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 130 million US workers
send 2.8 billion email
messages a day"- (‘The
e-Policy Handbook’, by Nancy Flynn)
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Today's users spend an average of 2.2 hours per day sending an
average of 14 messages and
receiving 19. Within a year
this is expected to grow to 2.6 hours, sending 23
messages and reading 34. Ferris Research |
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E-mail is a cornerstone of companies'
Internet commerce systems: at least 30% of all corporate e-mail traffic
will be sent to customers and outside parties. Forrester
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Cyberloitering is on the rise. Workers with
access to the Internet spend the equivalent of 21 working days a year surfing. About 64% of
that time is used for "non-work related
entertainment."
Georgia Tech College study
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A 2000 survey of 300 firms showed that all but one acknowledged being
hit by a major virus this year -- even though 70 percent
of desktops, 91 percent of servers, 45 percent of
firewalls and proxies, and 80 percent of e-mail gateways
were running anti-virus products.
International
Computer Security Association (ICSA)
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With a 323% rise
over the last year, intellectual property theft is now
costing corporate America an estimated $24
billion
annually. Some 74% of
these security breaches come from the inside.
American Society for Industrial Security
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The cost of acquiring, deploying, managing,
administering, and using a messaging system is $4,189 per
user per year. Creative Networks
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In many corporations, company secrets are
walking out the door. Only 54% of 1,300 IT professionals
surveyed say their company has a security policy in
place. Datapro Information Services
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Over the lifetime of a messaging system
(estimated 3.5 years), the per message cost for desktop
users is 54 cents. Creative
Networks
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Bandwidth consumption within organizations is
doubling every 90 to 180 days. Gartner Group
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50% of employees
report receiving racist, sexist, pornographic, or
otherwise inappropriate email at work"-
27% of Fortune
500 companies have defended themselves against claims of
sexual harassment stemming from inappropriate
email"- (‘The e-Policy Handbook’, by Nancy
Flynn)
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In twelve months, companies can expect their
messaging bandwidth to be three to
five times that of today. Most of this growth will
be driven by a rapid increase in average messaging size,
as more messaging include attached word processing,
spreadsheet, and presentation software files. Ferris
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Companies admit that their information
systems are under siege: A recent report revealed that 47%
of 563 U.S. organizations surveyed has been attacked
through the Internet, up 37%
from 1996. While 43% of respondents reported attacks
from within, 47% said they
experienced external attacks.
Computer Security Institute and the FBI |
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About 50% of
all companies will outsource at least some part of their
e-mail systems during the next two years. Currently about
10 to 15% of companies
outsource some of their e-mail.
Gartner Group |
Minutes per month of unscheduled downtime in
Exchange environments: 71minutes.
CNI Market Research
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Roughly 25 - 30%
of all e-mail leaving an enterprise through the Internet
is of a personal nature. Gartner Group |
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According to a 2004 study there are
currently about 980 million active email
accounts in the world, 49% of them
corporate mailboxes.
The
Radicati Group, Inc. |
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According to a 1999 survey on e-mail abuse, 85% of respondents admitted that
they send or receive personal e-mail at work and 64% of them said that those
e-mails also contain sexual, racist or otherwise
offensive content. Elron Software Inc. |
E-mail is fast becoming the communication
method of choice for US adults, according to the results
of a new study: 60% of US
Internet users prefer reading their e-mails than reading
ordinary post and 34% prefer
to send an e-mail than make a telephone call. Three
quarters of users receive personal e-mail to their
business e-mail address. AmericanGreetings.com
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