Tag: management

Acquisitions and Record Growth in 2010

Last year was exceptionally successful for us: Astaro as a company grew over 30% during 2010 and more than 50% in the fourth quarter. This we did not accomplish on our own, as it is the continuous support and engagement of our partners that has brought us this far, and we highly appreciate it

3 reasons why you need to archive your company e-mails

There are three good reasons for introducing an e-mail archiving solution: Mail server offloading – especially relevant for IT administrators, but also for users suffering from mailbox quotas Instant discovery – the ability to discover e-mails and attachments within seconds Compliance – archiving e-mails is a legal requirement in many countries In my experience, searching for old e-mails can be a hard task. I am always afraid to delete any e-mail as I might need it in the future and thus have collected many over the years

More than 50% of all companies are vulnerable to lose important e-mails

The American Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) published an interesting survey. It was conducted among 629 members and revealed a disastrous mindset when handling e-mails in many companies. 26 percent of all companies questioned delete EVERY e-mail and do not ensure they retain it neither for the legally defined period nor for the simple benefit of keeping knowledge and information

Make your own choice!

Blocking access to certain resources in the internet is always a controversial topic. Usually there are good reasons to do so: Security and productivity are the most important ones. Within the Astaro Security Gateway (the Astaro flagship product) come efficient but granular policies that restrict or allow access to network resources.

IT security theses on a high-quality level during the CAST event

Last Thursday I visited an event of the “Competence Center for Applied Security Technology for IT security” (CAST) in Darmstadt, where CAST awarded the best IT security final paper of bachelor, diploma and other qualified students in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.