New Study Confirms Financial Benefits to Justify Upgrade From Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003
Today, Microsoft Corp. launched Exchange Server 2003, the next edition of its messaging and collaboration server, as part of the Microsoft® Office System. Exchange Server 2003 delivers pervasive productivity to information workers through security-enhanced, ubiquitous access to business-critical communications and scheduling. A new study by the META Group released today predicts that in specific enterprise deployment scenarios, organizations can reduce approximately 50 percent of key operational costs related to server administration, hardware and software. More than 330,000 user seats have been deployed, and more than 200 customers in the early adopter programs are in the process of migrating to Exchange Server 2003 with confidence that it will simplify their IT infrastructure and enable them to make business decisions more efficiently and compete more effectively.
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Today, Microsoft Corp. launched Exchange Server 2003, the next edition of its messaging and collaboration server, as part of the Microsoft® Office System. Exchange Server 2003 delivers pervasive productivity to information workers through security-enhanced, ubiquitous access to business-critical communications and scheduling. A new study by the META Group released today predicts that in specific enterprise deployment scenarios, organizations can reduce approximately 50 percent of key operational costs related to server administration, hardware and software. More than 330,000 user seats have been deployed, and more than 200 customers in the early adopter programs are in the process of migrating to Exchange Server 2003 with confidence that it will simplify their IT infrastructure and enable them to make business decisions more efficiently and compete more effectively.
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A pilot project for London boroughs, London Connections Warp (LCWarp) will be rolled out to local authorities nationwide in April. The scheme could then extend to the private sector through chambers of commerce, according to government adviser Jeremy Ward of security firm Symantec. The government is to fund the local authority Warps, but any private sector scheme would be financed through corporate sponsorship.
Mark Brett, LCWarp programme manager, said the Warp scheme meant alerts were likely to be taken more seriously. He added that early tests showed managers often responded to Warp advisories even though they had ignored previous warnings on the same matters from their own staff.
Linked to international warning bodies, including Cert, the Warp units will provide threat assessments and statistical data, and will identify trends and new vulnerabilities in an effort to stop attacks spreading.
Each unit's staff will be familiar with the needs of the community it serves, to ensure only relevant warnings are passed on to members. Warps could serve large individual organisations with many branches and customers, or focus on geographical areas, trade groups, or specific sectors, such as online banking customers.
Current government efforts rely on the Unified Incident Reporting and Alert Scheme (Uniras) run by the government's computer emergency response team.
But at present this system only offers threat data to government departments, agencies and - in some cases - suppliers, and critical national infrastructure organisations, such as emergency services and firms in the financial sector.
The London pilot team is working with Microsoft to develop an online reporting system, which is due to launch by Christmas.
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