Thursday, December 20, 2007

Trend Micro C/S/M now includes hosted ERS

Just something that caught my eye now and we will start to use.  Trend Micro Client Server Messaging (C/S/M) suite which is our de facto standard for anti virus for SBS users now includes a license to their hosted Email Reputation Services.  What is this?  Well essentially it means that you redirect your email to their servers where they scan and take a look at the mail and then after it goes through this cleaning process they deliver back to your Small Business Server.  It will also act as a backup for your email server in the event that it goes down as they will host your email for up to 5 days and then send it once its up again.  This is pretty great for just being included in the product.  We've got clients using a backup MX record and this will definitely make that not necessary.  In addition with the use of the IMF filter for Exchange and other lists spam has become a non issue for our clients.  The C/S/M suite has been a winner for us and with this newest addition to me the value continues to be very high.  Check out Trend and see if it'll fit your needs.