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WEB
& MESSAGING MANAGEMENT STATISTICS
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Statistics to help
justify the need for the ReSoft
tools
Federal Authorities recently found
stolen telephone company data in one of the e-mail
accounts of a small computer games company. The
Secret Service raided the company and seized their computer
system - with disastrous effects on their business. 1 in 6 people say their company has
experienced negative impacts associated with Internet usage Nissan Motor recently dismissed
several employees for sending sexually explicit e-mail. The
employees sued and argued Nissan had violated their privacy by
reviewing e-mail. Only 54 percent of 1,300 IT
professionals surveyed say their company has a security policy in
place Chevron recently paid $2.2
million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit after a division's
internal email was used to transmit an internet joke - 25
reasons beer is better than women. An Information Week/Ernst & Young survey found that almost 8 out of 10 North American companies have lost valuable information over the past two years due to computer viruses, hackers, bitter employees, or disasters. In response to these overwhelming losses, 90 percent of firms are upgrading their security, according to Sentry Market Research's Enterprise Network Management Report. 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. 47 percent of 563 US organizations
surveyed have been attacked through the Internet Growth and Cost of Web & Messaging Bandwidth consumption within
organizations is doubling every 90 to 180 days. US-based networks will generate an
estimated 2.6 trillion electronic mail messages this year. A recent survey by EMA in
association with Wilkofsky/Gruen & Associates projected that the
number of e-mail users would double between 1996 and the year
2000, surpassing the 108 million mark. Those users are expected to
receive more than 7 trillion messages a year, with a growing
proportion of them generated by machines rather than humans. The cost of acquiring, deploying,
managing, administering, and using a messaging system is $4,189 per
user per year. Despite efforts to standardize
internal e-mail programs, many large organizations are finding it
necessary to support multiple systems. Gartner Group predicts that
"by 1999, one-third of Notes sites will also have Exchange
servers installed, and one-third of Exchange sites will have Notes
servers installed." But this internal mixing and matching of
e-mail programs can make enterprise wide e-mail almost impossible to
manage. Messaging is more than email -
Faxes account for up to 40% of a typical company's
telecommunications bill totaling almost $15 million annually. A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that 86%of the 757 human resource professionals polled now use e-mail, but 49% of their companies don't train employees in the proper use of electronic messaging and 48% don't have written e-mail policies. Sixty-three percent say their firms do not officially allow personal use of the company e-mail system, but do not monitor messages. Six percent had been asked to produce copies of e-mail messages as evidence for lawsuits. (Miami Herald 12 Jan 98). Struggling with Messaging Management? Read Tom Dignan's article in EMA's Messaging Magazine. A company with 1,000 employees
spends nearly $4 million dollars a year on email. Employee use (or mis-use) of Web & Messaging 64% of the time employees spend on
Internet is comprised of non-work related entertainment? Georgia
Tech College study. Roughly 25 - 30% of all e-mail
leaving an enterprise through the Internet is of a personal nature. This Web Page is intended to provide general information only, and should not be construed as legal advice or opinions on specific facts or your specific requirements, ReSoft International will have no responsibility or liability with respect to your use of any of the information provided. Please contact ReSoft International on 203 972 8462 if you would like any specific advice.
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