Control Data E-Mail Outsourcing Numbers Lead the Industry.ARDEN HILLS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999-- Control Data Systems, Inc. continues to record solid growth in its booming corporate e-mail outsourcing business. In the last month, the company set new performance records by processing over 20 million corporate e-mails and over one terabyte One trillion bytes. Also TB, Tbyte and T-byte. See tera and space/time. (unit) terabyte - 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes = 1024 gigabytes or roughly 10^12 bytes. (Note the spelling - one 'r'). See prefix. of messaging data. This performance record was achieved while maintaining strict service level agreements that ensure the timely delivery of all e-mail. Control Data offers 24-7 e-mail management and reporting services to corporate enterprises worldwide. The company's e-commerce outsourcing business, led by vice president Matt Kramer, manages complex e-mail infrastructures that include both multiple mailer (1) An e-mail program. See e-mail program. (2) A message sent by an e-mail program. (3) A person or organization sending e-mail. types as well as solutions consisting purely of Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. or Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. . Available services also include specific directory, security and custom electronic commerce application hosting options. Control Data uses both commercial off-the-shelf Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term for software or hardware, generally technology or computer products, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. and custom developed tools to address specific messaging and security requirements. The company tailors the tools and their tolerances to match each customer's environment. A set of e-mail reporting services monitors messaging traffic, usage patterns, bottlenecks, and costs, and help businesses make intelligent messaging An earlier messaging system from Banyan Systems that ran on NetWare and VINES servers and incorporated Banyan's popular Streettalk directory service. It included a basic mail program, which could be upgraded to the more advanced BeyondMail system. See ePresence. investments based on their actual needs. "A typical customer for us is a corporate environment that understands that e-mail is a communications tool, not a business driver. They need e-mail to do business, not to be in business," said Kramer. "These clients appreciate that with our assistance they can direct their resources towards their primary business rather than supporting e-mail." Control Data e-mail outsourcing customers include such world-class international corporations as Sprint, Deloitte & Touche, Fort James, JH Marsh and McLennan, Computer Sciences Corporation, and Ernst & Young International. Control Data Systems, Inc., is a global information services See Information Systems. company that delivers enterprise Internet and systems integration solutions, and E-Commerce outsourcing services. For more information, call 1-888-742-5864 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-651-415-4401 (worldwide). Visit our Web site at http://www.cdc.com. |
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