Author Archives: Barry Shurtz

New Sendmail Survey: 64% Cite Email as Source of Workplace Resentment

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

In a new survey conducted by Sendmail in partnership with CPP, publisher of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment, we found email is more likely than any other communications technology to create resentment or confusion in the workplace. Survey respondents … Continue reading →

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Best Practices: Separating Work Email from Personal

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

If there’s one thing email’s bad at, it’s helping us maintain a healthy work-life balance. Sure, you can blame Marissa Meyer for putting an end to telecommuting at Yahoo!. But, you can also say it’s the ability to work from … Continue reading →

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Best Practices: Emailing on the Go

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

I’m adding a new “Best Practices” category to the Sendmail Blog. Every week or so, this is where we’ll address many of the challenges posed by emailing in today’s world. This week, I’m going to look at email and travel. … Continue reading →

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Friday afternoon musing on mobile apps

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

As someone who’s often working on the road, I’m always on the look out for great mobile apps and thought being Friday afternoon and all that I’d share the few I’ve come to rely on: 1. Email Management: Mailbox from … Continue reading →

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Cloud-Email and the Risk of Data Exposure

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

Of the concerns people have about cloud security today, data control and data loss rank high—just second behind BYOD according to Infonetic’s April 2013 report. No wonder the market for cloud-based security services is growing at 69%. Data control and … Continue reading →

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Happy ‘Phish Friday’

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

Last week Sendmail customer EMC warned businesses that Friday sees more phishing attacks than any other day of the week. It seems hackers and scammers have their own twisted version of ‘TGIF’. While it may not be especially surprising, EMC’s … Continue reading →

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Three Clicks Away from Adult Content?

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

A recent study conducted by Kaspersky Lab suggests children on YouTube are just three clicks away from playing videos featuring nudity, violence and other adult content—even if they’re watching clips from such G rated fare as Sesame Street or Dora … Continue reading →

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Sendmail Announces New Solutions for Smooth, Secure Migration to Cloud-Based Email

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

Today we officially announced the email management products and services we created specifically to help enterprises address the security, compliance, IT and other risks that come with both moving email to the cloud and keeping email in the cloud. While … Continue reading →

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Phishing: Preparing Your Last Line of Defense

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

You’re hurried. You’re under deadline. Clicking, clicking, clicking away at your keyboard. You can hit the backspace after every typo, but if you accidentally click the wrong emailed link, there are no second chances. You’ve just fallen prey to a … Continue reading →

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Making Email Work Better

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Barry Shurtz

In a previous post, I shared some thoughts on how users can help overcome email overload by adopting better habits on both the sending and receiving ends. But a big part of taming the beast is making it happen before … Continue reading →

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