Messaging Architects

Messaging Architects

Industry	Internet, computer software
Headquarters	180 Peel Street, Suite 333 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Website	www.messagingarchitects.com

Messaging Architects (MA) is a Canadian software company specializing in e-mail products. The flagship product is Netmail, an integrated email management platform. Netmail helps your organization manage the full lifecyle of email – from the moment a message is created through its end of life destruction. Netmail is a comprehensive platform that addresses email compliance, security, archiving, and storage.

History

Launched in March 1995 as ChronoFAX, the company was a distributor of computer-based fax solutions. ChronoFAX became Tobit Software North America as result of a partnership with a German company called Tobit that produced fax software for the Novell NetWare and GroupWise markets. When the three-and-a-half-year partnership with Tobit came to a close, the company again renamed itself, as Messaging Architects.

Messaging Architects has been successfully addressing the needs and pains of enterprise email management for the past 10 years. 100% employee owned, Messaging Architects is a global provider of Business Driven Email™.

Messaging Architects initially provided add-ons for the Novell GroupWise messaging platform. Now the company's solution portfolio is platform-independent and includes: Netmail Secure (formerly GWGuardian / M+Guardian), Netmail Archive (formerly M+Archive), Netmail Search, Netmail Migrator, and Netmail Store (formerly M+SecureStore). The company also provides email platform migration services. Messaging Architects also has a highly skilled Professional Services Team with full Novell and Microsoft Exchange certification. Messaging Architects works with messaging platform providers to provide solutions for Microsoft Exchange, Novell GroupWise, and Lotus Notes.

The staff at Messaging Architects includes Mark Crispin, best known as inventor of the IMAP protocol.^[1]

Industry recognition

Messaging Architects' email security and email archiving solutions have been positioned in the Gartner Magic Quadrant reports. In 2009, M+Archive was positioned in the Magic Quadrant for Email Active Archiving.^[2]

In 2009, M+Guardian was the only email security solution to achieve one Gold and two VBSpam Platinum Awards in Virus Bulletin’s anti-spam certification. ^[3]

Netmail Components

• Netmail Archive is an enterprise-class messaging archive solution that helps organizations address their current and future challenges of email archiving, retention, regulatory compliance, eDiscovery, and storage management. Netmail Archive integrates seamlessly and transparently into your Microsoft Exchange or Novell GroupWise systems, improving mail system performance, lowering storage costs, and offering robust search capabilities for legal discovery, regulatory compliance, or organizational policy enforcement.
• Netmail Secure is a policy-based email security solution that integrates leading anti-malware, anti-spam, content filtering and data leak prevention deployed on a virtual appliance for rapid enterprise roll–out and scalability. Netmail Secure provides any size organization with total protection to stop inbound and outbound email threats from impacting the organization and compromising security. Netmail Secure is part of an integrated email management platform that addresses email compliance, security, archiving, and storage.
• Netmail Store is an innovative, intelligent, and cost-effective method for managing and storing the growing volume of corporate email. The solution is built on third-generation content addressed storage (CAS) technology and can be used to manage and store email archives and attachments. Netmail Store is part of an integrated email management platform that addresses email compliance, security, archiving, and storage.

Services

Messaging Architects also offers a range of remote and on-site services for managing email risk and the co-existence of different email platforms, including professional services, email migration services, email consulting, and email policy training. ^[4]

External links

Company

• Home page
• MA blog.

Articles by Messaging Architects staff

• "Free Microsoft Outlook Quick Reference Cards"
• "Free Novell GroupWise Quick Reference Cards"
• "Minimizing the Risk of Email Data Loss in the Corporate Email System"
• "The New Rules for Ontario Hospitals: FIPPA"
• "Email Platform Migrations: The Advantages of Migrating Your Email Platform with Messaging Architects"
• "Formulating Retention Policies for Healthcare"

References

1. ^ http://www.panda.com/mrc/
2. ^ http://www.messagingarchitects.com/about-us/news/28/messaging-architects-included-in-gartners-magic-quadrant-for-email-archiving-for-3rd-consecutive-year.html
3. ^ http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2009/07_06.xml
4. ^ http://www.messagingarchitects.com/services.html