What is Email TCO? (and a TCO Checklist)
If you’re a CIO or IT manager with budget responsibilities, you’ll know about TCO. In fact, you’ll probably not just know about it, but you’ll likely dread each time you’re asked to re-evaluate the TCO for assets within your organisation. […]
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What’s So Special About 5G & Network Slicing?
The 5G network is a big deal. How big? So big, that TechSpot compared it to the jump from 56K dial-up to cable internet, which was huge. And while not everyone is exactly sure what 5G will look like, the […]
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25 More Telecom Conferences in 2018
Great news! If you are still looking for telecom conferences to attend this year, never fear, you have not missed the boat. Following on from our first edition of 25 Global Telco Conferences in 2018, here’s our curated list of even […]
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Privacy: Teetering on the Brink of Extinction?
Collecting personally identifiable information is the new gold rush in an internet as regulated as the Wild West. I don’t care about privacy, I have nothing to hide. It is common for decent, every-day folk to believe they have […]
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5 Risks of End-of-Life (EOL) Software
At the end of a busy day, the last thing a CIO or email system administrator wants to read is an end-of-life (EOL) notice from one of their software providers. Work is hectic enough – with security threats, budget cuts, […]
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atmail: 20 Years and Counting: Interview with Ben Duncan
atmail‘s origin story, like many tech startups, begins with one person and a laptop. Writing code late into the night, uploading software as you can, when the network is good. While these things may be commonplace today, they were not […]
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OpenStack: The Road Ahead?
Last month, the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver lived up to my expectations. It was one of the most collaborative events I have seen in a long time. Well done to the organisers, who ensured the sense of collaboration and community […]
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Should You Build or Buy Your Email Platform?
If you have a team of talented developers, you can pretty much build anything, especially if you use open source software as your base. Open source software (OSS) enables developers to access the source code for computer software and have […]
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The Cube Interviews atmail at OpenStack Summit Vancouver
This week we participated in OpenStack Summit Vancouver (fabulous people, fabulous event!). As part of the festivities, our colleagues Jason Brown (Global Solutions Architect, based in the United States) and Jay Sil (Sales Director Europe, based in London) were fortunate […]
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Is Your Email Provider GDPR Compliant?
Today’s the day! 25 May has finally arrived. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect today and we can all sit back and relax in the knowledge that we’ve done our research, taken advice from GDPR […]
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10 Email Facts to Impress
If you’ve ever been at lunch with your work colleagues and needed some interesting trivia to fill the conversation void, here are ten email facts that might just impress your inner work circle… 1. Almost 2.7 million emails are […]
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Comparing Email Service Providers? Let’s Meet
When you’re comparing email service providers, we know that sometimes, online research, product brochures, free trials and even phone calls just don’t cut it. Your organisation’s email requirements can be unique and complex, so we understand if you prefer to explain […]
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How Secure is Your Email Password?
Earlier this month, we read an article headlined, “Here is why you need to stop using six-digit passcodes to protect your iPhone“. The article talked to security firm Malwarebytes about a product known as GrayKey (developed by long-time US intelligence agency contractors […]
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Dear Mr Laguna, IMAP is Not the Right Protocol for Chat
I was surprised and disheartened last month when I read an article entitled, Meet the open sorcerers who have vowed to make Facebook history: Checking in on how IMAP could help folk throw off Zuck’s yoke, in which Rafael Laguna (CEO of Open-Xchange) announced […]
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Can Hosted Email Boost Your Customer Engagement and Brand Revenue?
Customer loyalty is a tricky thing. Especially in the telecom and hosting provider industries. You work hard to convince customers that your service is better than that your competitors’ (which can be difficult and expensive). You do your best to […]
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Why Choose React? (Part 2) A Conversation with Brad Kowalczyk
This year marks the 20th anniversary of atmail delivering innovative email software. The original version of atmail was written in Perl. With support for object-oriented coding and a module that embedded the Perl interpreter into the Apache web server, Perl […]
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Customer Spotlight: Southern Phone – A Telco Who Sends all Profits Back to the Community
If you’re an avid reader of telco news, it’s likely that your daily news feed is full of updates from some of the world’s biggest telecommunications companies (such as China Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom AG) recording billion-dollar […]
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5 Key Trends from MWC18
So, the dust has well and truly settled on another successful week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. MWC is one of the most anticipated trade shows in the world of technology and this year’s Barcelona event did not disappoint. […]
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25 Global Telco Conferences in 2018
If you had a blast at Mobile World Congress Barcelona this week and can’t wait to book your plane ticket for the next telco conference, here is a handy list of upcoming telecommunications conferences still to come in 2018 – […]
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Bridget Fonda’s Lesson for Choosing an Email Platform
Back in 1992, Warner Bros. released Singles – Cameron Crowe’s romantic comedy about a group of Gen X’ers in Seattle, Washington, during the 1990s grunge phenomenon. Yet despite an 80% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a cast littered with famous names […]
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Net Neutrality: Will It Affect Your Email Inbox?
Thursday morning this week, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published it’s order to repeal net neutrality in the Federal Register. This means that as soon as 23 April, changes will be in effect and a return to the […]
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