Academic Case Studies

Who's Mitigating Email Risk in Education

	Davenport University is a private, non-profit university based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that offers a practical curriculum and the latest programs for in-demand careers in business, technology and health professions. For a few years now, they have been using Messaging Architects’ software to protect their collaboration environment and mitigate the risks of legal discovery. [case study]
	In 2007, East Grand Rapids Public Schools evaluated the state of their collaboration system and their potential liabilities. As a result of the assessment, they made the proactive decision to deploy a centralized email archiving system as part of their messaging infrastructure. They selected M+Archive as the solution that best met their email retention and e-discovery needs, while tightly integrating with the their Novell GroupWise system. [case study]
	With a staff of over 1000 teachers and administrative employees, the Tuscaloosa City Schools System serves 10,400 students in Alabama. The school system uses Novell GroupWise and Messaging Architects’ M+Extranet to best make use of their collaboration environment and keep students, parents, and the community at large up-to-date with minimum effort. [case study]
	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. [case study]
	The Black Horse Pike Regional High School District in Camden County, NJ, decided to deploy an email retention policy in their school district when the federal government made changes in the electronic discovery laws. With the help of the Messaging Architects Professional Services team, the Black Horse Pike IT Department worked on designing an appropriate retention policy, which was implemented in 2007 using M+Archive as the foundation for their archiving solution. [case study]
	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. [read testimonial]
	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. [case study]
	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. [case study]
	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. [case study]
	The College of Dentistry has about 900 faculty and staff users who rely on Novell GroupWise for their collaboration system. At the beginning of the year, the school began the implementation of email archiving to address the needs for access to information and legal discovery, as well as contain the explosive increase of storage accompanying the exponential growth of email. Read about their experience in this undertaking. [case study]
	Metropolitan Community College of Kansas City, MO consists of six campuses and over 150,000 students.To successfully manage the growing volume of email traffic and the number of individual email accounts, MCC relies on Novell GroupWise and M+NetMail. To protect its hybrid messaging infrastructure from spam, viruses, and other internet-borne threats, MCC selected Messaging Architects' Advanced Email Firewall because it was the most effective in meeting their needs for a scalable, flexible, cross-platform solution that could protect their email system without requiring hours of baby-sitting management and manual tweaking from the IT staff [case study]
	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. [case study]
	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. [read case study]
	"I recommend M+Extranet to any school or academic institution, it's a great way to get rid of the paperwork and work more efficiently in the academic environment. " [read testimonial] - Dean Emmerson, Director of Technology, Bath Public School Department
	"The application M+Archive way easy to use and affordable, which is always a concern in the educational sector. Moreover, it has an extremely flexible and fast search engine that allows us to obtain the relevant information in cases of discovery very fast - instead of waiting for several days, we can get it almost immediately. This for us was crucial. Having M+Archive integrated in my GroupWise system has made me a hero in the eyes the Millard Public Schools Superintendent." [read testimonial] - John Dickey, Network Support Specialist, Millard Public Schools District
	"We are currently using M+Extranet to publish our Groupwise Calendars. We are very happy with it. We use it to show calendars for all of our buildings, highlight what's happening today, and allow people to follow our athletic events closely. Thanks to M+Extranet, the schools in our district can keep up close ties with the community and ensure that everyone is kept current." - Gary R. Burns, Data Processing Manager, Union-Endicott Central Schools
	"M+Extranet is Great! The same day of installation I am posting multiple resource calendars to our web site and using the notice board! I am combining some calendars and others are being seen singly. This is what I have been hoping to do for years!!!" - Brian M. Mowrer, Network Administrator, Mishicot School District
	"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... " [read testimonial] - Tim Malloy, GroupWise Administrator, Columbus State Community College
	"M+Extranet provided us with an easy, out-of-the box solution for our calendaring needs. Prior to that, we used to create and publish static html pages with information and events. However, we felt the need to enable our GroupWise users to publish their calendars in real time. Installing M+Extranet has given more people the incentive to fully utilize their GroupWise calendars. In fact, many of our staff members now post their assignments online using their GroupWise calendars..." [read testimonial] - Randy Orwin, Bainbridge Island School District #303
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