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BITKOM study: Fax more popular than social networks
Read moreAccording to a recent survey by the German IT industry association BITKOM, fax is in greater demand than ever before. While it remains true that E-Mail and telephony are by far the most popular means of communication at companies and therefore indispensable, eight out of ten companies surveyed use fax for internal or external communication.…
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Experton study: 25 percent lower costs with managed cloud solutions
Read moreThe analysts at the IT consultancy Experton Group have investigated opportunities for cost optimization through managed cloud services in a new study. The result: When compared with running an in-house IT infrastructure, companies can achieve savings of 25% on average in this way.
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How the @ got into the email address: Communications pioneer Ray Tomlinson dies at the age of 74
Read moreHe is known as the inventor of the first modern email: In 1971 US informatics expert Ray Tomlinson succeeded in sending a message between two computers for the first time. Email, as we now know it, was born. But something else has also survived the years – the @ sign.
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In the Name of Her Majesty: British Phishing Emails Promise Tax Refunds
Read moreIn recent days, many inboxes have been receiving emails that at first sight appear to carry joyous news. In the subject line they announce a tax refund, and the sender seems to be “Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs” (HMRC) – the British tax authority. So every recipient with business ties to the United Kingdom is…
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What companies have to consider when migrating to Office 365
Read moreAn increasing number of companies are currently migrating to cloud-based solutions such as Microsoft Office 365. We have compiled a list of 5 tips, which companies need to bear in mind when migrating to Office 365.
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All Admins are not Alike: Granular Administration of Rights for Email Security
Read moreWhen it comes to granting rights, managers responsible for enterprise IT would always like to define access to important systems as precisely as possible. It is only in the rarest cases that one uniform administrator profile is sufficient for the entire IT support: Especially with regard to email security, it often occurs in practice that…
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How to protect yourself from blackmail trojan Locky
Read moreSince last week the aggressive blackmail Trojan Locky has been causing mischief on computers around the globe. Retarus expands existing spam and virus protection functions and switch all customers over to fourfold virus scanning for the duration of the current, acute threat. To protect yourself as well as possible from attacks by Locky and similar…
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Make space in your email inbox: Send large files with Retarus LFiX
Read moreIt’s a dilemma: A large file should be sent to a colleague or business partner in the most direct way possible. At the same time you don’t want to bother the recipient with an attachment comprising several megabytes. Normal email transmission is therefore not an option. With Large File Exchange (LFiX), Retarus offers an easy-to-use,…
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Efficient Communication Processes in the Supply Chain
Read moreManufacturing companies receive every day thousands of messages by fax, email and letter, which need to be sorted, processed, manually entered into the ERP system and finally archived. To ensure a secure and efficient management of all electronic communication processes, a growing number of industrial enterprises are trusting in Retarus.
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Retarus Cloud Services: Trouble-free Fax Communication with Skype for Business
Read moreWith Skype for Business (previously known as Lync), Microsoft offers a comprehensive unified communications platform for phone calls, video conferencing and collaboration. What many companies are not fully aware of is that the use of a unified messaging solution can entail significant disadvantages especially for fax communication as in some cases it simply cannot be…
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All Hands on Deck?! Efficient Customer Communication at Sea
Read moreAnchors aweigh! More and more travelers are choosing to reach their holiday destination by ship, and benefitting from the high level of relaxation offered by this means of travel. For the organization and planning of a trip, efficient communication with customers is taking on a strategic role. Retarus WebExpress facilitates quick and reliable messaging for…
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Retarus wishes a Happy Chinese New Year!
Read moreIn the Chinese calendar, 2016 is a year of the Monkey.
