2005-08-05

Quest Software - Recovery Manager for Exchange

While I'm on the topic of releases, Quest also released Recovery Manager for Exchange version 3.0 in mid-July ... focused on discovery and recovery of Exchange data. Strong e-discovery featureset in here with unique differentiators including: search within attachments on backup media or in offline stores (only product on market to do this); advanced automation of all tasks in the solution; advanced search operators and options; etc.

Quest Software - Archive Manager for Exchange Release. Aug. 3, 2005

Quest has just released their long-awaited version 2.0 of Archive Manager for Exchange - which adds archival for regulatory compliance purposes to an already-superb operational archive.

Recent management articles: Morgan Stanley's email bounceback. Infoconomy. 2 Jun 2005

Old story but this is a really well-written account ... thought I'd blog this as well. Great read.

Roberto, Mary Kay. E-mail Archiving - A key piece to a compliance strategy. Computer Technology Review. Aug. 2005.

Bit of a vendor article but ok - Mary Kay is an SVP/GM with KVS (now Veritas (now Symantec)).

2005-07-12

McClaran, Robbie. He Took On the Whole Power-Tool Industry (i.e. SawStop). Inc.com. July 2005.

OK this one is off-topic, but as a product manager I'm always interested in stories around bringing innovative and truly valuable solutions into the market ... especially stories that discuss changing an entire market landscape. This one is fascinating. I truly hope that Stephen Gass and his SawStop company are successful in bringing this technology to market mainstream.He Took On the Whole Power-Tool Industry

Fantuzzi, Joe. Document security? Tell me another joke. CNET News.com. July 12, 2005

Great article ... I especially like the last line ... Document security? Tell me another joke | Perspectives | CNET News.com: "Business leaders must realize that while they won't necessarily make the headlines each time a document leaks sensitive data, they could lose a key partner, customer or lawsuit--or worse, their public image"