With spam and viruses out of control, and corporate crime and lawsuits on the rise, the year 2007 could be very ugly for business owners and executives that are unprepared for what's ahead. Our Email & Collaboration Practice has developed solutions and methodologies to resolve the most predominant challenges facing companies today.
|
|
"Email is no longer just Email. It is a mission critical application. We can make your system secure, stable, and compliant with industry regulations."
-- Marvin L Huffaker
President |
Prediction: Viruses and Spam to Reach Cataclysmic Proportions
Total spam circulation is at an all time high. Professional spammers account for 80% of the spam in circulation today (1). This is what they do for a living, they aren't going to stop, and it's only going to get worse. Since spam is costing your company $874 per employee per year (2), having an Anti-Spam system is no longer a luxury. Our email experts have integrated comprehensive anti-spam and anti-virus technologies into our email solution ecosystem.
(1) http://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/spammers.lasso
(2) http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,111433-page,1/article.html
Prediction: The Year of the Pig
The Chinese Calendar lists 2007 as the “Year of the Pig”. The newly released Microsoft Exchange 2007 speaks for itself. A quick look at the system requirements and you will see that an upgrade will most likely require a complete infrastructure migration and up to five servers for even a modest installation (3). Small and Medium Sized companies will be hit the hardest financially for a project of this scale. Our company embraces an email ecosystem that addresses the business problem instead of focusing on a specific vendor's email solution. Companies need email, but they also need anti-spam, virus protection, backups, data retention, etc. Whether your company wants to explore alternatives to Exchange, or you want to make your email system more secure regardless of the email system, our Email experts can design the perfect solution for you.
(3) www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2007/plan/hardware.mspx
Prediction: Huge Increase in Mobile Email Usage
Employees in todays workforce are relying more and more on Smartphones to stay connected to the office. Having access to email, calendar, appointments, contacts, and other business data can increase employee productivity tremendously. It also requires additional hardware, software, and administrative overhead. Our team can help you implement a secure mobile email system on more than 400 devices, including Palm Treo, HP iPaq Pocket PC's, and Blackberry.
Prediction: Email Archiving / Retention Considered Common Sense
The potential penalty or financial loss could be tremendous if your company does not save email. The cost of implementing an email archiving solution is usually much less than the fallout if you don't have one. The SEC has imposed millions of dollars in fines over the past few years to banks that failed to archive emails (4). While many companies are not bound by SEC regulation, there are numerous other reasons to keep email. For example: 1) Certain industry regulations, such as HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and Sarbanes-Oxley require it. 2) If involved in a law suit, your company may be required to provide access to email records. 3) Forensic email data may be required as evidence in criminal investigations involving you or your employees. 4) Your HR Department can better police and enforce your "acceptable computer use" policy. 5) Archiving solutions provide centralized and manageable user archives.
Our focus on email solutions means we understand the need for solid, reliable, and non-repudiable email archive systems. Regardless of your email platform, we can assist with your email archiving and data needs.
(4) http://www.banktech.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196513375
http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/4340197/c_4340354
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2002-173.htm
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3937/is_200405/ai_n9366981
Prediction: History Repeats Itself, Disasters Happen
It's impossible to predict when your business will cease to function because of an unexpected catastrophe. Having a solid disaster recovery plan is critical to keeping your business running even when bad things happen. Hurricane Katrina, the terrorist attacks on Sept 11, 2001, and recent mudslides and earthquakes in California are only a few examples of things that were unexpected. We feature multiple disaster recovery and business continuity solutions based on a tiered 'tolerance based' model.
About Marvin Huffaker Consulting
Marvin Huffaker Consulting, Inc. is a company that specializes in Email solutions. We can be contacted Toll Free at 1-888-690-0013. You can find additional contact info here. |
