Jury convicts William Calderwood of burglary, not arson in West Side explosion

Jury convicts William Calderwood of burglary, not arson in West Side explosion
A jury convicted the 57-year-old Cleveland man for stealing from a vacant house next to his home but not of causing an explosion in the abandoned house that damaged 68 homes on Cleveland’s West Side.

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Email Archivers Revisited

Several years ago, email archiving was a hot topic as the new rules of discovery prompted everyone to look at how they would produce the appropriate email documents in the event of a lawsuit. Interest in archivers has resurfaced, but this time customers are looking at these devices as a solution to reducing out-of-control data stores.

 

The Challenge

Just as traditional data stores continue to grow, so do our email stores. It seems like an overnight explosion! But as anyone who has tried to implement an email store reduction policy knows, getting end-users to give up the items they have retained is almost impossible. Blame ENRON if you like, but people are more aware than ever that they may need to produce documentation to safeguard themselves. And in this day and age, who can blame them?

 

Enter the Email Archiver

More and more customers are contacting us to review the current email archiving solutions available for GroupWise. They want to use this technology as a way to reduce their data stores while giving end-users the comfort of knowing that they can retrieve a given message any time they need it. Here are a few important questions to ask as you consider the most popular GroupWise email archiving solutions on the market:

* How are you going to use the archiver? If you are simply going to use the archiver to be sure that all messages are archived per your data retention policies, any archiver compatible with GroupWise can achieve this goal – particularly if you don’t anticipate your end-users going back to the archive on a regular basis to look for messages.

* Does the archiving solution maintain the folder structure of the end-user’s mailbox? Not all archivers will do this. However, if your end-users will be looking for old messages on a regular basis, they will want to see the familiar folder structure they use every day. A search function to find the messages is not enough.

* Does the archiver support stubbing? Stubbing is a really important feature if you are looking to convince your end-users that archiving is a good thing. Stubbing allows the message subject and the first few lines of an email to appear in the end-user’s live mailbox. The result? For the end-user, nothing seems to have disappeared from their mailbox, even though technically the emails have been archived!

* Are you going to be pulling mail from traditional GroupWise archives? Again, not all archivers support this functionality. If you are not only trying to reduce your live message store but also the data stores of archive files, you need to be sure that you pick an archiver that can seamlessly accommodate this function. If not, you will have to unarchive the messages back to the live message store, archive them to the archiver, and then reduce the message store.

* How much data are you planning to archive? Make sure that your archiver is not undersized and that you can easily add storage if necessary. Many archivers support NAS, SAN, or Windows file share targets. How much space you need is completely dependent on the retention policies of your organization. A rule of thumb? Plan for growth, and then work on getting buy-in from the powers that be to prune this data at some point after the archiver is in place.

 

Conclusion

Email archivers are a great way to reduce live message stores without getting end-users to commit to completely getting rid of data they want to retain. And remember, reducing message stores makes for faster and more seamless migrations to new hardware or operating system platforms. For customers looking to perform NetWare to Linux migrations, this is a great place to start when planning your GroupWise server migrations.

 

 

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Is VoIP A Viable Business Communication Solution?

Many large companies are learning how effective VoIP can be to streamline their businesses. Additionally, VoIP solutions are also very helpful to medium sized and small businesses, although such businesses may not need all of the bells and whistles. With today’s technology, VoIP is a viable and cost effective way to streamline many functions.

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a relatively new technology. While it has been possible to send voice signals over the Internet for years, the idea of VoIP has only recently caught on with the explosion of broadband technology. Even though VoIP is identified as a voice function, it is also possible to use it to send data. And this is where its usability comes into play.

VoIP helps you save money on account of various factors. VoIP offers a single platform for voice and data. A single broadband connection will run the applications of both your phones and computers. A VoIP enabled phone will work like a regular phone. In fact, you don’t even need to switch on your computer if the connection is active. It is also possible to get VoIP feature in your regular phones.

Another benefit of VoIP is that it can be set up to allow employees ease of access. You can complete work from nearly any location as long as you have access to a broadband Internet connection (including wireless). Because VoIP business solutions are Web based, they can be accessed from anywhere and work can be done from remote locations.

But how does VoIP help to streamline your business operations? You can bunch all your communication tools, your email, phones, official messaging and fax under one umbrella, to make them easily accessible to your employees. This has the impact of ascertaining that all incoming mail is routed to correct mailboxes and actioned promptly, reducing the chances of overlooking messages, sending them too late, or missing out on orders.

VoIP is also a cost-effective way to hold meetings between satellite offices and with off-site clients. Rather than spending the money to pay for airfare and accommodations, VoIP offers cost-effective video conferencing options that allow you to meet “face to face” from distance across the country if necessary.

Because VoIP is so versatile, it is possible to set up a system that fits your needs. Most of the smallest businesses do not need all of the special extras like remote access and video conferencing. However, because VoIP is often less expensive than more traditional phone and Internet companies, it is possible to simply make use of these services to save money. The system can grow as your business does, and it is easy to add additional services if you find you need them.

Technology is continually offering solutions to business problems. One of these options is making use of VoIP technology. It can help you streamline your communications, organize your business, or just save you money on phone and Internet service. No matter your needs, there is like a VoIP option that can fit your situation.

If It Smells Like A Funding Crisis And It Looks Like A Funding Crisis…

If It Smells Like A Funding Crisis And It Looks Like A Funding Crisis…
Submitted by Nic Lenoir of ICAP Well, it must be a funding crisis. For all those who have been talking about rate hikes, here is a little reality check: we are on the verge of a full blown funding crisis at the sovereign level and central banks have just only started withdrawing liquidity. To be sure two factors are at play: the explosion of sovereign CDS’s or in other words sovereign credit …

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