Email problems in government & defence

How file optimisation can help

Growth in messaging storage is the leading problem in managing email systems – worse than spam, malware and a host of other serious problems.”

Osterman Research

In a defence environment it's of critical importance to ensure the unimpeded and rapid passage of information. Typically, military reports and briefings include many pictures, maps and graphics that result in file sizes exceeding several megabytes. Large files such as these can be extremely hard to deliver across certain networks (particularly when at sea or 'in the field').

Performance suffers, as your email system struggles to store and deliver such large volumes of data. This in turn impacts manageability, as more of your time is spent firefighting and planning for the inevitable increase in storage and bandwidth capacity.

Even if your system can cope with sending large email attachments, there's no guarantee they'll be successfully delivered. Caps on email inbox sizes and attachments are the norm on defence networks – it's not uncommon to see inbox caps as low as 50MB and attachment limitations of just 2MB. These can easily be hit by just a few image-heavy files, resulting in undelivered attachments.

Why use NXPowerLite?

NXPowerLite Desktop Edition integrates with your email client to automatically optimise Word, Excel, PowerPoint and JPEG email attachments as they are sent – reducing them to a fraction of their original size.

Company-wide deployment of NXPowerLite offers a high return on investment and significant, immediate benefits.

Slow email storage growth

organisations are now legally obliged to store email content for a number of years, dramatically increasing storage requirements. Optimising email attachments slows email storage growth, extending the life of your existing hardware.

Speed up antivirus scans

Large files take longer to scan. Optimising email attachments increases the speed of security and antivirus checks.

Avoid security issues

If a file is too large to email, end-users may resort to FTP, personal webmail or online file-sharing services. Optimising email attachments ensures they won't need to distribute files via these less secure methods.

Improve staff productivity

Optimising email attachments improves productivity; end-users can create and share image-heavy content without worrying about how it will be delivered. It also cuts down the time IT staff spend dealing with storage and bandwidth limitations.

Shorten network response times

Large email attachments slow down your entire network. Optimising them can significantly lighten the load, reducing data transfer costs and improving network response times – so remote users can 'feel' local.

Cut postage and courier costs

Organisations spend a lot of time and money physically distributing large files. Optimising email attachments enables users to email files that would otherwise be mailed or couriered.

Our experienced consultants will be happy to discuss deploying NXPowerLite within your organisation. Request a call.

Success story

NXPowerLite has proven itself to be a very effective and simple to use tool. It has been thoroughly tested under the most rigorous of circumstances and was never once found wanting.

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White paper

Why reducing file size should be a top priority in your organisation

Osterman Research explore the issues organisations face as email growth continues to increase.

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