<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710</id><updated>2011-07-29T01:59:16.712-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spence on Email Archiving</title><subtitle type='html'>Thoughts and Opinions on the E-mail Archiving Industry, Trends, Successes and Failures</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-7028570510675864952</id><published>2009-06-16T11:14:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T07:52:52.160-04:00</updated><title type='text'>NorthSeas Lives On !</title><summary type='text'>It's taken a while but it is now official. NorthSeas lives onJatheon Technologies Inc. of Toronto, Canada will announce today that it has taken over worldwide operations and support of NorthSeas customers, resellers and distributors. In addition to providing technical support, Jatheon will also offer an attractive trade-out program for NorthSeas appliances. As part of this arrangement, I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/7028570510675864952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=7028570510675864952' title='44 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7028570510675864952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7028570510675864952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2009/06/northseas-lives-on.html' title='NorthSeas Lives On !'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>44</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-7127190064383956410</id><published>2009-01-15T10:14:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-15T10:35:35.638-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Difference Between a Backup and an Archive Rears its Head at the White House</title><summary type='text'>14 Million E-mail Messages Found. So what?The Washington Post today reported that a Justice Department  lawyer told a federal judge yesterday that the Bush administration ordered to transfer White House e-mail messages missing from four years ago, will meet its legal requirement and transfer the e-mails to the National Archives.It's been a long legal battle between the Bush Administration, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/7127190064383956410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=7127190064383956410' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7127190064383956410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7127190064383956410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2009/01/difference-between-backup-and-archive.html' title='The Difference Between a Backup and an Archive Rears its Head at the White House'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-1519387874825217930</id><published>2009-01-14T11:15:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T11:28:07.525-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And You Thought You had a Full Inbox</title><summary type='text'>Federal Judge Says the Bush Records Must be Given to Obama AdministrationAccording to the Associated Press, a federal judge yesterday declared that Barack Obama's incoming administration must be given copies of documents the Bush White House had been withholding from Congress pertaining to the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. Although the ruling may not have specifically addressed e-mail records, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/1519387874825217930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=1519387874825217930' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1519387874825217930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1519387874825217930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2009/01/and-you-though-you-had-full-inbox.html' title='And You Thought You had a Full Inbox'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-5893132463019644304</id><published>2008-12-17T08:25:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-17T10:32:17.651-05:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail is Still Business' Most Valuable Communication Tool</title><summary type='text'>On December 17, 2008, The Radicati Group announced some interesting metrics on the e-mail behavior and attitudes of corporate users, in their recent report titled: "Messaging &amp; Collaboration - Business User Survey 2008". According to their survey:Users typically spend 25% of their day sending and receiving e-mail On average, users send 38 messages per day and receive 102 messages per day17% of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/5893132463019644304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=5893132463019644304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/5893132463019644304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/5893132463019644304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/12/e-mail-is-still-corporations-most-used.html' title='E-mail is Still Business&apos; Most Valuable Communication Tool'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-7902221027556134450</id><published>2008-12-15T09:39:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T08:20:30.971-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Small Business Needs Searchable E-mail Too</title><summary type='text'>The need to provide users with quick and easy access to old e-mail messages is a business requirement that isn't reserved just to large companies or those in regulated industries. Small businesses rely on the ability to access the content of e-mail messages as much or more than their bigger cousins. And, this need is likely to increase gradually as more and more smaller organizations are required</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/7902221027556134450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=7902221027556134450' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7902221027556134450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7902221027556134450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/12/small-business-needs-searchable-e-mail.html' title='Small Business Needs Searchable E-mail Too'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-1896363970908687521</id><published>2008-11-19T07:03:00.016-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-19T08:29:12.335-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama Told He Must Kick His Blackberry Habit</title><summary type='text'>For a variety of reasons, President-elect Barack Obama has been told that during his Presidency he must not use his Blackberry. A recent New York Times article called "Lose the BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe", reported that in the interest of compliance with the Presidential Records Act as well as security, Obama, an avid Blackberry user, intends to break his habit cold-turkey when he assumes the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/1896363970908687521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=1896363970908687521' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1896363970908687521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1896363970908687521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-told-he-must-kick-his-blackberry.html' title='Obama Told He Must Kick His Blackberry Habit'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SSQHYbp8GHI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Gn6hDsImcyc/s72-c/obamaberry.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-1762544895774342868</id><published>2008-11-12T14:43:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T15:10:01.346-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Federal Judge Rules Against White House</title><summary type='text'>This past Monday, a Federal judge ruled against the White House and in favor of the National Security Archive, declaring that the courts do in fact have the authority to force the White House into recovering 225 days worth of e-mail correspondence from back-up tapes. A lawyer representing the National Security Archive, Sheila Shadmand, said that the timing of the ruling is crucial because it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/1762544895774342868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=1762544895774342868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1762544895774342868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1762544895774342868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/11/federal-judge-rules-against-white-house.html' title='Federal Judge Rules Against White House'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-3929065752554592647</id><published>2008-11-07T09:06:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T15:00:26.854-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Goodbye to Bush and His E-mail Records</title><summary type='text'>When George W. Bush came to power, he removed the White House e-mail archiving system that Bill Clinton's administration had previously installed. For eight years, there has been little or no record of e-mail correspondence in the Presidential Office. As a result, the National Security Archive is very concerned because of the apparent violation of the Presidential Records Act and the Federal </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/3929065752554592647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=3929065752554592647' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/3929065752554592647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/3929065752554592647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/11/goodbye-to-bush-and-his-e-mail-records.html' title='A Goodbye to Bush and His E-mail Records'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-5665577033477966076</id><published>2008-11-04T11:31:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T09:15:59.509-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A View from NorthSeas</title><summary type='text'>By popular demand, here is the screen capture demo posted recently on YouTube. 




 For product information, go to http://www.NorthSeas.com </summary><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=1d81183a6988b939&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/5665577033477966076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=5665577033477966076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/5665577033477966076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/5665577033477966076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/11/view-of-northseas.html' title='A View from NorthSeas'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-74648046657686473</id><published>2008-10-27T06:21:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T10:15:54.712-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Understanding the Difference Between an Email Archive and a Backup Can Save You Money</title><summary type='text'>An appreciation of the difference can save your organization a lot of money. How? Legal discovery costs and court fines. Simply put, the difference between a back-up and an archive, is that a back-up is not searchable where an archive is. When you need to present old e-mail messages in court, knowing that there is a copy somewhere on a tape is of no value at all. If you can't produce the messages</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/74648046657686473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=74648046657686473' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/74648046657686473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/74648046657686473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/10/whats-difference-between-email-archive.html' title='Understanding the Difference Between an Email Archive and a Backup Can Save You Money'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-7550609998825545121</id><published>2008-10-16T06:30:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T15:15:02.943-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sarah Palin and Her Maverick Emails</title><summary type='text'>E-mails between Alaska Governor and Republican VP-candidate Sarah Palin and her administration are being withheld from the public. This pertains specifically to their use of a Blackberry for sending/receiving messages that do not leave a trace. Press secretary, Bill McAllister downplayed the matter with "I don't hear any public clamor for access to internal communications of the governor's office</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/7550609998825545121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=7550609998825545121' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7550609998825545121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7550609998825545121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/10/sarah-palin-and-her-maverick-emails.html' title='Sarah Palin and Her Maverick Emails'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-462759143942854820</id><published>2008-03-06T08:40:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-07T08:08:40.248-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Six Important Reasons Not to Ignore FRCP</title><summary type='text'>The December 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure covering electronically stored information (ESI) have a potential impact all organizations, regardless of size and type. School districts, associations, governments, churches, as well as businesses, must all be aware of these new obligations for producing e-mail evidence during the discovery process of civil litigation.According</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/462759143942854820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=462759143942854820' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/462759143942854820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/462759143942854820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/03/six-important-reasons-not-to-ignore.html' title='Six Important Reasons Not to Ignore FRCP'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-1645685778837003558</id><published>2008-02-22T08:31:00.015-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-22T10:22:58.733-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Need to Produce Voice Messages Under FRCP</title><summary type='text'>The new amendments to FRCP covering Electronically Stored Information (ESI), emphasize the importance of producing electronic records on demand during civil litigation. As a result, IT managers in businesses, school districts, and associations, are scrambling to ensure they are compliant with the FRCP expectations. One form of ESI that has been largely overlooked is voice messages. Now that many </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/1645685778837003558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=1645685778837003558' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1645685778837003558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1645685778837003558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/02/need-to-produce-voice-messages-under.html' title='The Need to Produce Voice Messages Under FRCP'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-7876355846152559000</id><published>2008-01-16T14:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-16T07:35:39.959-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Bush - You Have Some Splainin' to Do</title><summary type='text'>The White House has been under pressure for some time now because, contrary to the Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978, it has not been archiving its e-mail. Now, as the Bush Administration nears conclusion of its second term, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants answers from the Administration and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). By February 1st, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/7876355846152559000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=7876355846152559000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7876355846152559000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7876355846152559000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/01/mr-bush-you-have-some-splainin-to-do.html' title='Mr. Bush - You Have Some Splainin&apos; to Do'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-1352907234180262587</id><published>2008-01-10T07:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:32:34.436-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Avoiding Merger/Acquisition Headaches using Vendor-Neutral E-mail Archiving</title><summary type='text'>We are often told by customers and partners that one of the attractions for IT departments of vendor-neutral e-mail storage is that they don't need to make a wholesale system replacement in the event they are involved in a merger or acquisition with a company using a different messaging system.When messages in the archive repository are stored in a vendor-neutral format, they are available to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/1352907234180262587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=1352907234180262587' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1352907234180262587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1352907234180262587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/01/vendor-neutral-e-mail-archiving-can.html' title='Avoiding Merger/Acquisition Headaches using Vendor-Neutral E-mail Archiving'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-8882577812676803844</id><published>2008-01-03T08:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:50:47.711-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FRCP Preparedness - Focus on "Good Faith"</title><summary type='text'>The December 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have caused another flood of fear and uncertainty flowing through the marketplace. But unlike the fear and uncertainty that accompanied Sarbanes-Oxley, which primarily impacted publicly-owned companies, FRCP affects any organization who might find itself in a civil law-suit. Therefore, this is a serious concern for every </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/8882577812676803844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=8882577812676803844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/8882577812676803844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/8882577812676803844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2008/01/frcp-preparedess-focus-on-good-faith.html' title='FRCP Preparedness - Focus on &quot;Good Faith&quot;'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-8639426915699198517</id><published>2007-12-21T09:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:25:36.899-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Nice Christmas Present</title><summary type='text'>On December 19th, fresh off its recent acquisition of Gateway Computers Professional division, MPC Computers announced a new addition to its TransPort (notebooks), NetFRAME (servers), ClientPro (desktops) and DataFRAME (storage systems) product lines. The new MailFRAME is MPC's first e-mail archiving appliance and after three years of working very closely with them, we are delighted they have </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/8639426915699198517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=8639426915699198517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/8639426915699198517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/8639426915699198517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2007/12/nice-christmas-present-from-mpc.html' title='A Nice Christmas Present'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-5807660438773050665</id><published>2007-06-22T12:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T16:00:01.540-04:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Archiving in School Districts</title><summary type='text'>The recent new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) now provide us with clear statements to the importance of e-mail messages and other electronic stored information (ESI) in civil litigation. FRCP paints a broad brush stroke across American society - small businesses as well as larger ones; government agencies as well as private industry; school boards and community </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/5807660438773050665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=5807660438773050665' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/5807660438773050665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/5807660438773050665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2007/06/e-mail-archiving-in-school-districts.html' title='E-mail Archiving in School Districts'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-5545110598264143639</id><published>2007-05-29T07:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-29T10:04:49.600-04:00</updated><title type='text'>FRCP Simplified - How it Affects You</title><summary type='text'>You might have already heard this before but let me say it one more time, just for emphasis: The new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) affects all of us - small businesses as well as large ones, government agencies as well as companies. Any organization that could face a law suit, must be aware of these rules, long before being forced to by opposition lawyers.But how do </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/5545110598264143639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/5545110598264143639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2007/05/frcp-simplified-how-it-affects-you.html' title='FRCP Simplified - How it Affects You'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-4532646422578159654</id><published>2007-04-17T12:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:26:41.447-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"E-mailGate": A Failed Policy, Process or System? (Or, something far more sinister?)</title><summary type='text'>Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has alleged that many e-mail messages pertaining to the recent firings of U.S. attorneys currently under investigation and sent by top White House officials, have gone missing.CREW Executive Director, Melanie Sloan says that senior officials used e-mail accounts on the Republican National Committee (RNC) system which automatically </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/4532646422578159654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=4532646422578159654' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/4532646422578159654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/4532646422578159654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2007/04/e-mailgate-failing-of-policy-process-or.html' title='&quot;E-mailGate&quot;: A Failed Policy, Process or System? (Or, something far more sinister?)'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-7877826891108382878</id><published>2007-04-16T09:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:27:20.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Archive it All - Is this the End of the Smoking Gun Defense?</title><summary type='text'>I am not so naive as to think that corporate lawyers will now stop recommending to their executives that the company regularly delete e-mails to avoid the "Smoking Gun" in subsequent litigation. However, I do believe that Intel's e-mail problems in its current anti-trust case with competitor AMD, pokes holes in what lawyers once considered a bullet proof defense.With the exception of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/7877826891108382878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=7877826891108382878' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7877826891108382878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7877826891108382878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2007/04/archive-it-all-new-frcp-puts-end-to.html' title='Archive it All - Is this the End of the Smoking Gun Defense?'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-1424527983729347471</id><published>2007-04-10T15:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:27:53.703-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lessons Learned from Intel's Lost E-mails</title><summary type='text'>The anti-trust case leveled against Intel by rival AMD in June 2005 has taken some interesting turns relating to e-mail retention. Intel has admitted to AMD and to the courts that it may have inadvertantly deleted e-mail messages that it was required to present during discovery. The judge has recently given Intel until April 17 to respond to AMD specifically on whether the corporation will be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/1424527983729347471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=1424527983729347471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1424527983729347471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/1424527983729347471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2007/04/lessons-learned-from-intels-lost-e.html' title='Lessons Learned from Intel&apos;s Lost E-mails'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-4863848257704841792</id><published>2007-04-02T13:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:28:24.379-05:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Archiving is a 10 to 20-year Decision</title><summary type='text'>Your e-mail archiving solution should outlast pretty much any information solution you are currently using. The shelf life of this decision should be at least as long as the longest specified retention period in your e-mail policy.Why? Because one of the fundamental principles of archiving is that archived data has no value when it can't be retrieved, and therefore retrieval from the archive must</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/4863848257704841792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=4863848257704841792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/4863848257704841792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/4863848257704841792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2007/04/e-mail-archiving-is-10-to-20-year.html' title='E-mail Archiving is a 10 to 20-year Decision'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-115642976388314195</id><published>2007-03-27T15:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-28T07:59:50.687-04:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Archiving Where it Belongs - In the Storage Infrastructure</title><summary type='text'>The natural evolution of what used to be called "network applications" is that, once it reaches a certain level of maturity, an application morphs into the infrastructure. Network routing for example used to be a separate network application on servers running the network operating system (NOS). But CISCO changed that when it introduced new easy-to-install and easy-to-maintain routers. From that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/115642976388314195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=115642976388314195' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115642976388314195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115642976388314195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/08/should-e-mail-archving-be-part-of.html' title='E-mail Archiving Where it Belongs - In the Storage Infrastructure'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-115274328777523908</id><published>2007-03-22T11:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T13:42:22.051-04:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Archiving Isn't Just About Compliance - Users Like it Too!</title><summary type='text'>The enormous benefit that e-mail archiving can provide to users is unfortunately often overshadowed by the high-brow mumble-jumble of regulatory compliance.The burden of insufficient or inaccessible e-mail storage usually weighs heavily on the shoulders of the user. Because storage on a mail-server should be maintained below a certain level for it to operate smoothly, most organizations impose </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/115274328777523908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=115274328777523908' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115274328777523908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115274328777523908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/07/e-mail-archiving-isnt-just-for.html' title='E-mail Archiving Isn&apos;t Just About Compliance - Users Like it Too!'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-7166118947381695242</id><published>2007-02-28T07:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T07:47:05.108-05:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Now a Requirement in Legal Discovery</title><summary type='text'>According to international law firm, Fulbright &amp; Jaworski, 90% of US corporations are currently involved in litigation.  Although a shockingly high estimate, the growth of civil litigation for business resolution is undeniable. And, now that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have been changed, corporations that use e-mail, regardless of their size, have one more reason to keep those  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/7166118947381695242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=7166118947381695242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7166118947381695242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/7166118947381695242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2007/02/e-mail-now-requirement-in-legal.html' title='E-mail Now a Requirement in Legal Discovery'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-115953257185743167</id><published>2006-09-29T07:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T09:04:09.400-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Be Handcuffed to a Messaging Vendor by Your E-mail Archiving System</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday's article by InfoWorld called "The Blazing Trail of Open Source Development" affirmed the statements that our folks have been saying for years - that choosing an archiving system that integrates with a commercial mail application locks you to that vendor. The article states that "critical enterprise data ends up stored on e-mail servers" and "When those servers are based on proprietary </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/115953257185743167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=115953257185743167' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115953257185743167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115953257185743167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/09/dont-be-handcuffed-to-messaging-vendor.html' title='Don&apos;t Be Handcuffed to a Messaging Vendor by Your E-mail Archiving System'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-115688410911189802</id><published>2006-09-05T16:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T17:12:05.606-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why iSCSI for E-mail Archiving?</title><summary type='text'>Here's why I believe that iSCSI storage is a good fit for e-mail archiving, even for small organizations:1. ScalabilityThere isn't a CIO out there who can accurately predict what his/her email storage demands will be a year down the road. Year after year growth in e-mail is both significant and unpredictable. Average message sizes are growing from 30% to 75% annually and message volume growth is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/115688410911189802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=115688410911189802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115688410911189802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115688410911189802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-iscsi-for-e-mail-archiving.html' title='Why iSCSI for E-mail Archiving?'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-115135020572548205</id><published>2006-06-28T15:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-30T11:29:38.103-04:00</updated><title type='text'>"Storage as a Service" - The Emergence of Digital Self Storage (DSS)</title><summary type='text'>Software as a Service (SaaS) is rapidly becoming mainstream. Before the dot.com crash a lot of powerpoint presentations floated around Wall Street promoting this concept but it took the success of SalesForce.com for SaaS to be accepted. Microsoft, taking one of its greatest ever shifts, will soon and for the first time, begin selling software not as installable code but as functionality delivered</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/115135020572548205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=115135020572548205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115135020572548205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115135020572548205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/06/storage-as-service-emergence-of.html' title='&quot;Storage as a Service&quot; - The Emergence of Digital Self Storage (DSS)'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-115098507152159968</id><published>2006-06-22T09:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-22T12:16:42.926-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No Need to Rush into Upgrading that Exchange 5.5 Server</title><summary type='text'>Matt Cain, Vice President at Gartner Group this week advised Exchange 5.5 customers not to upgrade to Exchange 2003 saying that it would be better for them to wait and upgrade directly to Exchange 2007 when it's available sometime in 2008. According to Cain, rather than rushing into a 2003 migration, and then to 2007, customers would be better off to wait and take the time to prepare properly for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/115098507152159968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=115098507152159968' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115098507152159968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/115098507152159968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/06/no-need-to-rush-into-upgrading-that.html' title='No Need to Rush into Upgrading that Exchange 5.5 Server'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-114797834742086837</id><published>2006-05-24T07:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:29:02.473-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Behold - The Next Great Renaissance of Internet Trust</title><summary type='text'>We are about to embark upon the next great Internet Renaissance. But this is not a renaissance of technological change, but rather one of trust. The first Great Renaissance of Trust occurred during the Internet's infancy when despite popular concern over its ubiquitous and open nature, business people around the world chose to accept the much-touted privacy risks in favor of the reach and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/114797834742086837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=114797834742086837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114797834742086837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114797834742086837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/05/behold-next-great-renaissance-of.html' title='Behold - The Next Great Renaissance of Internet Trust'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-114711947917591395</id><published>2006-05-11T10:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:29:38.187-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Radicati Says the EA Industry Growing Faster</title><summary type='text'>The Radicati Group, one of the the messaging industries most respected analyst firms, has upped its estimate and now says that annual spending on e-mail archiving will reach almost $8 billion by 2010. Reflecting that the long-awaited market explosion is now happening, Radicati not only increased their previous prediction of $7.4 billion by 2011, but also pushed it up a year.Specifically, Radicati</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/114711947917591395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=114711947917591395' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114711947917591395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114711947917591395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/05/radicati-says-ea-industry-growing.html' title='Radicati Says the EA Industry Growing Faster'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-114381663590296766</id><published>2006-05-08T09:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:30:05.306-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Beware the Vendor Feature-Matrix</title><summary type='text'>Our sales representatives are asked periodically to complete a Feature-Matrix supposedly so that customers can better understand how our product compares with others. The Feature-Matrix is a common sales tactic with software vendors. They provide a prospective customer with a matrix that may appear to be a neutral product comparison but is usually a biased list of features that highlights product</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/114381663590296766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=114381663590296766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114381663590296766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114381663590296766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/05/beware-vendor-feature-matrix.html' title='Beware the Vendor Feature-Matrix'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-114536580061514448</id><published>2006-04-21T07:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T14:30:36.630-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Treating "ESH" (E-mail Storage Headaches)</title><summary type='text'>Just because you have a headache does not mean you need brain surgery. According to the American Medical Association (AMA), 75% of all headaches are Tension-type Headaches or TTH. The AMA's recommended treatment for TTH is simple - relaxation, an ice pack, and massage. No brain surgery. No brain transplant.Why have we for so long treated so many IT inflictions with the invasive equivalent of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/114536580061514448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=114536580061514448' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114536580061514448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114536580061514448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/04/treating-esh-e-mail-storage-headaches.html' title='Treating &quot;ESH&quot; (E-mail Storage Headaches)'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-114537003951549631</id><published>2006-04-18T07:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-08T16:16:36.840-04:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Continuity: Combining E-mail Archiving and Disaster Recovery</title><summary type='text'>The integrity of business functions relies heavily on an organization’s messaging system and access to e-mail data. During times of crisis, the ability to access current as well as older e-mail messages can contribute greatly to maintaining regular business operation.An overburdened messaging system is of limited value during regular operation, but during a crisis or outage, it is unlikely to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/114537003951549631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=114537003951549631' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114537003951549631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114537003951549631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/04/e-mail-continuity-combining-e-mail.html' title='E-mail Continuity: Combining E-mail Archiving and Disaster Recovery'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-113951887886471387</id><published>2006-03-23T20:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-23T08:23:24.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Unified Messaging Demands Open Standards</title><summary type='text'>In a world where messages are sent to and from an almost limitless variety of communication devices, like iPods, Cell phones, Blackberry's (or NPD-berrys), and something currently in a lab, the need to retain messages for subsequent access and retrieval says that we must have a set of standards that define messaging formats. If not, we have to render the message differently each time it's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/113951887886471387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=113951887886471387' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113951887886471387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113951887886471387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/03/unified-messaging-demands-open.html' title='Unified Messaging Demands Open Standards'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-114193076154847694</id><published>2006-03-20T13:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-20T16:59:37.850-05:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Archiving for the Small Business - Because your e-mail content is every bit as critical as theirs</title><summary type='text'>If you run or work in a small business you know that digital information is as valuable to you as it is to larger companies. Why therefore is e-mail archiving generally only discussed in context of large or regulated businesses?A business looks to archive e-mail for a wide variety of reasons - compliance and legal protection just happen to be the two reasons that get the most publicity and vendor</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/114193076154847694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=114193076154847694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114193076154847694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114193076154847694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/03/e-mail-archiving-for-small-business.html' title='E-mail Archiving for the Small Business - Because your e-mail content is every bit as critical as theirs'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-113961425208623782</id><published>2006-03-06T05:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-06T16:38:49.743-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Corporate Messaging - The Last of the Closed Systems</title><summary type='text'>Organizations using commercial e-mail applications like Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes/Domino have no choice in what they use as their message store. License Exchange and you get Microsoft's proprietary Jet database. License Domino and you get a Notes database. But, what if you wanted the scalability of an Oracle or DB2 database as your Exchange message store instead of the Jet? Sorry, you're </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/113961425208623782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=113961425208623782' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113961425208623782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113961425208623782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/03/corporate-messaging-last-of-closed.html' title='Corporate Messaging - The Last of the Closed Systems'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-113933256579590638</id><published>2006-03-03T20:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-03T08:56:55.256-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Off to CeBit</title><summary type='text'>For the first time since the early 90s, I'm heading off next week to the famous CeBit Fair in Hannover Germany, the world's largest computer show (www.cebit.de). If you're not familiar with CeBit, here are some vitals - 6 days; 27 buildings; 315,000 square metres of exhibition space; over 6,000 exhibitors; and 474,000 visitors. I will be spending time with our Benelux distributor, IT-Data, at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/113933256579590638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=113933256579590638' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113933256579590638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113933256579590638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/03/off-to-cebit.html' title='Off to CeBit'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-114109213327449192</id><published>2006-03-02T20:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T11:39:01.080-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Running with the Elephants - Competing Against Mammoths</title><summary type='text'>I am asked quite often how NorthSeas a small start up can compete against industry giants like EMC, Symantec, and IBM. I may sound naive when I say this (a criticism I willingly accept) but with every fibre of my being I believe that we can compete well in this crowded space and succeed, if only for the simple reason that today's IT Managers and CIOs no longer see products from Big Vendors as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/114109213327449192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=114109213327449192' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114109213327449192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114109213327449192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/03/running-with-elephants-competing.html' title='Running with the Elephants - Competing Against Mammoths'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-113952047920269795</id><published>2006-02-21T08:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-03T08:57:15.886-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Economics of a "Network Message Store"</title><summary type='text'>Using a NAS device as a message store not only frees the mail server of much of its storage load, it's a fraction of the cost. You can purchase a 1 TB NAS for less than $5,000.00 or $5.00 per GB. Most users generate, according to The Radicati Group, about 20 MB of email per day (100 MB per week or 5 GB per year). This means that the cost of storing a full year's worth of e-mail is only about $25 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/113952047920269795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=113952047920269795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113952047920269795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113952047920269795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/02/economics-of-network-message-store.html' title='The Economics of a &quot;Network Message Store&quot;'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-114047348525120043</id><published>2006-02-20T17:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-20T17:23:51.496-05:00</updated><title type='text'>E-mail Archiving Appliances - A $2 Billion Industry?</title><summary type='text'>Messaging analyst firm, The Radicati Group, predicts that demand for e-mail archiving solutions will grow from it's current size of about $500 million to a wopping $4.4 billion in vendor revenue by the Year 2009.The Forrester Research estimate that SMB's represent 44% of all IT spending, combined with the preference SMBs have demonstrated for the simplicity of low maintenance appliance-based </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/114047348525120043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=114047348525120043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114047348525120043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114047348525120043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/02/e-mail-archiving-appliances-2-billion.html' title='E-mail Archiving Appliances - A $2 Billion Industry?'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-114003096153369709</id><published>2006-02-15T14:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T14:16:53.580-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Morgan Stanley Fine Reflects that E-mail is a Business Record</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday, Morgan Stanley issued a press release offering up a fine of $15 million to resolve an investigation over its failure to retain e-mail messages. The same firm earlier in 2005 received a court judgement against it (where missing e-mail messages was a key contributing factor) for $1.58 billion and is currently also facing other "related" charges with NASD.This announcement and others like</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/114003096153369709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=114003096153369709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114003096153369709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/114003096153369709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/02/morgan-stanley-fine-reflects-that-e.html' title='Morgan Stanley Fine Reflects that E-mail is a Business Record'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-113940542317825139</id><published>2006-02-09T08:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-10T15:54:03.886-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do Businesses Want E-mail Archiving or More Scalable Messages Stores?</title><summary type='text'>Consider this popular quote from Harvard Business School professor, Thomas Levitt: "People don't want a quarter inch drill. They want a quarter inch hole."For a variety of reasons, including the high profile FUD of compliance, e-mail messages are now no longer considered temporary. Most mail-server message stores are incapable of scaling to the size that's needed and because the major messaging </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/113940542317825139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=113940542317825139' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113940542317825139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113940542317825139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/02/do-businesses-want-e-mail-archiving-or.html' title='Do Businesses Want E-mail Archiving or More Scalable Messages Stores?'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-113931615693950655</id><published>2006-02-02T07:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-08T17:12:51.620-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Difference Between an Archive and a Backup</title><summary type='text'>Ask a hundred IT people to define Backup and Archive and you'll be surprised how many different, conflicting definitions you get. Many see the two as synonomous while others consider an Archive to be the result of a Backup. Without common definitions and clear distinctions how can we as a community achieve break-through technological advances? If we can't define the terms clearly how are we going</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/113931615693950655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=113931615693950655' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113931615693950655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113931615693950655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/02/difference-between-archive-and-backup.html' title='The Difference Between an Archive and a Backup'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22038710.post-113923803613918338</id><published>2006-01-25T09:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-08T17:12:00.656-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to SpenceatNorthSeas</title><summary type='text'>Welcome to my new blogsite. My name is Stephen Spence. I'm the CEO and President of NorthSeas AMT. The purpose of this blog is to share with our customers, partners and all keenly (or otherwise) interested e-mail storage stakeholders - my thoughts on the industry and our role in it.Exciting times are ahead for the messaging industry. With your help, I hope to address directly all of the major </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/feeds/113923803613918338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22038710&amp;postID=113923803613918338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113923803613918338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22038710/posts/default/113923803613918338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spenceatnorthseas.blogspot.com/2006/01/welcome-to-spenceatnorthseas.html' title='Welcome to SpenceatNorthSeas'/><author><name>Stephen Spence</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10874970671457690827</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lvh_Np-qrMI/SKXMTUhPOgI/AAAAAAAAAAw/yNKOXO5zoHI/S220/Picture+002.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
