Email Management Solution Helps Midsize Firms Optimize Messaging Infrastructure

Strategic Insights -

Midsize firms are struggling to manage their increasing email traffic, with a 26 percent increase in worldwide daily email traffic in Q1 2006 compared to the prior quarter. To address this challenge, DYS Analytics, Inc. has released a new version of its Email CONTROL! for Exchange software, which provides real-time alerts and historical views of Exchange messaging traffic. This innovative solution helps organizations quickly assess email performance, identify potential issues, and resolve operational problems.

Key Takeaways:

  • Email CONTROL! for Exchange software measures the real-time health of the entire messaging system from the end-user's perspective, providing critical information for high availability, email policy compliance, and potential email misuse identification.
  • The software delivers real-time and historical views of Exchange messaging traffic, which is not provided by Exchange, allowing IT staff to quickly assess email performance, identify issues, and resolve problems.
  • The new HealthTrack feature measures end-to-end message delivery times for automatically generated probe emails, issuing alerts when probes are delivered late or not at all, enabling IT staff to immediately correct issues.
  • The software provides a rich set of graphical analysis features and reporting templates from information stored deep inside the server, enabling IT staff to gain insight into performance, traffic, and user behavior.
  • With Email CONTROL!, IT staff can speed help-desk resolution, confirm server real-time status, balance server loads, cleanup mailboxes, create and enforce email policies, and enhance security.

Statistics:

  • Worldwide daily email traffic increased by 26 percent in Q1 2006 compared to the prior quarter (Radicati Group, "Market Numbers Summary Update, Q1 2006," May 9, 2006).
  • Email CONTROL! for Exchange software is available for sale via Web download, with prices starting at $199 for 100 users and increasing with Exchange user count.
  • DYS has shipped a new version of Email CONTROL! for Exchange software, which has been deployed easily without the need to install agents or software on any Exchange server.

Sources:

  • Radicati Group, "Market Numbers Summary Update, Q1 2006," May 9, 2006, as cited at www.tekrati.com.
  • DYS Analytics, Inc. press release, "DYS Analytics Ships New Version of Email CONTROL! for Exchange," May 2006 (no specific date mentioned in the original text).