Category Archives: Gregory Shapiro

Phishing: DMARC to the Rescue

Here is something you need to know. DMARC, or Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance, is a new standard for email authentication. You will appreciate it for two reasons: it will protect your email and it will protect your brand. … Continue reading

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The Impact of Machine-Generated Messages on Enterprise Email Infrastructure

Sendmail has a new white paper available (PDF) on the impact of machine-generated messages on enterprise email infrastructure. The paper describes the category of machine-generated messages, the challenges they create, and what you can do to meet those challenges. It … Continue reading

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Interesting Observation Regarding IaaS at Silicon Valley Cloud Computing Group

The Silicon Valley Cloud Computing Group kicked off a series of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) meetings last night with a presentation about CloudStack. CloudStack was recently relicensed by Citrix under the Apache Software License and is a public and … Continue reading

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Sendmail Annual European Symposium 2012

I just got back from the 2012 Sendmail Annual European Symposium in Frankfurt, Germany. This year’s event featured great customer presentations, partner workshops, and technical sessions. Glen Vondrick, Sendmail’s President and COO, kicked off the sessions with a look at … Continue reading

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Cloud Service Selection Criteria

During the 2012 Consumerization of IT Conference & Expo, Terri McClure, ESG Senior Analyst, gave a presentation on Online File Sharing & Collaboration in the Enterprise that included a useful list of key criteria for evaluating cloud vendors for file … Continue reading

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Embracing failure

Amazon’s Rule #1: “Everything fails all the time.” (Werner Vogel, CTO at Amazon.com) A common misconception for consumers of cloud services is that SLAs ensure availability.  In reality, SLAs do nothing to improve availability.  SLAs only provide a way for attorneys … Continue reading

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*aaS: A picture is worth a thousand words

During a presentation, I attempted to explain the differences between Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) using examples to illustrate the resources provided by each: IaaS: VMware vCloud, Amazon EC2 … Continue reading

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Sendmail Talks to CIO Insight’s the Pulse Network: Email in the Cloud – It’s Not a Cookie Cutter Solution

Last week, Sendmail’s Vice President, Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, Greg Shapiro, spoke with Eric Lundquist and Tyler Pyburn of CIO Insight’s The Pulse Network to discuss what CIOs need to evaluate when it comes to what parts of their … Continue reading

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Google Adds DKIM

On Thursday, Google added DKIM signing to their Google Apps offering .  This is great news for everyone as it strengthens mail receiver’s abilities to block mail forgeries and provide reliable domain reputation. Both Google and Sendmail have had a … Continue reading

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An Index of Sendmail Audio Podcasts

Ask the Experts: Simple Routing versus Complex Routing Ask the Experts: Messaging Infrastructure Filtering Part 4 Ask the Experts: Messaging Cost-Savings in a Difficult Economy Ask the Experts: Messaging Infrastructure Functional Techniques Part 3 Podcast: Ask the Experts: Email Directories: part … Continue reading

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