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The Critical Need for Encrypted Email and File Transfer Solutions

Email and file encryption are absolutely critical for a variety of reasons, including compliance with regulatory obligations to protect the integrity of sensitive data and best practices focused on maintaining the confidentiality of corporate data. However, most emails sent today - including those that contain highly sensitive content - are...

Tags: Osterman Research, Encryption, E-mail, Corporate Governance, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law

White papers 2009-07-01

An Osterman Research White Paper: AXIGEN, the Alternative for Exchange

Virtually anyone who uses email at work understands how important this capability to getting his or her work done. For example, an Osterman Research survey conducted during March 2009 found that the typical user spends 152 minutes each day working in email. Based on an average workday of nine hours...

Tags: Osterman Research, Minute, Survey, E-mail, Online Communications

White papers 2009-01-01

Comparing Leading Email and SharePoint Security Solutions

This paper discusses the results of two separate research programs that were focused on four leading mail server security solutions designed for Microsoft Exchange environments, as well as SharePoint collaboration server security solutions. The four solutions - from Trend Micro, Symantec, Microsoft and McAfee - were the focus of a...

Tags: Osterman Research, Microsoft SharePoint, Security Solution, Server, Messaging, E-mail, E-mail Server, Groupware, Collaboration, E-mail Servers, Instant Messaging, Content Management, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Online Communications

White papers 2009-01-01

Why You Should Consider Deploying Software Appliances

Most messaging, Web, network and other security capabilities will continue to be deployed using on-premise hardware and software, notwithstanding significant growth in both the hosted and hybrid delivery models. An increasing proportion of on-premise deployments will be appliances because the self-contained nature of these devices makes them easy to deploy,...

Tags: Appliance, Software, Osterman Research, Tools & Techniques, Security, Management

White papers 2008-12-01

Why Your Organization Needs to Implement DLP

Osterman Research believes that most organizations are waking up to the fact that they need to implement DLP capabilities. Outbound content sent from any communications tools or stored on laptops and removable storage devices must be monitored and managed in order to minimize risk and to ensure that the content...

Tags: Removable Storage, DLP, Osterman Research, Organization, Flash Memory, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

White papers 2008-10-01

Why You Need to Consider Virtualization

While virtualization has been in use for decades, it has become a hot topic of conversation in IT departments because of increasing requirements to reduce IT costs, improve the availability of the IT infrastructure and make IT departments and staff more efficient. Virtualization offers a number of advantages in the...

Tags: Virtualization, Osterman Research, Information Technology, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management

White papers 2008-09-01

The Growing Importance of E-Discovery on Your Business

Discovery is the process of identifying, preserving, collecting, reviewing, analyzing and producing information during civil legal actions. The goal of discovery is to obtain information that will be useful in developing relevant information for pre-trial motions and for the trial itself. Information sought during discovery can include documents, testimony and...

Tags: Osterman Research, Discovery, E-Discovery, File Servers, Smart Phones, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2008-06-01

Making IT Infrastructure Management Easier and More Efficient

IT infrastructures are a growing collection of disparate and converging products from various vendors, each with their own management systems, upgrade cycles and so forth. However, all of these technologies must be configured and monitored to ensure the availability of mission-critical applications and services. Deploying, configuring and managing a variety...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, IT Infrastructure Management, Osterman Research, Information Technology, Vendor, Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-05-01

What to Ask When Evaluating Messaging Security Systems

Email is the most important communications channel for most users and organizations. However, threats directed against email are growing in number, sophistication and severity. It is critical, therefore, to deploy a messaging security infrastructure that can protect an organization from these threats. When evaluating competing solutions, there are a number...

Tags: Osterman Research, Messaging, Instant Messaging, Groupware, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-05-01

The Impact of Messaging and Web Threats - An Osterman Research White Paper

Messaging, internal, and Web-based threats are increasing in number and severity. The risks to organizations large and small are not theoretical -- there are real problems that users and their employers face if they do not establish adequate defenses against the growing variety of malware, exploits and other threats...

Tags: Web, Osterman Research, Threat, Messaging, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-04-01

The Advantages of a Hosted Security Model

Security is an absolutely critical component for any organization's email or Web infrastructure. The growing volumes of spam, viruses, worms, Trojans, blended threats and other issues, coupled with more sophisticated attacks from spammers and others, necessitates that organizations have robust and adaptable defenses to protect their networks, users and data...

Tags: Osterman Research, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications

White papers 2008-04-01

A Guide to Messaging Archiving - An Osterman Research White Paper

This Osterman Research white paper discusses the key issues to consider when evaluating email archiving systems and the Google approach to managed email archiving.

Tags: Google Inc., Osterman Research, E-mail Archiving, Messaging, E-mail, Online Communications

White papers 2008-03-27

A New Approach to Defeating Spam

Junk postal mail is a nuisance for those who receive it, but it is limited by two important economic factors: Junk mail costs something to produce and, as a result, senders of junk mail must achieve acceptable content-to-customer conversion rates in order to make the sending of their information economically...

Tags: Osterman Research, Anti-spam, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2008-03-01

How Spamhaus Cost-Effectively Eliminates Spam

If one uses email, one receives spam. While the problem is onerous for individual users, it is dramatically worse for companies, network operators, Internet service providers and other that process large amounts of email. The problems caused by spam include annoyance, slower message delivery times and the like. However, the...

Tags: Spamhaus, Osterman Research, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2008-03-01

The Total Cost of Ownership for Mail Server Security

Today, anywhere from 87% to 95% of all email is spam and approximately one out of every 160 emails contains a virus. That means that an organization with an average email volume of 100,000 messages per day, can expect to receive up to 95,000 spam messages and 625 virus-laden messages...

Tags: Osterman Research, TCO, E-mail Server, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Security

White papers 2008-02-01

A Guide to Understanding Hosted and Managed Messaging: An Osterman Research White Paper

Electronic messaging has become the de facto communications medium and file transport system used in the workplace today. Organizations can manage their messaging functionality in one of three ways: Completely internally using in-house staff, hardware and software. Completely externally, using hosted or managed...

Tags: Osterman Research, Messaging, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-08-01

Emerging Trends in Fighting Spam

Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike for more than five years, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. In fact, after five years of dealing with spam and throwing significant resources at the problem, 54%...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Osterman Research, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Online Communications, Internet

White papers 2007-06-01

Planning for Improved Email Availability

For the vast majority of individuals who use varieties of communications tools in a business context - which can include email, a telephone, instant messaging, fax or other tools - email is clearly the most important capability on a number of levels. For most users, the volume of email that...

Tags: Osterman Research, E-mail, Online Communications

White papers 2007-06-01

Emerging Trends in Fighting Spam

Spam has been a serious problem for email administrators and users alike for more than five years, growing from one in six emails in 2002 to approximately three out of four emails today. This white paper focuses on the problems caused by image spam, as well as other spammer techniques...

Tags: Osterman Research, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2007-06-01

Why Your Organization Needs to Focus on Outbound Content - An Osterman Research White Paper

For the most part, organizations in North America have almost universally deployed systems that protect against inbound threats, such as viruses, worms and spam. Far fewer organizations have deployed systems that monitor outbound content. However, the increase of messaging, coupled with the increase in the sharing of sensitive information online,...

Tags: Osterman Research, Organization, Monitors & Displays, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Components

White papers 2007-05-15