Category Archives: Email
Create your own custom, superpowered Priority Inbox
Google has launched Priority Inbox, a new Gmail feature that automatically sorts your email according to importance. Priority Inbox attempts to solve the issue of how to effectively manage a high volume of Email. We like Priority Inbox, but think … Continue reading
Google to launch Priority Inbox
In the next week Google will be launching Priority Inbox. From Google’s site: Priority Inbox attempts to automatically identify your important incoming messages and separates them out from everything else. Gmail uses a variety of signals to prioritize your incoming … Continue reading
The cure for software upgrades?
A software upgrade can be a major disruption to a business. We’ve listed the revisions to Microsoft’s core businesss products going back to 1995. Windows Servers Office Exchange (email) SQL (database) Windows 95 Windows NT (1993) Office 95 Exchange 5.5 SQL … Continue reading
Setting up Email Filters will reign in an unruly Inbox
One of the most powerful ways to get control of your incoming email is to use filters. I’m not talking about filtering SPAM because Postini already does that for us. We’re talking about automatically filtering email that you want to receive … Continue reading
City of Los Angeles Chooses Google Apps
The Official Google Enterprise Blog has a post about the City of Los Angeles choosing Google Apps for their new Email system that will serve 30,000 city employees. The entire post and video are available via this link. Some highlights … Continue reading
Google, Security and your Data
When speaking to clients about Google and Cloud technologies we are often asked if client data will be safe when using Google Apps. With the recent news about Microsoft and T-Mobile losing client data many people are quick to judge … Continue reading
Saying No to Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft Exchange has been the dominant business Email Server Platform since the late ’90s. Today and going forward, Network Velocity is saying NO to Microsoft Exchange. Now hold on, let us clarify this statement. We currently manage dozens of Exchange … Continue reading
Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook
In early June 2009 Google announced that users can now upload Microsoft Office 2007 documents and spreadsheets to Google Apps. This was a big step for Google by adding value to Google Apps in terms of Office 2007 compatibility. Google … Continue reading
Make the most of Google Apps
Google Apps is a powerful platform, but to make it even more powerful these simple Mail settings will turn your email into a dashboard of information. We recommend giving these settings a try, we’ve found them to make a difference … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading