Email Storage Issues with Enterprise File Transfer
File sizes aren’t getting any smaller. Good thing secure file transfer has gotten better
The popularity and pervasiveness of email has created a very serious problem for organizations of all sizes. As the sophistication and size of attachments carried in email have grown, the number of problems for IT administrator and users alike has grown. Large attachments sent through email can dramatically drive up storage costs and also reduce the performance of messaging servers.
Mailbox quotas are not the answer
The response from most IT departments to the problems of email file transfer has been to implement quotas on the size of mailboxes and/or limitations on the size of attachments that can be sent through email. Unfortunately this doesn’t actually solve the problem of how to send large file attachments with an enterprise network. In reality, imposing mailbox quotas has resulted in users spending more time managing their mailbox size and many are tempted to circumvent IT-imposed limits through the use of personal Webmail accounts and IM. Again the problem still hasn’t been solved of how to send large files securely from within the company. In fact placing mailbox quotas and files size attachment limits results in normally rule-abiding employees bypassing corporate messaging security defenses to send files outside enterprise infrastructure.
Accellion—offloading files from email
Accellion offers a secure file transfer solution that offloads files from the email network. Users love its ease of use since they still get to send an email but instead of attaching a file they email a secure link to the file which the recipient can download. With Accellion secure file transfer installed in the enterprise network, files are neither transferred nor stored within the email system. We’ve seen customers offload up to 80% of their email traffic through the use of Accellion.
