Podcast – GFI MAX Building Blocks to Managed Services
March 10, 2010 – 11:33 am | 2 Comments

Doug Wilson and Chris Martin of GFI MAX describe how it’s easy for you to move towards Managed Services.
(Part 1) This podcast outlines the Building Blocks program and focuses on the provision of a Managed …

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Twitter in the workplace – the threats
February 12, 2010 – 4:00 pm | 2 Comments
Twitter in the workplace – the threats

Twitter was named ‘word’ of the year in 2009 confirming the growth of a social networking and media site that is used by over 350 million people worldwide. However, Twitter is also gaining a reputation …

The Hybrid Approach – giving SMBs the ‘best of both worlds’
January 22, 2010 – 9:00 am | No Comment
The Hybrid Approach – giving SMBs the ‘best of both worlds’

Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) can benefit a great deal from Cloud-based services but this does not mean they have to do away with their existing infrastructure.
On the contrary, careful planning, a thorough understanding of …

Win a copy of GFI MailEssentials with ExchangeServerPro.com
January 18, 2010 – 12:56 pm | No Comment
Win a copy of GFI MailEssentials with ExchangeServerPro.com

Spam has long been an affliction for everyone with an email connection, so Paul Cunningham over at ExchangeServerPro.com is holding a Spam Free 2010 contest in collaboration with GFI Software and giving away two license …

All GFI mail server-based products support Microsoft Exchange 2010.
December 23, 2009 – 3:23 pm | No Comment
All GFI mail server-based products support Microsoft Exchange 2010.

We’re pleased to announce that all our mail server-based products, namely GFI FAXmaker, GFI MailSecurity, GFI MailEssentials and GFI MailArchiver, support Microsoft Exchange 2010.
The new Exchange Server has been designed to help users achieve new …

Five reasons to implement Internet monitoring in your organization
December 7, 2009 – 10:59 am | 2 Comments
Five reasons to implement Internet monitoring in your organization

I recently had an interesting conversation with the editor of a non-profit business publication in the US. We were talking about the results of a recent survey that GFI had commissioned and the editor seemed …

Employees are prepared to steal company data!
November 26, 2009 – 3:07 pm | 3 Comments
Employees are prepared to steal company data!

In a previous post, I had talked about two employees who are charged with having allegedly gained access to their former employer’s network even though they had left the company a couple of years before.
This …

Google searches, Cyber Monday and the Holiday season
November 26, 2009 – 9:16 am | No Comment
Google searches, Cyber Monday and the Holiday season

If you are a Twilight fan and eagerly looking forward to the latest movie, New Moon, watch for a viral marketing campaign that is currently doing the rounds on the Internet.
USA Today reported this week …

When employees bite back – Security in organizations
November 9, 2009 – 4:48 pm | 2 Comments
When employees bite back – Security in organizations

Two men in Indiana, US are facing up to five years in prison and a quarter of a million dollar fine after they were allegedly caught using old passwords to gain access to the company’s …

Oops! We’ve lost your data!
October 21, 2009 – 2:38 pm | One Comment
Oops! We’ve lost your data!

Over 100,000 former adult students in Virginia are being contacted by the education authorities after a USB stick with information including their names, social security numbers and employment and demographic details, was misplaced.
The data was …

GFI MAX visits SMB Nation 2009 in Riviera, Las Vegas
October 19, 2009 – 1:09 pm | No Comment
GFI MAX visits SMB Nation 2009 in Riviera, Las Vegas

It was a warm, arid evening when MAX stepped off the plane in McClaren Airport in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada.  MAX brought his favorite crew – Kevin Hodak, Sales Engineer, Anne Murphy, Channel Marketing Manager …