Dreamhost (with a little help from atmail) won a StackWorld 2016 ScaleUp award for its new, open-souce, cloud computing platform Dreamcompute!The StackWorld 2016 ScaleUp Awards publish the 25 top nominations for technologies that have enabled customers to scale up fast. Nominees were asked to submit a customer story about how their technology enabled a customer [...]
Migrating your complete email system to a new provider can be tricky. To ensure that everything runs smoothly for both your administrators and your users, here's a list of things you should consider.PREPARATIONBefore starting any migration process, it is essential that you discuss your expectations and requirements with your future email provider. For example, some [...]
There are a number of factors to take into consideration when building a fit-for-purpose email system such as the number of mailboxes required, the performance or the cost.These factors, how they relate to each other, and their priority can all influence how the resulting architecture is integrated and used.SINGLE NODE ARCHITECTUREIn its simplest form, an email system [...]
In security, it is often said that the biggest point of failure is usually the user. No matter how secure your system is, if people are not aware of basic rules, your IT systems are at risk. One of the most common types of attacks people should know about is phishing.WHAT IS PHISHING?Phishing is a [...]
Most people receive a lot of emails every day and rarely have the time and energy to read all of them. Studies have shown that, depending on the time of the day, customers are more susceptible to open and click on certain types of messages. As an example, they will be more receptive to general [...]
THE RISKS OF OBSOLESCENCE VS...Keeping pace with ever-evolving technology can be quite a challenging proposition. There can be significant effort involved in planning to update or upgrade your systems and devices. However, without planning, your systems will outdate and stagnate. Consequently, your web of devices and applications may result in financial shock from:Exploited security vulnerabilities, such as invasive social and cyber hacksLoss of support [...]