Best practices and lessons learned

Netmail Secure Case Studies

Discover how organizations are eliminating lost productivity caused by malicious viruses and spam messages, while minimizing the amount of confidential data that is leaked out of their organization through their email system with the help of Netmail Secure.

Who’s Using Netmail Secure for Email Security and Email Encryption

Western Athletics Clubs maintains tradition of service excellence by providing high-performance collaboration to company staff with Messaging Architects' M+ Email Risk Management suite.

Industry: Corporations & Financial Services | Product: M+Archive, M+Guardian


When the DigeTekS engineers advise clients on email security, archiving, migrations, audits, or anything else around their IT infrastructure, they remain true to the company’s philosophy in providing their clients with a broader perspective that directly ties in their IT implementations to their business success.

Industry: Corporations & Financial Services | Product: M+Migrator, M+Archive, M+Guardian


With M+Guardian, M+Archive, and M+SecureStore FormelD to simplify email management, improve GroupWise performance, and dramatically reduce their message store volume.

Industry: Corporations & Financial Services | Product: M+Archive, M+Guardian, M+SecureStore


"I would like to let you know how nice it was working with the Messaging Architects on the evaluation of M+Guardian. The account executive helped me get it installed and configured within 5 minutes of calling him, and he promptly answered my emails within a few minutes. I am cutting my evaluation short, because I don't need to see anything else. M+Guardian addresses all my anti-spam and anti-virus needs. The product takes 5 minutes to get up and running, and miraculously enough, it runs! With this solution I have one less thing to worry about during the course of my day. Once again, thanks for everything that your company does. Fantastic product!"

- Mark Barham, Information Systems Manager, City of Williamsburg, VA

| Product: M+Guardian


"I was thinking of you folks yesterday when I added a new employee to the user list. The M+Guardian appliance has been outstanding. The relaying problems we were having with our GroupWise server are gone and the thousands of unnecessary emails that were being processed by the server for employees that no longer had email accounts are stopped at the M+Guardian level. We have been using the Guardian technology since December 2004. Everyone loves the spam reports. Really a great product!"

- Dave Veronick, Anchorage Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic

Industry: Healthcare | Product: M+Guardian


Scotcall uses M+Guardian to provide its employees with uninterrupted email service without the risks of spam, viruses and other email-borne threats.

Industry: Corporations & Financial Services | Product: M+Guardian


"M+Guardian is a necessity for any organization because It Works. It's a powerful yet simple to maintain solution that surpasses all other enterprise anti-spam systems claiming to reduce spam. The Guardian technology in my opinion has no comparison. You will see results the first time M+Guardian is turned on."

- Barry Lee, Information Technology Support Technician, Health Employers Association of British Columbia

Industry: Healthcare | Product: M+Guardian


“We looked at the cost, the technology and what technical support could do for us. What impressed us was how the Messaging Architects team interfaced with us and the recommendations they made based on a deep understanding of our specific organizational needs.”


- Raymond Reynolds, IT Manager, Fort Sill National Bank

Industry: Corporations & Financial Services | Product: M+Archive, M+Guardian


For the past 3 years City of Jackson, TN, has been using Messaging Architects’ cutting-edge anti-spam technology to ensure a secure environment and high availability of their collaboration system. Recently, they upgraded to the M+Guardian secure email gateway. The deployment took less than a day and has brought additional ease of use and improved productivity to the City of Jackson’s IT Department. Read how M+Guardian solves their spam and virus problems on a daily basis.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


For several years, City of Casa Grande, AZ, has been using Messaging Architects’ cutting-edge anti-spam technology to secure its collaboration environment and ensure that the email system is always available to employees. At the beginning of the year, in addition to launching a new and improved website to serve their community better, they also upgraded to the M+Guardian secure email gateway. The upgrade was quick and painless and it further simplified email security administration for the IT professionals. Read how M+Guardian solves the spam and virus problems for the City of Casa Grande employees on a daily basis.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


For several years, the Port of San Diego has been using Messaging Architects’ software in order to maximize its investment in the Novell GroupWise collaboration system. The self-contained M+Guardian email firewall ensures that the organization is protected from spam and viruses while supporting the Port of San Diego’s commitment to a green policy by efficient use of processor power. M+Archive has automated the email retention process making open records requests fast and easy to produce and guaranteeing that the local government agency remains fully compliant with the current state regulations.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Archive, M+Guardian


“The Linux platform has given M+Guardian better overall reliability. There also is a dramatic improvement in performance. I can say to anyone contemplating a move to M+Guardian: take the leap. It’s a much improved system.”

- Jamie Sanders , GroupWise Systems Support Engineer, Novell Inc.

“Messaging Architects has been a strong Novell technology partner. The excellent performance we see from M+Guardian further validates the robust and stable development platform the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server has to offer.”

-Jared Jensen , IT Manager Messaging and Collaboration, Novell Inc.

Industry: Corporations & Financial Services | Product: M+Guardian


City of 's-Hertogenbosch, a leading centre of industry, education, administration and culture in the Netherlands, ensures uninterrupted collaboration with M+Guardian.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


When officials of Jackson County, OR, decided to update their eight-year old email policy, it was crucial all departments were on the same page before investing tax payers’ dollars into the technology that would accomplish the goal. Messaging Architects’ two-day e-policy workshop helped the key County stakeholders reach the needed consensus to successfully and effectively design and implement an updated email retention policy.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: Services , M+Archive, M+Guardian


One of 12 dioceses in California, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento is located in the province of San Francisco and encompasses 20 counties and more than 42,000 square miles. For some time now, the Information Systems Department has been using Messaging Architects’ M+Extranet to take full advantage of their collaboration system.

Industry: Corporations & Financial Services | Product: M+Guardian, M+NetMail


M+Guardian was selected to replace the College's outdated anti-spam product as a highly efficient, accurate and low-maintenance email security solution that integrated easily into the academic institution's highly virtualised IT environment.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


The Grand Junction City Government is recognized for its civic excellence. For years, the Information Systems Department has been using Messaging Architects’ security, compliance and collaboration software. Find out how these products helped enhance end-user productivity and ensured a risk-free collaboration environment in order to best serve the needs of the community.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Archive, M+Guardian, M+NetMail, M+Extranet


To secure their GroupWise environment, the Tangible Group has been using M+Guardian from Messaging Architects for almost two years. Prior to M+Guardian’s implementation, the IT department employed a couple of other products. These proved unsuccessful either because they exposed the email system to security vulnerabilities or were received negatively by end users.

Industry: Corporations & Financial Services | Product: M+Guardian


"My father's law firm, The Law Center for Social Security Rights, needed a robust and reliable anti-spam and anti-virus solution that would work with their GroupWise system. The firm had been using Trend Micro's Interscan VirusWall and eManager products, but was looking for something with more advanced SPAM detection and better integration with GroupWise. After reviewing a few anti-virus and anti-spam products from various companies, I chose the Guardian technology from Messaging Architects to protect the firm's messaging infrastructure. Installing M+Guardian has made everybody very happy. They have had virtually no problems with spam or viruses. It's really a perfect fire-and-forget solution that stops unwanted email at the gateway and frees your email server to do what it's supposed to."

- Matt Weisberg, Senior Architect, Novell, Inc.

Industry: Corporations & Financial Services | Product: M+Guardian


"With the Messaging Architects products, I’ve future-proofed my investment. The way I see it, the M+ products work to protect my messaging system regardless of the platform I am on – today it may be GroupWise, tomorrow it may be something else. I have brought up this fact to my administration and they fully support my decision in selecting Messaging Architects’ email archiving and security software.”

- Eddie Parker, Director of Technology

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Archive, M+Guardian


Jefferson-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) has been using NetMail for more than 11 years. When the Jefferson-Lewis IT team found out Messaging Architects was taking over NetMail, they couldn't have been more pleased. Jefferson-Lewis had been using M+Guardian and was very happy with the quality of the product and support. So, not only did Messaging Architects have a good track record with M+Guardian, but they also took M+NetMail in the direction of standards-based development — a win for everyone.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian, M+NetMail


Since electronic communication is critical to its academic process, Millikin University has high standards for its email system. Unhappy with its previous anti-spam solution, Millikin was looking for one that would help it meet those standards — in short, offer a better catch rate, improved performance, and more flexible features. Millikin found a solution to meet its needs, and more, in Messaging Architects' M+Guardian.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


Twelve schools make up the Sparta Area School District. For five years now, the District’s IT Department has been ensuring a risk-free collaboration environment with Messaging Architects’ secure M+Guardian gateway, allowing students, teachers, and staff to benefit from technology without being exposed to the threats that it may bring.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


Cannon School has been using Messaging Architects’ Guardian technology for seven years now. When they moved to Exchange a few years ago, they continued to rely on M+Guardian to provide their students and teachers a risk-free messaging environment.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


For over 2 years, the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District in Pleasanton, CA, has been using the Messaging Architects Guardian technology to eliminate spam and viruses from its collaboration system, which currently serves the faculty and administrative staff. Recently, the IT Department upgraded to the new Linux-based M+Guardian appliance. The result has been so positive the Network System Specialist will recommend that an M+Guardian appliance be deployed to protect the student email system once it is deployed.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


For 3 years now Danville Schools District in Central Illinois has been using the Messaging Architects Guardian technology in its fight against spam and viruses. Since the solution was deployed, the feedback from the teachers and administrative has always been very positive. Not long ago, the Danville Schools District IT department upgraded to the new M+Guardian appliance. The result is even more solid gateway protection of their email system and virtually zero-effort administration.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


Iredell-Statesville Schools is among the largest school districts in North Carolina serving over 20,000 students. The school district’s teachers and administrative staff use Novell GroupWise and the Messaging Architects security and compliance product portfolio to achieve high productivity in a safe and highly available environment.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Archive, M+Guardian, M+Extranet


Last year, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University deployed M+Guardian and replaced the open-source products the academic institution had been using for the past couple of years. M+Guardian immediately brought considerable reduction in IT overhead, as the laborious manual tweaking of filters was replaced by auto-updates and virtually zero day-to-day administration. Read how M+Guardian helps keep Michigan State University Spam and Virus-Free.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


The South San Antonio Independent School District encompasses 21 square miles in the south and southwest portion of San Antonio. Approximately 10,000 students attend the school district, which consists of 2 high schools, 4 middle schools, and 10 elementary schools. The faculty and staff servicing South San Antonio ISD rely on Novell GroupWise for all their collaboration needs. Read about their experience using technology from Messaging Architects to achieve enhanced security of their messaging system and meet the regulatory requirements for email retention.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Archive, M+Guardian


In 2004, St. Cloud Technical College was faced with the challenge of finding an email security solution that was flexible enough to manage multiple email domains within the institution’s infrastructure. After reviewing several products available on the market, the St. Cloud IT Department selected the Guardian technology from Messaging Architects as the one that best met their needs for enterprise-class scalability and granularity of configurations. The relationship with Messaging Architects has proved to be very beneficial for SCTC as the academic organization continues to meet the regulatory and legal challenges of secure electronic records managements.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


With 500 staff members, the Oconomowoc Area School District serves over 4400 students and relies on Novell GroupWise for its collaboration needs. Since 2005, the School District has been using M+Guardian to provide reliable and administration-free anti-spam protection for its users. Recently, the IT group proactively addressed the important issue of email retention and deployed M+Archive in the school district's system to ensure they were prepared for open records requests and other legal discovery  quickly and painlessly.

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Archive, M+Guardian


"M+Guardian is one of the best solutions that we deployed in our academic institution. Since we installed the M+Guardian appliance, spam and viruses are no longer a problem for our users. Viruses are blocked whether our virus scanner has the signatures or not. They don't even enter our mail system... "

- Tim Malloy, GroupWise Administrator, Columbus State Community College

Industry: Education & Public Sector | Product: M+Guardian


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