What is a digital footprint? And how to help protect it

By |2020-05-21T10:24:16-04:00October 8th, 2019|Data Compliance, Technology|

Your “digital footprint” includes all traces of your online activity, including your comments on news articles, posts on social media, and records of your online purchases. When you know the boundaries of your digital footprint and take steps to contain it, you can help protect your identity and your reputation. What is a digital footprint? Every time you post something online, share content, or even when a website collects your information by installing cookies on your device, you are creating a digital trail. This includes your IP address, your login details, and other personal information that you reveal online. Information

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Why are you still waiting to upgrade your email to the cloud?

By |2020-04-21T02:31:57-04:00October 8th, 2019|Office 365 and Migration, Technology|

used with permission from Microsoft Office Blogs You’ve heard about the cloud, you know the benefits it offers, yet you’re still using an on-premises solution for your company’s emails. Maybe the thought of the transition is too daunting, or you’re not convinced it’s necessary at this time—there are many reasons that you might chose to stay with on-premises servers. According to the 2015 IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Survey, 72 percent of organizations already have at least one application in the cloud and 56 percent are currently identifying which IT operations to move. Here are some common misconceptions about on-premises email and

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Data Privacy Laws and CCPA Compliance in California Affect Businesses Everywhere

By |2020-05-22T03:51:19-04:00October 1st, 2019|Data Compliance, Privacy|

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. This landmark law has implications far beyond California and represents a significant shift in attitudes about data privacy regulation in the United States. Thus, taking a proactive approach to CCPA compliance will prepare your business to thrive in the evolving data compliance landscape. What is the CCPA? In 2018, California passed a sweeping data privacy act based on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This Consumer Privacy Act requires compliance by all businesses that collect data related to California residents, have annual gross revenues of

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GroupWise to Office 365 Migration Guide Offered by Messaging Architects

By |2020-05-22T04:00:17-04:00September 26th, 2019|Email Migration|

Organizations seeking a successful and on-time GroupWise to Office 365 migration urged to download free email migration guide from email experts Hoboken, New Jersey ­- (Cision) September 26, 2019 — Messaging Architects, an eMazzanti Technologies Company and GroupWise to Office 365 migration services provider, is offering a free email migration guide to organizations considering migrating to Exchange or Office 365 from any platform. The free download helps organizations put into perspective the tasks that should be considered when contemplating a migration. Interested parties may access the email migration guide here. “After learning that Messaging Architects provides a solution that migrates

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Simplify GroupWise eDiscovery with an Archiving Solution

By |2020-06-01T09:55:42-04:00September 17th, 2019|eDiscovery, Email Management Tips|

GroupWise eDiscovery strategies from Ross Phillips In a previous post, we discussed some of the obstacles presented by GroupWise personal archives. In addition to migration challenges, personal archives make GroupWise eDiscovery particularly burdensome. However, quality third-party tools can bridge the feature gap. For example, suppose a court order demands that you gather a wide range of data in PST format to enter as evidence. GroupWise does not support PST. Furthermore, because GroupWise offers limited search capabilities, administrators will have to access each affected mailbox individually. The request can quickly prove overwhelming. In the modern business environment, these eDiscovery requests will

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GroupWise Personal Archives Migration Challenges and How to Solve Them

By |2020-05-22T04:54:08-04:00September 12th, 2019|Email Migration, Office 365 and Migration|

GroupWise Personal Archives strategies from Ross Phillips As GroupWise email systems age, organizations have discovered significant downsides to personal archives in terms of data compliance and eDiscovery. At the same time, GroupWise personal archives migration challenges present hurdles for companies hoping to upgrade to a new system. Fortunately, solutions exist to meet those challenges. When GroupWise (then WordPerfect Office) appeared on the scene, Mike Tyson reigned as the heavyweight boxing champion. You counted yourself lucky if your computer hard drive held 40 MB of data. And, while the GroupWise database structure remains largely the same, today’s average personal archive holds

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Improve compliance with Office 365 E5 plan

By |2020-06-01T09:56:34-04:00September 10th, 2019|Data Compliance|

What is the Office 365 E5 plan and how can it help your business compliance? Organizations own the data they keep in the cloud and they need to know how it is being handled at all times. Microsoft is the industry leader in cloud compliance for enterprise customers. With the Office 365 E5 plan, advanced compliance is integrated into the service, so organizations can meet their unique requirements using a single cloud service. Microsoft recognizes that organizations want control over access to content stored in cloud services. To maximize data security and privacy for Office 365 customers, Microsoft has engineered

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Proven Tools and Expertise Ensure Success in GroupWise to Office 365 Migration

By |2020-06-01T10:12:23-04:00September 6th, 2019|Email Migration, Office 365 and Migration|

Email migration strategies from Ross Phillips When a relatively small specialty hospital merged into a large healthcare organization, the organization faced the challenge of navigating a GroupWise to Office 365 migration. Needing to migrate 5,000 mailboxes smoothly, they turned to Messaging Architects, attracted by their reputation for fixing broken migrations. Tight Timeline and Unwieldy Mailboxes Present a Challenge Like many organizations using old email systems, the hospital had no expert on staff to ensure proper system configuration. With no one to run maintenance, primary mailboxes and personal archives had grown prohibitively large and cumbersome. To add complexity, some users owned

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Minimize Risk with Effective Cyber-Security Training

By |2020-06-01T10:13:03-04:00September 3rd, 2019|Safety and Cyber Security|

Effective cyber-security training tips from Dena Kamel You can (and should) install firewalls and antivirus, define email filters and policies and even deploy advanced threat detection. But if you fail to fully address human error, you have missed the most vulnerable aspect of information security. The solution lies in delivering effective cyber-security training, a goal that can prove difficult to achieve. Employees inadvertently create security problems by using weak passwords, clicking malicious links, failing to properly delete data and ignoring other basic rules of data protection. Providing ongoing, engaging and pertinent training can potentially save your organization millions of dollars

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3 Data Compliance Challenges and How to Beat Them

By |2020-05-22T04:33:50-04:00August 28th, 2019|Data Compliance, Email Management Tips|

If HIPAA, GDPR, NIST, and CFAA have failed to confuse you, wait until CCPA and NYPA enter the scene. The alphabet soup of information privacy laws can feel like a minefield in the business landscape. And with technology evolving rapidly, data compliance challenges continue to increase in complexity. However, with careful planning, you can rise above these challenges. According to a 2018 report by the Ponemon Institute, the average cost of a data breach ranged from $2.2 million to $6.9 million. In addition to fines, businesses found non-compliant face lawsuits, remediation costs and audits. Perhaps more damaging, they stand to

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