Network Velocity

What SPAM looks like

Network Velocity provides Postini Email Protection Services to our clients. On a typical day we'll process over 32,000 emails. Of those 32,000 emails only 5,000 will be delivered. That's a delivery ratio of 15%. We describe SPAM as a cat and mouse game. Postini has built the best mousetrap available, but the mice (SPAMMERS) are always fighting back. To share what we see from our console we've included a few screenshots of the email traffic we process. This sample was taken in the eve...

Business Continuity

What plans are in place if there were a fire, flood or other catastrophic event in your office? Would the business survive if all of the onsite data were lost? Beside the financial implications, would there be further legal issues due to lost client data, missing contracts or other repercussions because all of the company data is stored in one place: your office? Network Velocity requires that every client have suitable backup plans in place, but not every client is protected with an offsi...

Small Business Server 2008

Microsoft has announced November 12th, 2008 as the official launch date for Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008. Small Business Server 2008 will replace Small Business Server 2003. SBS 2008 will include Exchange 2007. More communication about migration will be available here as information is released.

Why the iPhone?

Smartphones come in many flavors: Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Palm and Symbian. While we support all of these models, we are firm believers that the iPhone is now ready for business use. With an elegant interface and native Microsoft integration navigating corporate email on a phone has never been easier. Given the cost of a BlackBerry Server, the memory issues in Windows Mobile, the outdated PalmOS and the limited support of Symbian, the iPhone is our current favorite smartphone for busin...

VMWare releases ESXi – for FREE

On July 28th VMWare announced that the VMware ESXi Virtualization product will be available for download at no cost. This is significant news!  VMWare aims to help companies of all sizes experience the benefits of virtualization. Briefly, Virtualization software enables multiple Servers to be installed on a single piece of hardware.  There is no longer a one-to-one relationship of Server Operating System to Server Hardware.  If planned properly, a Single Physical Server can replace or grow in...