Blog Archives

HA and DR in the Cloud – Two Sides of the Same Coin

August 29, 2013

Business

cloud computing, Disaster recovery, High availability, Justin Pirie, mimecast, RightScale, Video, Vimeo

I’m often asked about good ways for organizations to take a first step to the cloud. One such step that has been apparent for years is that of disaster recovery – no one wants to expend capital on hardware…

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Easing Password Hell – Key To Living Online Life Safely

January 3, 2013

Business

Authentication, Facebook, google, LastPass, mimecast, Online service provider, Password management, Two-factor authentication

As we all use more and more different services and applications in our personal and work lives, password management becomes ever more of an issue. It’s staggering the number of times I’ve had to gently make people aware of…

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Mimecast Raises Squillions to Do Something Boring (But That’s a GOOD Thing)

September 27, 2012

Business

E-mail archiving, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Exchange Server, mimecast, Peter Thomas Bauer, postini, Services, Symantec

Let’s face it – the technologies that constitute the plumbing underpinning what we do online are boring – but they’re also critical. They may not get the attention of an event like TechCrunch disrupt, they may not tick the…

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Cloud Standards–The Great Debate

February 15, 2011

Business

cloud computing, Justin Pirie, mimecast, standards

Over on ComputerWorld, Justin Pirie from Mimecast, wrote an impassioned plea calling for the acceleration of the creation of cloud standards. He argues that with rapidly increasing levels of cloud adoption, an effective set of industry standards is becoming…

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Cloud Reaches the Mainstream?

August 4, 2010

Business

adoption, loudhouse, mimecast

Recently released data shows the adoption of cloud computing breaking through the 50% barrier for the first time. The “Cloud Barometer Survey" research results were released last month and the study looked at how an organizations views its data…

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Blog Archives

HA and DR in the Cloud – Two Sides of the Same Coin

Easing Password Hell – Key To Living Online Life Safely

Mimecast Raises Squillions to Do Something Boring (But That’s a GOOD Thing)

Cloud Standards–The Great Debate

Cloud Reaches the Mainstream?