leveraging extensive research and development experience, we have developed an effective and total solution to manage the most pervasive electronic communication, namely e-mail.

what is broken with e-mail?

companies are increasingly relying on e-mail for critical internal and external communications. however, e-mail introduces very serious problems for technology and information management:

1. Virus, Worm, Trojan, Malware : e-mail is the single most common way to attack a system. last year, Microsoft's corporate network was penetrated via a trojan delivered by e-mail and Microsoft's highly secretive Windows source code was compromised. most companies can't out-spend Microsoft on security technology and don't have a talented security officer who goes on to manage US national security (as Microsoft's did), so don't think that it won't happen to your company.  factoid: in 2001, security breaches cost an estimated US$1.6 trillion in worldwide damage -- more than 80% of the breaches originated from e-mail.
   
   
2. Junk Mail : e-mail is extremely efficient for communication. unfortunately, this is just as true for spammers (mass mailers of unsolicited e-mail) as to you. spam is not just a hassle, it cuts into the bottom-line via wasted bandwidth, wasted storage and most important of all wasted productivity. a piece of spam filtered out at the server costs about US$1, but one that reaches the end-user will cost 10 times as much.   factoid: 40% of e-mail is spam according to AOL, the largest e-mail handler in the world.
   
   
3. Security : e-mail is inherently insecure. sending e-mail with sensitive information is akin to sending a postcard with your bank account number and pin. there are solutions for securing e-mail, but they require users to either go out of their normal way to send secure e-mail or require significant installation and learning efforts on the part of the users. so, nobody is using secure e-mail and there is little guarantee of the privacy, integrity or authenticity of e-mail arriving at your mailbox. in fact, there is no guarantee that e-mail will arrive at the destinations.
   
   
4. Abuses and Liabilities : companies have policy to govern the use of voice, fax and written communications, but few companies have meaningful e-mail policy because available solutions are too complicated. if harassment lawsuits do not make you worried, then think about the lost productivity from employees spending their time on personal communication at work.  factoid: job hunting is a top use of e-mail at work.
   
   
5. Management : e-mail is difficult to plan and administer, because current solutions provide no feedback on capacity and performance, leading to either over provisions or system breakdowns.

 why mobigator?

there are many companies providing anti-virus, anti-spam, monitoring and security applications. being able to combine different applications in the right way is a costly and convoluted process that requires a steep and long learning curve. mobigator provides the best-of-class total solution to address the entire e-mail management process:

  proactive vs reactive

we stop all viruses, incoming and outgoing, on the server, without relying on users to take the right action when viruses hit them. but, we are more than just a server-based anti-virus solution. all currently available anti-virus solutions are flawed. anti-virus software works by scanning for signatures of known viruses. in other words, anti-virus software will not be able to detect new or mutated viruses, which explains why anti-virus software has to be updated constantly, an error-prone process by itself. signature-based scanning used to work when viruses took months or even years to propagate. however, the LoveBug virus took only 5 hours to infected computers worldwide -- by the time that your anti-virus software updates the signatures, your system has probably been infected.

Virus	Year	Type	Time to reach global infection	Estimated Damage (US$)
Jerusalem	1987	EXE file virus	5 years	$50M
Cascade	1990	Boot section virus	3 years	$50M
Concept	1995	Word Macro virus	4 months	$50M
Melissa	1999	e-mail-enabled Word Macro virus	4 days	$93M-385M
LoveBug	2000	e-mail-enabled VBScript virus	5 hours	$12B

at mobigator, we do use signature-based anti-virus solution, and in fact we use multiple industrial strength scanners which are updated every minute. on top of that, we fortify the system with proprietary technologies that can seek and destroy unknown viruses based on the behavior of embedded codes.

  don't throw the baby out with the bath water

most companies implements anti-spam by filtering against known spam or originating IP addresses (e.g. Real-time Blackhole List). however, such coarse-grain spam filtering technologies are inadequate, especially for Asia, because the sources and types of spam are significantly different -- few company can block all non-English content or e-mail from China for example (Spam: It's out of control, Not all Asian e-mail is spam). mobigator's content filtering technology is based on proprietary artificial intelligence engine that not only filters but also categorizes incoming and outgoing e-mail in English and other Asia languages, allowing companies to easily enforce policy to guard against inappropriate content and information leakage via e-mail.

  the strength of your system is only as strong as the weakest link

most e-mail viruses exploit problems on Microsoft operating systems, so it is ironic that most vendors develop their solutions on Microsoft operating systems which are themselves extremely vulnerable to hacks and attacks -- if you use them, your defense is built on a shaky foundation. mobigator runs on proven and secured Linux operating system, which not only provide better security, but also higher reliability and performance. we withstand hacks and attacks more readily, so we can protect your security more readily.

  total solution vs a million pieces of puzzle

mobigator provides a total solution for e-mail management. you don't have to use different applications for administering users, fighting viruses, blocking spam, enforcing policy and monitoring system. from a central console, you control the entire e-mail infrastructure and process.  you can make changes and modifications in real-time. have we mentioned that we are wireless and PDA ready?

 improve your competitiveness with mobigator technologies

many companies are starting to realize that their e-mail system is becoming more critical than their telephone system for both internal and external communications. a well-managed e-mail system not only prevents problems arise from using e-mail, but in fact improves the business operations significantly through more efficient communications.  Mobigator Message Solution is provided as a licensed product and a managed service, with exceptional value propositions:

• lower cost : our licence products and managed services eliminate upfront investments and reduce ongoing support costs. you can benefit from advance messaging solutions at a significantly lower cost than developing and maintaining similar solutions in house.
• scalability : with our tiered architecture and economies of scale, we can address the varying requirements of both small and big enterprises. there is no technology obselence to worry about when your business grows.
• reliability and performance : with fully redundant global connectivities and facilities, we can provide a high service level guarantee of reliability and performance.
• security : with certified professionals monitoring and managing our infrastructure, we can provide prompt emergency response around the clock to ensure that your systems are totally secured.

for more information, please contact us.

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