Histoires de réussite

DStV, a professional tax consultant society in Berlin, had two problems: they were getting way too much spam in their Exchange inboxes and their internet connection was bogged down.

Their previous anti-spam/anti-virus solution collected all email in POP3 accounts and then fetched them via a POP connector. Afterwards, the emails were checked for spam and only then was the data forwarded to the internal server. This method not only caused long run-times, but all emails were downloaded instantly – even those with spam and viruses. As a consequence, the internet connection was overstrained.

Sven Hornbruch-Vandrey, the system administrator for DStV, contacted IT reseller NOVAGO from Berlin for help. NOVAGO has worked with GWAVA solutions for years and recommended that DStV try the GWAVA security solution for Microsoft Exchange.

GWAVA scans at the perimeter of the messaging system, catching spam before it reaches Exchange. Plus, the anti-spam technology used in GWAVA is constantly updated with new spam signatures and is constantly up-to-date, which means that very little spam gets through.

DStV uses a Dell server with Windows Server 2008R2 and Exchange 2003 and has 30 users on Windows 7. Because GWAVA sits at the perimeter of the system, no test installation was necessary. So NOVAGO installed GWAVA quickly on DStV’s system. Not only did GWAVA instantly solve the spam problem, but their internet connection is no longer overstrained. Now users no longer have to deal with hundreds of spam emails and can focus on their actual work.

System Administrator Sven Hornbruch-Vandrey is impressed with the GWAVA solution: “Since we’ve been using GWAVA, we receive our emails without any delay and spam is no longer clogging our mailboxes.

“The perfect compliment for a smoothly working system thanks to GWAVA came from my colleague on the Monday after the implementation: „ Our mail server must be broken, I haven‟t got a single spam mail in my mailbox!‟”

Sven Hornbruch-Vandrey,

System Administrator

Deutscher Steuerberaterverband e.V.

The GWAVA Solution

GWAVA defends your Exchange system against cybercrime and spam. Its multi-layer approach to security protects your emails and keeps unwanted in-bound and out-bound traffic off your system.

About GDStV

DStV (Deutscher Steuerberater-verband) represents the members of the tax advising profession in Germany. They advocate for tax consultants and provide information and services to its members. www.dstv.de

About NOVAGO

NOVAGO, GmbH is an IT consulting firm with extensive experience in networking (Windows and Linux), software development and technical equipment. www.novago.net

About GWAVA

GWAVA is a worldwide leader in messaging security and archiving with strategic relationships with Microsoft, Novell, Kaspersky and Research in Motion. Over 15 million users in 60 different countries use GWAVA solutions. GWAVA has offices in the U.S., Canada, Germany, UK and Australia and maintains a network of hundreds of authorized partners.

“The perfect compliment for a smoothly working system thanks to GWAVA came from my colleague on the Monday after the implementation: „ Our mail server must be broken, I haven‟t got a single spam mail in my mailbox!‟”