Dell, Symantec go on offense against out-of-control email

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The need for effective email management is evident with the nearly 84 billion emails being sent daily worldwide in 2006, according to IDC. (superscript: 1) Today, occurrences of viruses are commonplace and spam accounts for 75-90 percent of an organization's email.(superscript: 2  ) Additionally, looming regulatory compliance deadlines require email archiving.  According to Gartner, Inc., a leading industry analyst firm, 50 percent of medium-sized companies are not putting enough funding behind compliance activities.(superscript: 3)

 

"As email continues to be a critical business application, technology leaders must provide the tools customers need to manage their environment more effectively so that they can concentrate on business growth and customer service," said Jeremy Burton, group president, Security and Data Management Group, Symantec. "The new offering represents a compelling combination of hardware, software and services that will help customers take control of their email."

 

The Secure Exchange reference architecture is a guide for mid-sized customers with 500 to 2,000 users or more who want to deploy secure and available email infrastructures without the work of creating their own. Engineers combined hardware and software to test the interoperability of all components and performance so customers can predictably deploy modular or complete solutions. The knowledge and empirical data from those efforts were applied to the Exchange Advisor, a Dell-designed sizing tool that enables customers to scope configuration and implementation needs for performance or availability.

 

Dell also expanded assessment, design, implementation and training services to help customers easily deploy Microsoft Exchange and Symantec solutions. Additionally, Dell's most advanced enterprise support offering, Platinum Plus, as well as Gold Enterprise Support, is available to customers deploying Secure Exchange.

 

Availability and Pricing

Available in the United States and Europe, the starting list price for a

500-seat modular backup and recovery solution, including hardware, software licenses and services, is approximately $54,678. It includes Dell PowerEdge 1950s, PowerVault 110T and M1000, Microsoft® Windows Server? 2003, Microsoft® Exchange 2003 and Symantec Backup Exec.

 

 

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