Emerging Technologies

Webinar held May 16, 2007. One hour.

This webinar consists of short presentations from companies with interesting, promising, and innovative technology. Join a mix of product managers, IT planning staff, and investors to learn about messaging issues that will become mainstream over the next five years.

Ferris senior analysts David Ferris and Nick Shelness comment on each company’s technology and then moderate a general discussion. Companies presenting at the webinar include:

• Amika Mobile, a pioneer in real-time wireless email analysis solutions.
• ColdSpark, a provider of next-generation enterprise messaging infrastructure.
• Messaging Architects, a developer of add-ons and enhancements for corporate messaging servers, especially Novell’s GroupWise.
• Nemx Software, a provider of active email content control, compliance, and security solutions for Microsoft Exchange environments.
• RPost, a provider of managed outbound messaging software and services.

Webinar 687.

Important Questions Addressed by This Webinar Include:

• What does each product do?
• How relevant are these capabilities to business?
• How soon are these technologies likely to be deployed?

Speakers/Topics

• David Ferris, Senior Analyst, Ferris Research. David has been professionally involved with messaging and collaboration technologies since 1991. He got into computer science research as a graduate student at Stanford University and was one of the first 100 email users. He also wrote the first syndicated column in the computer industry. Since then, David has written hundreds of articles and bulletins on messaging and collaboration, and co-authored three books. A leading messaging and collaboration expert, he is frequently quoted in the technology and business press.
• Nick Shelness, Senior Analyst, Ferris Research. Nick has been involved with IT and communications technologies since the 1970s. He was Chief Technology Officer of Lotus, Chief Messaging Architect of Lotus, Chief Scientist of Soft-Switch, and a faculty member in the Computer Science Department of the University of Edinburgh.
• Dr. Suhayya Abu-Hakima, co-founder, President, and CEO of Amika Mobile. Sue launched her first start-up, AmikaNow!, as a spin-off from the National Research Council R&D Labs, where she applied artificial intelligence to real-world problems for 11 years. She sold the AmikaNow! compliance business to Entrust in 2004. Sue started her career with Nortel Labs. She has published and presented over 100 papers and has 19 international patents in wireless/wired messaging and content analysis. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa.
• Kelly Wanser, co-founder and CEO, ColdSpark. Kelly is an email industry veteran and the co-author of several email technology patents. She founded the Trusted Email Consortium for Financial Services (TECFS), an alliance of top global financial institutions and ISPs collaborating to address email fraud and promote safe email communication; a former advisor to The Privacy Foundation; and a former member of the Direct Marketing Association’s advisory board. Before co-founding ColdSpark in 2001, Kelly was CEO of Epidemic Marketing, a consumer rich-media email company.
• Pierre Chamberland, founder and CEO, Messaging Architects. Pierre has been involved with email for over 20 years and has focused on email policies and risk management for the past 5 years. He was the Director of Product Management for Philips Electronics and later President of ChronoFax, which became Messaging Architects in 2001 to reflect its mission to help GroupWise users leverage and extend their investment in messaging and collaboration systems. Pierre is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the American Bar Association, and monitors IETF and other forums.
• John Young, founder and President, Nemx Software. John has pioneered innovative active email control solutions for over 20 years. He founded Nemx in 1994 and launched the SecurExchange family of email products for anti-spam, secure mail, and corporate and regulatory content compliance enforcement. John has an extensive background in communications and mail systems and is the architect of SecurExchange’s advanced features. Previously, he was Director of Development for connectivity and communications related products at NetManage (Simware).
• Zafar Khan, founder and CEO, RPost. Zafar has strategy, finance, global business development, and public affairs experience with Braxton Associates/Deloitte Consulting, Goldman Sachs, a Washington D.C. trade group, and early-stage technology companies. He participated in the U.S. Presidential Trade Mission to Chile and Peru and was a speaker on the U.S. Department of Commerce Homeland Security Cyber Security Panel. Zafar has developed two U.S. patents and in 2006 was named one of the top 100 global technology leaders by CityTech magazine.

Who Is This Webinar Suitable For?

This event is suitable for three types of attendees: prospective investors, established vendors seeking new opportunities, and IT staff concerned with technology planning.