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I recently attended the M.I.T Spam Conference.  The conference was originally purely about spam, but with time it’s evolved into more of a mail and malware security conference.  This year, the hot topic was oriented around social networks and how spammers (or, more appropriately, cybercriminals) are exploiting this to expand their illicit businesses.  Note thatRead more

» The battle lines are being drawn between Google and Microsoft, starting with the applications domain (including email) and also including the OS domain. This battle will make the clash of the titans look like a thumb wrestle. So, Should You Migrate from Exchange Server to Google Apps? Well, if you are a VSMB (Very SMB),Read more

These days, running a business without email security exposes you to huge, unnecessary risks and costs. What is the cost of security? It should not have a price tag. Imagine having to go through thousands of emails (mostly spam) every day, just to make sure an important message does not get deleted.  This activity costsRead more

From time to time, you’ll need to monitor a port to see if there’s a problem brewing.  For smaller companies, it can be quite a chore to deploy some sort of commercial or open-source monitoring solution (e.g., NAGIOS-based stuff), when all you want to do is do some quick and dirty monitoring. Example: you justRead more

Are you getting pressured to provide some sort of regulatory compliance rules to your business that will affect your network configuration, your email flow and your end users? Do you have to deal with SOX or HIPAA or GLBA, or ‘Oh Lord, not another Acronym’ regulation (we’ll call it the OLNAA) whose apparent sole purposeRead more