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Manufacturer Reduces Spam Threat, Boosts Worker Productivity With Hosted Solution | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| Gates Corporation is a Colorado-based manufacturing firm that produces automotive and industrial products for customers around the world. Many of the company's employees depend on e-mail to keep in touch with each other and with customers. However, these workers experienced productivity problems resulting from a proliferation of spam messages in their e-mail inboxes. In November 2006, Gates decided to deploy Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering, a hosted solution that provides multiengine spam- and virus-scanning capabilities. Since that deployment, the company has eliminated 99 percent of spam messages, freeing up IT staff members to devote more time to researching new products, while taking advantage of the solution's easy administration. Exchange Hosted Filtering has also helped increase the company's network bandwidth.
Tags: Email, Spam - E-mail Fraud - Phishing |
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Campus Agreement Reduces Licensing Costs by 75 Per Cent for Six German Colleges | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| Karlsruhe College of Education trains teachers in all subject disciplines. With the five other colleges in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, it forms a network that employs 1,200 lecturers and trains around 20,000 students each year. Colleges in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, each had disparate Information Technology (IT) systems that were individually managed, resulting in unnecessary duplication of effort and software licenses. The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and Microsoft Identity Integration Server, all of which are part of Microsoft Windows Server System integrated server software. Microsoft Identity Integration Server acts as a bridge for information held in the colleges' Linux-based mail servers and the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories.
Tags: Windows NT - 2000 - 2003, Directory Services |
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IT Consulting Firm Improves E-Mail Filtering, Increases Productivity With New Solution | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| infoWAN Datenkommunikation, based in Germany, is an IT infrastructure solution provider and technical consultant. The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner develops software and provides consulting, training, and technical support for customers in a range of industries. For years, infoWAN has tried to control a growing problem with unsolicited e-mail by installing a variety of antispam solutions. Recently, the company implemented the Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering Service, an Internet-based hosted e-mail filtering solution. After only a short time using the solution, infoWAN has experienced stronger e-mail filtering and queuing capabilities than it ever had before.
Tags: Email, Spam - E-mail Fraud - Phishing |
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Leading Insurance Company Ensures Data Security and Drives Down Costs With Data Integration | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| The Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (Suva) is Switzerland's leading accident insurance company. The non-profit organization relies on complex IT systems to serve its customers and protect sensitive accident-related data. These systems historically included a number of disparate directories to manage access privileges for the company's 2,500 employees. Suva needed a new system to set user profiles, safeguard customer information, and ensure all data is up-to-date at all times. It also wanted to reduce the cost of managing its disparate IT architecture. To achieve these goals, the company implemented a new Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 metadirectory that integrates all existing data in a single location. After investigating six competing technologies, the Microsoft solution proved to be the most cost-effective.
Tags: Data Recovery - Security, Data Sharing and Integration |
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Security Solution Simplifies Deployment and Saves Time for Busy Real Estate Firm | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| Based in Portland, Oregon, Guardian Management is a growing business that specializes in multifamily housing investment and property management services. The company employs 500 people in five states and has a two-person IT staff to manage computer security for those employees. To protect company computers from viruses, malware, and other security challenges, Guardian had relied on security software that had limited deployment, management, and reporting capabilities. In April 2007, Guardian decided to deploy Microsoft Forefront Client Security, a new solution that integrates with existing Windows environments and offers automated deployment and updates, and comprehensive reporting tools. With Forefront Client Security, Guardian has gained an easy-to-deploy solution that helps improve security, provides easy reporting, and saves time for the IT staff.
Tags: Security Management |
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Customs Service Uses Integrated Solution to Help Protect and Manage IT Environment | 0000-00-00 | Microsoft |
| The Australian Customs Service (Customs) is a government agency that uses high-tech methods to protect Australia's borders from illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and other security threats. To support its mission critical efforts, the organization relies on a comprehensive IT infrastructure to manage thousands of computers and mobile devices. In addition, Customs recently implemented a complex new IT environment based on Microsoft products and technologies. To meet the security and system management challenges of this infrastructure, Customs has deployed an IT solution based on Microsoft Forefront Client Security and Microsoft System Center IT management solutions. With this integrated solution in place, Customs has improved security and simplified IT infrastructure management. | |||
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Hardening the Network and Streamlining Security Administration With Symantec Enables City to Expand Web-Based Services | 2007-09-26 | Symantec |
| While expanding its network services, Comune di Milano was hit with a series of malicious code attacks. Turning to Symantec for comprehensive enterprise security solutions has enabled the city to end significant disruption from malicious code for all but the oldest systems, regain 41,000 hours in employee productivity lost to spam, and spot and repair compromised systems before their problems spread.
Tags: Security Management, Spam - E-mail Fraud - Phishing |
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Dakota Internet Partners Secure Customers Through Check Point Managed Security Services | 2007-09-25 | Check Point Software Technologies |
| Dakota Internet Partners, is the largest privately owned Internet Service Provider (ISP) in southern Arizona. Always seeking opportunities to provide its customers with value-added services that create a competitive edge, Dakota Internet Partners identified network security services as a logical extension of its existing business model. Dakota Internet Partners required a solution that included a platform for managing numerous, geographically dispersed security appliances from a central location. Dakota Internet Partners chose to deploy the Check Point solution as an On-Demand application. The SMP platform is hosted on Check Point servers and deployed to partners as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution.
Tags: Security Management |
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Skipton Building Society Guarding and Managing Data Integrity With One Complete Solution | 2007-09-21 | Check Point Software Technologies |
| The Skipton is the seventh largest building society in the UK. Founded in 1853, the Skipton has 79 branches from Aberdeen to Plymouth. In 1998, Skipton Building Society decided to embark upon a substantial upgrade to its IT environment, by replacing "Dumb" terminals connected to a mainframe environment, with a network of desktop computers, many of which were connected to the Internet. Given the security implications of putting an entire enterprise online, data security manager at Skipton, was tasked with finding a suitable security solution. After extensive testing, Pointsec Protector was selected to protect Skipton's network. The software was deployed throughout the organization.
Tags: Security Management, Data Recovery - Security |
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Redditch Borough Council's Virus Epidemic Cured | 2007-09-21 | Check Point Software Technologies |
| Redditch Borough Council delivers a wide array of vital services in the town of Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom, and its outlying areas. Redditch Borough Council was looking for a product that could prevent the transfer of viruses via floppy disks and ensure the network remained available and secure. Pointsec Protector provided Redditch Borough Council with a solution that could control the introduction of floppy disks. This Check Point product allowed system administrators to take control of the network, managing removable media either by denying all access, providing read-only access, allowing full authorized access, or enforcing encrypted-only access.
Tags: Security Management, Data Recovery - Security |
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