Posted by: Administrator in Untagged on
Oct 14, 2008
At Cleartext we've been using the @Mail platform from Calacode, chosen because they are an Australian company (so there's local support.. cough) and because their platform is in use by lot's of ISP types, like iiNet. @Mail has been very reliable, is easy to use and looks good. However we need to move on, with additional services, and Calacode aren't moving on as quickly as we'd hoped so I've been looking around for new platforms.
The obvious choice is Hosted Exchange, but then we'd have Microsoft branding plastered over everything and I'd be nervous about standards compliance and interoperability, so that's not on the list. What is on the list the excellent Axigen server, CommunigatePro and recently Isodes 'M' suite of servers. Our general thought process for the migration is that if we're going to do it then the new platform should bring new value via additional (chargeable) features or services.
Posted by: Administrator in Untagged on
Oct 10, 2008
It's good to see that some other people hold similar views to me about the Symantec acquisition of MessageLabs, see the similary titled article on internetnews.com. Also David Ferris of Ferris Research (specialist messaging analyst) says that MessageLabs technology is "no longer leading edge."
There's no denying that MessageLabs have a good core service, but they've made some questionable roadmap decisions, buying OmniPod a proprietary IM platform, and OEM'img archiving from Fortiva and business continuity from MessageOne. Yes it's true that we (Cleartext) OEM our core platform, but at least that is a single unified true SaaS platform.
Both of these are good solutions in their own right, but why buy when these types of solutions are relatively simple to build, after all they are 'just' email/data managment systems, far simpler to build than their core anti-spam and anti-virus services.
Posted by: Administrator in Untagged on
Oct 09, 2008
Sydney, Australia. October 8th, 2008
Soon after Cisco acquires Jabber Inc, the leading vendor of XMPP (IM and Presence) solutions, Cleartext co-founder David Banes is voted onto the board of the XMPP Standards Foundation.
Posted by: Administrator in Untagged on
Oct 08, 2008
News this morning that
Symantec has acquired MessageLabs which means one less brand in the competitive security SaaS space and more clients for Cleartext, those not wanting to buy Symantec. So this gives Symantec an interesting mix with the recent acquisition of PC Tools.
Posted by: Administrator in Untagged on
Oct 07, 2008
I'm convinced, but that doesn't mean I'm right, that if Jabber/XMPP had strong gateways to other networks early on it would have got bigger sooner, here's why.
