Case study: University of Ulster

The University of Ulster is the largest university in Ireland. In response to the increasing threat of spam and viruses, the university uses PureMessage to filter up to 140,000 messages a day, protecting 35,000 mailboxes from email-borne threats. Excellent user acceptance and improved productivity is saving the university up to £240,000 a year.

"We can highly recommend PureMessage to any organization that is concerned with the productivity and resource wastage inherent in openly trusting and handling email environments."
Andrew Gregg, Assistant Director of Corporate Information and Infrastructure Services

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Fact file

Business challenge

• The university needed a comprehensive email filtering solution that was robust enough to stand up in a complex environment.

Technology solution

• PureMessage provides a wide-range of features, resilient design and highly modular functionality that integrates with the existing email architecture.

Business results

• PureMessage stopped up to 42,000 viruses a day during the outbreaks of the Bagle and Netsky viruses. Together with the reduced helpdesk involvement in directly handling spam, the university is saving more than £240,000 a year in support costs.