The Tech Herald: Strengthen Your Email Backbone

Today, organizations are faced with complex messaging requirements and as a result, they are realizing the need to create a strong and intelligent email backbone. I wrote a contributed article that was published today in The Tech Herald around the topic of how to strengthen an organizations email backbone. The piece defines the email backbone, what makes it intelligent, and highlights the benefits of a message processor-based email backbone. Here’s a snapshot of what is included in the article:

  • The Email Backbone: Viewed as the middleware of the enterprise message processing infrastructure that sits inside the organization between the Gateway security filtering and Groupware systems.
  • What makes an email backbone Intelligent?
    • Sophisticated and centralized policy enforcement engine
    • Seamless integration with corporate LDAP directories and other information sources
    • Platform with the ability to add applications
  • Benefits of a Message Processor-based Email Backbone:
    • Added intelligence to the messaging infrastructure
    • Improved message processing performance
    • Reduces potential loss of data
    • Future Proofs” messaging infrastructure to support multiple mail systems
    • Substantial CAPEX and OPEX cost savings

Feel free to read the full article, “Strengthen Your Email Backbone (NCSAM)”, here in The Tech Herald. Enjoy the piece and if you have any questions or comments please use the comments section below.

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