Observations Small, intimate conference. We enjoyed it and found it worthwhile Good place to network…... read more »
PortAuthority Technologies announced that it has raised $13.4 million of Series C financing from Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital and Lexington Ventures.... read more »
Proofpoint published "Outbound Email Security and Content Compliance in Today’s Enterprise, 2005" the results of its 2005 survey of 332 technology decision-makers at large US companies. Key findings that most concern companies: ensuring that email isn’t used to leak company trade secrets or other forms of intellectual property, compliance with corporate email policies, and compliance... read more »
PortAuthority Technologies announced an enhanced version of PortAuthority for Internal Mail, its information leak prevention solution. Key enhancements: Exchange 2003 support, monitoring and policy enforcement support for ISA 2004 web proxy, and enhanced protection against identity theft, among others. Available August 2005.... read more »
McAfee released McAfee LinuxShield and McAfee NetShield for NetWare, its anti-virus solutions. Key features: McAfee scan engine-based, on-access scanning, and support for McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, among others.... read more »