"E-mail and E-mail Management" Articles & Interviews

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1. The Spam Index: A Bird's Eye View of a Shifting Challenge

   [ Article ] Topic: Spam | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 07/26/2007

   Brockmann & Company's introduction of The Spam Index nailed down quantitative measures for several things that e-mail users intuitively know: E-mail is useful (82 percent of respondents to the online poll on which the index is based said that e-mail is very important to their jobs) but the...

2. Attachments Less Dangerous; E-Mail Still a Threat

   [ Article ] Topic: Network Security | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 08/01/2007

   To those who do not enjoy the "pleasure" of observing the tendencies of hackers, crackers and other bad folks on a daily basis, it may not be apparent that this is a constantly and rapidly evolving world, with the bad folks one step away from the good. Moreover, whether the good guys or bad are out...

3. E-Mail Becomes a Monster

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: E-mail and E-mail Management | Author: Clark Atwood | Date Published: 06/25/2007

   E-mail is out of control. In the movie "GhostBusters," the evil Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is the result of the thoughts of Dr. Raymond Stantz. He and his colleagues were asked to choose "the destroyer." Thinking of the most benign thing possible, Dr. Stantz allow the image of the seemingly...

4. Hurricanes’ Wrath Drives Disaster Planning

   [ Article ] Topic: Disaster Recovery | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 01/09/2009

   On the morning of Aug. 28, 2005, John Chaffe, director of IT for Tidewater Inc., got a call from his CEO. Overnight, Hurricane Katrina, taking aim at New Orleans, had been upgraded to a Category 5 storm. The company operates about 400 supply vessels for the global offshore oil industry. Since the...

5. Is Google Apps Good Enough for the Enterprise?

   [ Article ] Topic: Collaboration Software | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 01/27/2009

   So, just what the heck is Google Apps? Is it a collection of slick tools that appeal to users, but fall a little short for rigorous enterprise use? Or is it an engaging set of services that not only enables, but encourages employees to collaborate in a variety of contexts? The answer is...

6. E-Mail Overload Costs Organizations over $5,000 per User per Year

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: E-mail and E-mail Management | Author: Tom Pisello | Date Published: 03/22/2007

   E-mail has grown to be one of the most important communication and collaboration tools for business. As a result of its utility, according to IDC, e-mail volume has doubled over the past 5 years to over 40 billion person-to-person e-mails daily. Moreover, the volume is expected to continue to grow...

7. A Round-up on Mobile E-Mail

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: E-mail and E-mail Management | Author: AnalystPerspectives | Date Published: 01/18/2008

   We are pleased to be partnering with Analyst Perspectives and offering an excerpt of their high valued content. Click here to download the full report.    Mobile email is one of the most prominent enterprise mobility applications in use by enterprises today. The increasing number of mobile...

8. BlackBerry Workaround Would Spell a Bad Month for IT

   [ Interview ] Topic: E-mail and E-mail Management | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 02/22/2006

   Carl Weinschenk spoke with Dan Taylor, managing director of the Mobile Enterprise Alliance. Later this week, Judge James Spencer of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia will consider whether to impose an injunction mandating that Research In Motion stop using patents owned...

9. Disarming the 'Ticking Time Bomb' of Outgoing E-Mail Risk

   [ Interview ] Topic: E-mail and E-mail Management | Author: LoraBentley | Date Published: 07/20/2006

   Lora Bentley spoke with Ken Rutsky, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Products and Marketing, for Workshare . The information security company recently released a survey that found that as many as 94 percent of respondents are unaware of how many e-mails containing protected information leave...

10. The Webmail Threat

    [ Interview ] Topic: E-mail and E-mail Management | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 11/17/2006

    Carl Weinschenk spoke with Ed Macnair, CEO of e-mail security firm Marshal . A poll by the company in late October revealed that 48 percent of companies allow employees to use personal Webmail accounts. Weinschenk : How big a corporate threat is Webmail? Macnair : Most companies realize...

11. How to Control Your E-Mail (So It Won't Control You)

    [ Interview ] Topic: E-mail and E-mail Management | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 03/06/2007

    Ann All spoke with Marsha Egan, CEO of professional coaching firm The Egan Group . She is the author of "Help! I've Fallen into My Inbox and Can't Climb Out! Five Email Self management Strategies that Will Add Hours to Your Week and Reclaim Your Workplace Email Productivity" and "Silent Signals...

12. Managing Personal E-Mail Used for Business Purposes

    [ Interview ] Topic: Document Management | Author: LoraBentley | Date Published: 04/20/2007

    Lora Bentley spoke with Steven C. Bennett, a partner at Jones Day . Bennett serves as chair of the law firm's e-discovery committee and co-chair of the Sedona Conference Working Group on International E-Discovery. Bentley : A new survey conducted by Osterman Research found that 17 percent of...