You don’t need us to tell you that users’ mailboxes are growing at a phenomenal rate. Attachments are a major source of this growth, whether best practice or not, and it’s all too easy to attach a document for discussion, for approval or just for information. With information-rich applications it’s now the norm to send spreadsheets, graphics or other large files without thinking about the effects on the system.
So, sending email attachments has become standard practice, but the infrastructure to store, manage and deliver the messages is feeling the pain. Users have grown to expect an excellent quality of email service wherever they are, whatever they’re using, but can they be relied on to help manage the consequences of their actions? With many users residing on the LAN, they may be unaware of the need to manage capacity until they work from home or travel, or notice the network’s slowing down, or receive a notice that their mailbox is over-sized and they need to reduce it.
Zipping an attachment will reduce its size by up to 80%. The net effect on a mailbox by zipping attachments is to reduce its overall size by between 40-55%.
Investing in an enterprise-wide email auto-zip solution allows companies to reduce the total cost of ownership of their messaging system and to make significant increases in user productivity. The lower cost of ownership is derived from reduced storage and bandwidth demands. The increased user productivity comes from automating the zipping process and improved performance of the messaging system, by reducing delays in sending/receiving emails.
MaX Compression Enterprise from C2C provides “anytime, anywhere” automated compression and decompression to optimize the benefits to the user and the organization. MaX Compression offers fast auto-zip and un-zip capabilities, and provides a widely employed Enterprise-wide compression solution. MaX Compression zipping technology further enhances Microsoft’s compression techniques when Outlook 2003/7 and Exchange 2003/7 are transmitting the data.