Case study: Notarius

Notarius is an organization formed to link Quebec's notarial profession into an integrated, computerized system. With spam and email-borne viruses causing significant disruption despite its existing gateway protection, Notarius decided to search for an alternative product. PureMessage (part of Email Security and Control) was selected for its pricing and high performance, which has enabled the organization to regain control of its inboxes.

"Since we installed PureMessage for UNIX, we have significantly less spam and our IT staff now has one less thing to worry about. It is a definite win-win situation and I strongly recommend PureMessage to anyone."
David Robillard, UNIX systems administrator

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Fact file

Business challenge

• Notarius was receiving over 200,000 emails a month, 99% of which were spam, plus a significant number of email-borne viruses.
• The organization's existing anti-spam solution was tagging an unacceptably high number of legitimate emails as spam.

Technology solution

• PureMessage was chosen to replace the organization's existing gateway protection for its high performance in spam detection, as well as the proactive protection it provides against email-borne malware.
• The IT team were particularly impressed with the high quality of support and service provided by Sophos and its local partners.

Business results

• Notarius's problem with spam has been significantly reduced, and the organization is now able to devote more IT resources to other projects, boosting productivity.
• Many users have experienced a near-complete eradication of spam and virus-infected email in their inboxes.