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| 4.9.2008 | GFT inboxx receives SAP Certification for product portfolio SAP Netweaver status provides inboxx customers with complete approach to unified archiving Hamburg – September 4th, 2008 – GFT inboxx, the unified archiving specialist, has announced that inboxx hyparchiv and inboxx erp has achieved SAP NetWeaver status. The certification confirms the compatibility of inboxx’s products with SAP and verifies its ability to archive SAP data and documents – a critical tool for all SAP customers looking for a complete and seamless approach to archive documents and data from their ERP systems. inboxx erp is the SAP-certified, all-in-one solution for archiving data and documents from ERP systems. As an R/3 archiving system, inboxx erp considerably simplifies the electronic management of documents by connecting ERP systems to the powerful inboxx hyparchiv unified archiving backbone. This means that documents, such as orders or invoices, no longer need to be printed out, stapled and filed, as they are automatically classified and placed in the relevant employee’s integrated SAP inbox. Essentially the SAP messaging control system ensures automatic storage in inboxx erp...  Download PDF
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| 25.8.2008 | Survey of end users reveals extent of data mailpractice Study by GFT inboxx exposes the e-mail bad habits of office workers Hamburg – August 25th, 2008 – GFT inboxx, a leading European provider of unified archiving solutions, has announced the results of a survey* into end-user perspectives of e-mail. The research reveals how e-mail is used in the workplace, establishing user habits when storing electronic information and investigating the extent to which corporate e-mail policies are applied and enforced in the corporate world. Key findings of the research are as follows: - Over 75% of employees receive no guidance on the archiving or retention of e-mail based business communication - Common compliance and legal guidelines are not being met - Over a third of workers have lost and never found important electronic documents - User habits are putting unnecessary strain on mail-servers and storage capacity - 41% of workers leave files attached to e-mails and just half have an enforced limit on the size of their mailbox - End-users find archiving complex and laborious and would benefit from a unified approach to archiving The results indicate that many corporate networks lack structure and control in terms of e-mail use and the storage of electronic documents. This not only raises questions about the ability of businesses to conform to specific compliance regulations, but also reveals the unnecessary burden that staff are placing on mail servers and storage capacity through lack of a centralised e-mail policy.... Download PDF
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| 13.8.2008 | Home Office sparks controversy with 'snoopers' charter August 13th, 2008 – Recent proposals from the Home Office* aimed at giving local councils and public bodies the power to monitor e-mail and internet traffic in a bid to fight terrorism, have come under fire from the opposition parties. The move, which the Government claims is essential for the implementation of a European Directive, would make it mandatory for phone and internet companies to store all information on personal web use – including e-mails – for one year. Bernd Hoeck, Marketing Director Europe at unified archiving expert GFT inboxx, has said the following of the news: Download PDF
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| 1.8.2008 | GFT inboxx BPM business division subject of management buy-out BPM suite taken over by Inspire Technologies GmbH Hamburg – August 1st, 2008 – GFT inboxx, the leading provider of unified archiving solutions in Europe, today announced that its BPM product suite is being transferred to an independent company as part of a management buy-out. The new company, called Inspire Technologies GmbH, is headquartered in St. Georgen, Germany. Inspire Technologies is taking over the ‘Inspire’ BPM product, together with the BPM division’s development team and maintenance contracts. GFT inboxx and Inspire Technologies will conclude partnership contracts, to mutually support each other in the development and implementation of solutions. "The conversion of GFT inboxx into a focused provider of innovative archiving solutions is thus concluded,” comments Joachim Moser, managing director of GFT inboxx GmbH. “We are delighted at being able to place the successful BPM business, in connection with the Inspire product, into the reliable hands of the current management.” “Independence gives us the necessary space to concentrate on the development and marketing of our product,” explains Dr Michael Otte, managing director of Inspire Technologies. “The BPM market is growing rapidly, and we will be able to react even more quickly to market trends and our customers' requirements in this new form. In preliminary discussions with current customers and partners, we have received very positive feedback on this step.” Download PDF
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| 15.7.2008 | US and Canada get tough on e-mail preservation Following months of uproar over missing e-mails at the White House, the US House of Representatives last week* passed “The Electronic Message Preservation Act” – a bill which sets out new rules for the preservation of government agency e-mails, voicemails and other electronic records. This, coupled with the Canadian Securities Administrator’s (CSA) proposal earlier this year for new e-mail storage and retrieval rules for financial organisations, suggest the start of a movement towards tighter regulation of electronic information. Juergen Obermann, CEO of unified archiving specialist, GFT inboxx, has said the following of the news: “As a global economy we are compounded by rules governing matters such as the storage of electronic information – but to date we have never seen regulations as specific as this. Take the CSA’s proposals for example, by explicitly stating that financial organisations need to “promptly” provide messages to regulators if required, they automatically have upped the ante in terms of what is expected of organisations when storing information. Rather unsurprisingly, organisations remain both confused over what constitutes compliance with these regulations and, particularly in the case of the new White House e-mail bill, concerned with the implications for staffs’ privacy. Practically speaking, it is clear that much education is needed if these regulations are ever to take flight – with organisations defining policies and educating users on what information needs to be archived etc. Indeed, if the UK is anything to go by, organisations clearly have a long way to achieve this, with a recent survey by GFT inboxx finding that 40% of financial services organisations do not define set retention times for storing information. Ultimately, tighter governance of electronic information can only be a good thing – but if it is to be truly successful, organisations need to understand clearly what needs to be done, and how technologies, such as archiving, can ultimately help.” Download PDF
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| 1.7.2008 | GFT inboxx announces new vision for archiving inboxx hyparchiv provides future-proofed, unified archiving to enable seamless information management GFT inboxx, the unified archiving specialist, has today announced a new platform based upon its unique, future-proof unified archiving architecture. At the centre of this lies inboxx hyparchiv, providing users with a centralised and seamless solution for all archiving needs within the enterprise. inboxx hyparchiv is a vital backbone for the concept of unified archiving. Operating in the background, the archiving infrastructure integrates into source applications and their corresponding client applications (e.g. MS Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes, SAP, Windows File Server etc.), whilst offering access to documents, no matter what their format. With most organisations subject to largely scattered, de-centralised archiving solutions, it is often difficult for users to store, search or retrieve retained information. In addition, it is very unlikely that central concepts for the retention of information or e-discovery can be imposed as required. Given the influx of regulations in today’s marketplace, companies need a robust archiving solution to ensure that all requirements are being met effectively. inboxx hyparchiv can be scaled to meet user requirements. Its flexibility means that depending on specific needs, organisations can either deploy several archive servers to split the archiving load or channel individual archiving services such as rendition or OCR scanning out to dedicated computers. “Today we see a similar development in archiving as we have seen in the past with database management systems; moving away from single applications towards a central infrastructure,” explained Juergen Obermann, CEO at GFT inboxx. “GFT inboxx has embraced this trend and our product portfolio offers an innovative solution to this next generation of archiving needs.” “Unified archiving based on inboxx hyparchiv can bring huge synergies and cost savings to organisations looking to lower their overheads and improve their bottom line,” continued Obermann. “With all the services needed for archiving provided through our single platform approach, CIOs and IT directors can rest easy in the knowledge that their information is protected.” Easy to adopt and with a low total cost of ownership, inboxx hyparchiv also supports a broad range of applications, whilst simultaneously offering standard interfaces for the integration of Windows – or J2EE-based applications. The uniform storage management and the migration function built in to the product create independence from the available storage infrastructure. Moreover, if required, the disaster recovery process through inboxx hyparchiv allows as fast a recovery of data as possible. Key advantages of the solution .... Download PDF
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| 1.7.2008 | Majority of business dissatisfied with e-mail policies and systems, reports GFT inboxx CIOs and IT Directors rank efficiency, rather than compliance, cost and litigation, as key corporate concern GFT inboxx, a leading European provider of unified archiving solutions, has announced the results of a survey* of senior IT decision makers across private sector businesses. The research provides insight into how businesses set e-mail policies, revealing the key drivers behind e-mail and document management and the areas that CIOs and IT directors need to address in order to optimise e-mail use in the workplace. Key findings of the research are as follows: • Efficiency is consistently ranked as the top driver for e-mail management – compliance is ranked second, cost third and litigation least important. • 51% of businesses do not set retention times for e-mails and documents – 40% for businesses in the financial services sector. • 35% of CIOs and IT Directors in the financial services sector do not see compliance as a key driver for e-mail management. • 97% of CIOs and IT Directors have been required to search for old e-mails and attachments, however 61% found this to be an unacceptably time consuming and complicated process. The results indicate that e-mail, which remains undoubtedly the most crucial channel of business communication, still presents difficulties for the enterprise. In addition, surprising findings, such as 35% of financial services organisations not ranking compliance as a key driver and 40% not setting retention times for e-mails and documents, raise questions over the impact and reach of compliance guidelines. “It’s interesting, given the current compliance climate, just how few businesses are exerting control over how long information is retained,” said Juergen Obermann, CEO of GFT inboxx. “This presents a series of questions: are these organisations turning a blind eye to regulations – and thereby failing to implement solutions to adapt to future requirements, or are these regulations merely hype and do not affect the broad sweep of organisations they suggest they do?” Non-compliance and public transgression can lead to financial penalties and considerable embarrassment, yet the research shows that there are more pressing priorities for CIOs and IT directors seeking to improve e-mail systems. “That compliance is not higher on the agenda for the financial services sector is unexpected, but it shouldn’t come as a total surprise that efficiency is the number one driver overall,” added Obermann. “With so many people dedicating a large proportion of their day to e-mail, it is only natural that they don’t want to have to spend extra time searching for or managing mail and attachments, thus distracting from their core job function. Clearly, what this research is telling us is that most corporate e-mail systems have a lot of room for improvement.” The research indicates that a large amount of time is being consumed by businesses searching for information, with 97% of businesses being required to search for old e-mails and attachments. This is compounded by factors making it difficult and time consuming for the 61% of businesses that currently find this process to be unacceptably time consuming and complicated. “Given the number of respondents who claimed that they needed to access old e-mails and documents, it is disappointing that a high number did not have a more positive experience when trying to access information,” concludes Obermann. “Organisations who want to see improvements on their bottom line, should ensure that they readdress their email systems to allow staff to access information as quickly as possible, thus improving overall workforce efficiency.” Download PDF
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| 30.6.2008 | Google initiates e-mail ‘cold-turkey’ – GFT inboxx comments Following on from controversial initiatives at Intel such as “No e-mail Fridays” and “Quiet time Tuesdays”, engineers at Google have recently devised the “e-mail addict” tool* which enables users to lock themselves out of their e-mail account for 15 minutes at a time. The feature, currently being tested, is being spearheaded as a tool to boost productivity. Juergen Obermann, CEO of GFT inboxx, a leading provider of unified archiving solutions, has said the following of the news: “It still amazes me that any tool which actively promotes e-mail downtime can actually be seen as an enabler to productivity. E-mail is undoubtedly our greatest business asset today – and curtailing its use seems to be missing the fundamental reason as to why this communication tool was first created. True, e-mail management can be an extra burden on employees, but companies seem to be missing the point with these initiatives. Shutting down an e-mail system for 15 minutes isn’t going to stop the flow of communication, it’s just going to mean that staff spend more time catching up. As most of the time wasted on e-mail is due to staff trying to stay in line with their imposed company e-mail limits, wouldn’t it be more sensible for organisations to firstly educate their staff on the appropriate use of e-mail – hopefully reducing unnecessary e-mail chains – and secondly, introduce a robust archiving solution that significantly reduces the size of e-mails? This would effectively limit the amount of time spent by employees managing their inbox, whilst retaining the benefits of ongoing, open communication via e-mail.” Download PDF
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| 20.6.2008 | Butler Group recommends GFT inboxx for efficient E-Mail discovery and storage Technology audit highlights strength in focus on compliance for European organisations GFT inboxx, the email archiving specialist, has today announced that leading UK analyst house, Butler Group, has commended its archiving solution – stating that it meets and addresses many corporate issues pertaining to regulatory compliance, e-discovery and litigation support. Crucially, the report highlighted that the GFT inboxx solution can be deployed in a short time frame. Butler Group’s review of GFT inboxx, conducted by Information Management Practice Director Richard Edwards, is contained within a recent Butler Group Technology Audit – an independent report which assesses a vendor’s current product portfolio and its overall suitability in the marketplace. GFT inboxx enables businesses and service providers to set enterprise-wide standards in archiving electronic correspondence. Both incoming and outgoing e-mails and attachments are securely stored and archived – either manually or using rules-based criteria – for quick and easy retrieval using GFT inboxx's intelligent, full-text search. GFT inboxx provides a stable, scalable solution that is easy to install and dramatically reduces storage requirements by reducing each e-mail to a 2kb link and removing multiple copies of attachments. “We were impressed with GFT inboxx’s market proposition,” said Richard Edwards, Information Management Practice Director at Butler Group. “In today’s day and age organisations require a robust archiving solution that not only provides end users, auditors and corporate legal teams with the ability to quickly and easily retrieve any email – but also one that accommodates a broad set of compliance regulations.” “With so many companies competing in this space, GFT inboxx’s solution scores well on the capabilities required of an e-mail archiving solution,” continued Edwards. “Its experience in the European market means that it has a good understanding of the national and international compliance requirements – something which is lacking in some of its US counterparts. Overall GFT inboxx’s archiving product is a good solution and addresses the core archiving needs well.” Download PDF
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| 07.5.2008 | White House under fire as emails lost – comment from inboxx The IT department at the White House has come under fire this week after a Congressional report (http://fas.org/sgp/congress/2008/022608supp.pdf) detailed how an IT blunder resulted in the loss of thousand of emails required to be archived under federal law. The White House automated archiving solution came asunder in 2002 when the newly appointed Bush administration changed email providers from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook. However, incompatibility issues with the new system meant that archiving was left in the hands of staff – leading to the omission of thousands of emails. Juergen Obermann, CEO of archiving specialist GFT inboxx, has said the following of the news: “Given the technological advancements of today’s society, it seems a little archaic to leave the archiving of potentially sensitive and highly classified information in the hands of the end user – particularly for an organisation so firmly in the public spotlight. Whilst this most certainly throws up some serious concerns over internal policy – more worrying is that by failing to archive all correspondence, the very body supposed to be upholding the law is clearly in violation of it. With more and more regulations flooding the market place it is essential that organisations, at the very least, put a rigorous and automated archiving system in place – removing the burden from the end-user and ensuring that ALL correspondence is properly recorded, no matter what the email provider. This is the only way to guarantee a consistent approach to organisation-wide document management." Download PDF
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| 9.4.2008 | GFT inboxx cooperates with Microsoft GFT inboxx GmbH is a Microsoft ISV and Gold Certified Partner Unterschleissheim/Hamburg, 9.4.2008. Thanks to its numerous client projects and extensive expertise in the field of ISV/software solutions, GFT inboxx GmbH has qualified as a "Microsoft Gold Certified Partner". The international IT company is now one of the small group of 900 certified Gold Partners, the highest level of the Microsoft Partner Programme. GFT inboxx develops and sells its own vertical and horizontal software solutions, which are based on Microsoft technologies. One example is the e-mail archiving solution inboxx. In the context of its strategic cooperation with Microsoft, the independent software vendor (ISV) will in particular continue to push ahead with the development of industry-based solutions for small and medium-sized clients. “In GFT inboxx we have gained a powerful ISV partner, boasting special expertise in the field of legally compliant and long-term e-mail archiving. Co-operation with independent software vendors forms a key pillar in Microsoft's partner network. With the vertical and horizontal IT solutions of the ISVs we can address new markets and clients, and respond even better to the individual needs of companies," says Robert Helgerth, Director of Small & Mid-Market Solutions and Partners, and a Member of the Executive Board of Microsoft Deutschland GmbH. Close co-operation with Microsoft through the partner programme, provides ISVs with rapid access to new technology platforms and expertise from Microsoft. This lead, in terms of knowledge and innovation, guarantees them a pioneering role in the market. "We look forward to working even more intensively with Microsoft in future. In that way we will be able to offer our clients solutions based on the latest Microsoft technology at all times. The "Microsoft Gold Certified Partner“ seal of quality verifies the numerous projects already implemented to the satisfaction of our clients, as well as the top-class specialist skills of our employees,“ says Jürgen Obermann, CEO of GFT inboxx GmbH. Download PDF
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| 25.02.2008 | Press Release Plasmon and GFT inboxx formalise partnership to deliver efficient email archiving Download PDF
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| 19.02.2008 | Press Release GFT Solution becomes GFT inboxx Download PDF
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| 03.12.2007 | Press Release Cooperation with SAP system vendor FIS Download PDF
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| 21.11.2007 | Press Release inboxx – A new innovative solution to e-mail-management Download PDF
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| 21.11.2007 | Press Release Jürgen Obermann appointed as CEO of GFT Solutions Download PDF
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