Messaging Architects Case Studies

CVPH Medical Center: Case Study

Mon, 02 May 2011 16:07:04 GMT

Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center solves its email archiving and migration challenges with Messaging Architects' Netmail Migrator and Netmail Archive.

Gwent Police: Case Study

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:39:14 GMT

Gwent Police selected M+Archive, Messaging Architects' cross-platform version of the archiving software Gwent Police already had in place, to perform the migration from GroupWise 8 directly to Exchange 2010. M+Archive included the migration tool and didn't require additional investment beyond their subscription contract. Messaging Architects were also able to carry out the migration in line with the exceedingly tight timeline Gwent Police had to work with.

Western Athletics Clubs: Case Study

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:46:19 GMT

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

Partner Spotlight: DigeTeks

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:57:12 GMT

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.

Johnson Matthey: Case Study

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:35 GMT

Johnson Matthey deployed M+Archive to be able to find and access the enormous volume of historical data in their email system, thereby simplifying email management and curbing eDiscovery costs.

Blackpool and The Fylde College: Case Study

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:10:41 GMT

M+Guardian was selected to replace the College's outdated anti-spam product as a highly efficient, accurate and low-maintenance email security solution that integrated easily into the academic institution's highly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

Formel D: Case Study

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:52:48 GMT

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

Wyre Forest District Council: Case Study

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:58:32 GMT

As part of its new massive IT strategy integration, the Wyre Forest District Council made the decision to deploy centralised email archiving to its messaging infrastructure. Messaging Architects’ M+Archive was the solution selected for its robust search capabilities to handle the public’s Freedom of Information requests with minimal IT overhead and its support for Novell GroupWise and Microsoft Exchange messaging platforms.

Offenbach City Council: Case Study

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:35:48 GMT

M+Archive enables the Offenbach City Council (Germany) to implement policy-based email archiving and eDiscovery and have their email environment streamlined for a quick and painless future migration to Exchange.

First Response: Case Study

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:17:10 GMT

First Response Finance needed to deploy a suitable email retention policy, eliminate the risks of lost messages, and have a robust search engine for discovery requests in place. They were able to accomplish it with M+Archive.

Scotcall: Case Study

Fri, 28 May 2010 09:20:16 GMT

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

University of Dundee: Case Study

Fri, 14 May 2010 15:45:17 GMT

The University of Dundee is rolling out a campus-wide email retention strategy to reduce storage costs, proactively deploy the tools for quick electronic discovery and improve collaboration for 28,000 end users encompassing faculty, staff and students. Messaging Architects enables them to accomplish these objectives with the comprehensive functionality of M+Archive and a high quality of customer support.

Clinton City Schools: Case Study

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:39:05 GMT

"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.”

Texas City ISD: Case Study

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:22:40 GMT

"By using M+Archive for our transition from GroupWise to Exchange, we were able to leverage the dollars we saved by not having to invest into a separate migration tool and we were able to extend the email system refresh beyond the original scope of the project. M+Archive allowed us to meet the need to migrate and enable a deployment policy for centralized email retention and electronic discovery. I cannot stress enough how much help M+Archive has been."

Deer Park ISD: Case Study

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:47:39 GMT

"Since M+Archive included the email migration tool as part of the archiving licenses, we were able to save about 30% of the migration project investment as we didn’t have to spend additional funds on a single-use migration tool. Because the Messaging Architects' migration experts took care of the email platform switch and the data migration, my team was free to complete the rest of our infrastructure refresh in time to start the new school year in the new IT environment."

Fort Sill National Bank: Case Study

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:55:11 GMT

“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.”

Comtech EF Data: Case Study

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:24:26 GMT

"The best way to service my organization's legal needs and to maintain a competitive edge is to understand electronically stored information and to be able to apply ESI concepts to federal and state ediscovery rules. M+Archive enables me to accomplish this quickly and in a cost effective manner. Since we implemented the solution, we’ve been able to cut down at least 30% on email management and hard drive costs that have saved the organization tens of thousands of dollars." - Mark Hayward, Senior Systems Administrator at Comtech EF Data, in charge of the email and archiving system.

Jefferson-Lewis BOCES: Case Study

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:11:07 GMT

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.

Jackson County Case Study

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:13:59 GMT

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.

Millikin University Case Study

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:10:11 GMT

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.

Novell Case Study

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:19:47 GMT

“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.

Sparta Area School District Case Study

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:50:11 GMT

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.

City of Haarlem Case Study

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:38:10 GMT

Haarlem IT department uses Novell GroupWise. Like with any public agency, a large part of the electronic correspondence that goes through the municipal system falls in the category of “legal documents” and as such needs to be handled and stored appropriately throughout its lifecycle management. For the past three years, the City of Haarlem has been using Messaging Architects’ M+Archive to ensure that its email is retained according to the municipal policies.

City of Williamsburg Testimonial

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:45:24 GMT

"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!"

Albert Einstein Healthcare Testimonial

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:09:23 GMT

"M+Archive is an excellent application that is able to fulfill our needs to contain the exponential growth in storage and also offers the modules to enforce our email policy once it is put in place. M+Archive is a very useful application in today’s day and age when nobody ever deletes email. So far, M+Archive has really helped us better manage the storage problems we have been experiencing."

Bainbridge School District Testimonial

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:51:34 GMT

"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..."

Columbus State Community College Testimonial

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:06:08 GMT

"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... "

Millard Public Schools District Testimonial

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:31:03 GMT

"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."

Bath Public School Department Testimonial

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:22:21 GMT

"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. "

Danville Schools District Testimonial

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:13:22 GMT

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.

Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett LLP Testimonial

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:02:08 GMT

"I would like to state that the people at Messaging Architects have been exceptional to work with."

The Law Center for Social Security Rights Testimonial

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:58:21 GMT

"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."

Mishicot School District Testimonial

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:24:49 GMT

"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!!!"

Union-Endicott Central Schools Testimonial

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:23:12 GMT

"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."

Oconomowoc Area School District Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:14:37 GMT

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.

St. Cloud Technical College Collaboration Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:11:02 GMT

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.

Metropolitan Community College: Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:03:11 GMT

Metropolitan Community College has made a few strategic decisions aimed at simplifying email management and reducing the cost associated with it, including a migration to Exchange. They selected M+Archive to perform the migration of users and data at the pace they needed.

University of Florida College of Dentistry Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:59:54 GMT

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.

South San Antonio Independent School District Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:55:17 GMT

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.

Michigan State University Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:50:17 GMT

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.

Iredell-Statesville Schools Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:44:34 GMT

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.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:29:59 GMT

Since email was introduced as a business application in the firm in the mid-1990s, the staff of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has relied on Novell GroupWise to ensure efficient and secure collaboration. Recently, they deployed M+Archive from Messaging Architects to attain fully automated and compliant email lifecycle management. Prior to the roll-out, the Messaging Architects Professional Services division conducted a comprehensive audit of the email environment to ensure the proper deployment and effective work of the archiving solution.

Black Horse Pike School District Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:23:35 GMT

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.

Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:19:33 GMT

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.

Tangible: Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:17:46 GMT

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.

Tuscaloosa City Schools Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:13:19 GMT

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.

Vedior Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:07:24 GMT

M+Archive solves the archiving needs of Vedior Holding NV, one of the world's largest recruitment companies and best addresses the organization's regulatory and internal email retention policy requirements amongst numerous archiving solutions.

East Grand Rapids Public Schools Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:07:03 GMT

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.

Santa's Best Craft Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:02:22 GMT

With a portfolio of more than 3,000 products and branches in the U.S. and an office in Hong Kong, Santa's Best is the largest U.S. supplier of Christmas decorations and accessories. They leverage the GroupWise Shared Folders capability to ensure employees' secure access to thousands of customer accounts and millions of messages in the corporate system’s message store. They use GWTreecast, an eDirectory-enabled application for GroupWise Shared Folder management without end-user intervention, which saves the IT department and product designers an enormous amount of time and effort.

Loyola College Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:01:23 GMT

Loyola College rolls out M+Archive to ensure long-term, platform-independent compliance with email retention requirements.

Douglas Education Service District Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:55:53 GMT

To meet the email retention requirements of its educational institutions, DESD uses Messaging Architects’ M+Archive and hosts all archives in a virtualized environment. This is a cost-effective solution for the participating schools because this approach relieves them from having to buy their own servers.

Diocese of Sacramento Case Study

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:53:09 GMT

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.

Health Employers Association of British Columbia Testimonial

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:07:09 GMT

"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."

Anchorage Fracture & Orthopedic Clinic Testimonial

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:00:57 GMT

"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!"

Spring ISD Case Study

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:40:02 GMT

Spring Independent School District, TX, implements M+Archive to reduce storage growth and to achieve a policy-based approach to email retention.

Cannon School Case Study

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:23:20 GMT

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.

Geisinger Case Study

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:50:24 GMT

In 2006 Geisinger Health began the design and implementation of a comprehensive system for electronic records retention, including email,that addressed the needs for electronic legal discovery and content management and met the privacy and security requirements of HIPAA. Read why Geisinger selected M+Archive to deal with the challenges of GroupWise archiving.

Texas Department of Transportation Case Study

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:03:12 GMT

As a state agency, TxDOT is bound toto provide the public with access to information, including email and other electronically delivered documents, in the most cost-effective way. M+Archive provided TxDOT with an enterprise-class email archiving solution for GroupWise to meet their eDiscovery challenges and budgetary requirements.

City of Jackson, TN, Case Study

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:40:46 GMT

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.

City of Casa Grande, AZ, Case Study

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:25:47 GMT

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.

City of Grand Junction: Case Study

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:36:21 GMT

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.

Port of San Diego Case Study

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:28:22 GMT

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.

City of s-Hertogenbosch Case Study

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:17:14 GMT

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