May 17, 2012
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May 14, 2012
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Employing Cloud
2012 is rumoured as the tipping point for cloud. For the last four to five years, we have heard that cloud (Internet-delivered solutions) is about to go mainstream, however, this year it is not the hype, but real user benefits that are driving adoption.
May 1, 2012
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Maildistiller is partner of choice for over 7000 Webroot migrations and counting!
Ever since Webroot decided to exit the email security market some months back, there has been somewhat of a scramble by ex Webroot partners and to an extent competitor vendors to marry up on new, successful and hopefully long-lasting partnerships.
April 26, 2012
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Understanding the needs of Managed Service Providers (MSPs)
As more and more IT Resellers shift their business models towards that of a managed service provider, it is imperative that vendors acknowledge these changes and reassess how they address the changing needs of their partners.
April 17, 2012
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How Software as a Service is changing the licensing model
Security is complex. It’s not just the technology but its implementation too, with end user license agreements often adding to the issue. How many IT staff fully understand (or indeed read) all the legalities behind the agreements? Software licenses are written for a legal audience and they may not always be as clear as they could be to the IT audience.
April 12, 2012
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The benefits of building recurring revenue into your Managed Service Practice
Traditionally, IT companies have been thought of by clients in the same vein as plumbers, electricians and solicitors – that when things go wrong, you call them, you pay them for their time, and you don’t speak to them again until the next time something goes wrong.
April 3, 2012
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Maildistiller Introduces Utility Billing!
Press Release: 2nd April 2012 – Maildistiller HQ Belfast NI
Cloud email security vendor Maildistiller are disrupting the ‘sameness’ of the market and forcing other vendors to play catch-up, with their introduction of the very first utility billing model to hit the channel.
Utility billing – the ability for partners to simply pay for what they actually use on a per monthly basis, is one of the greatest benefits that cloud computing promised. However, to date, Maildistiller are the first and only email security vendor to actually bring this option to market for their partners.
March 20, 2012
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Fishing for Phishers
We seem to take phishing attacks for granted these days, in much the same way that we’ve accepted spam as a natural, and inevitable, by-product of email. Some experts believe that one of the best solutions to thwart phishing attacks is end-user training, but I doubt training alone can be a viable solution. Can we really train every computer user to be sufficiently security literate, such that anyone can distinguish a phishing message from a genuine bank email? I doubt that it is possible, especially given how specific the details in spear phishing (phishing targeted at specific people and/or companies) attacks have become.
March 13, 2012
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Top Cloud Tweeters to follow
#CloudComputing is one hashtag that seems to be applied to almost every tweet that arrives on our Twitter stream. So how do you know which ones are worth the effort of that extra click? I decided to use the @Maildistiller Twitter stream as the basis of a little experiment in an attempt to uncover which #CloudComputing tweeters are ahead of the pack and making the sort of noise that leans towards the retweetable.
I’m holding my hands up; my metrics are very basic and not particularly scientific, so no need to bring that to my attention! I’ve simply based this top tweeters, quick fire list on four things:
- Use of the #cloudcomputing hashtag.
- Interesting tweets on #cloud
- Regularity of tweets/no. of followers.
- They have appeared on the @Maildistiller twitter stream.
February 27, 2012
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A Cloudy World
There has been a thunderstorm of growing noise surrounding Cloud Computing in the past 24 months. Vendors, analysts, journalists and membership groups have all rushed to cover the Cloud medium – although everyone seems to have their own opinion and differing definition of cloud computing.
