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Why wait until its too late?

Riza Celep  August 31 2012 02:53:00 PM

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In a world full of regulations, threats and constant exchange of information, organization’s need go well beyond securing their environment and take proper action before it is too late.

In any corporate environment, unexpected activities travel through a Domino environment everyday and typically go undetected until it is too late to take corrective action. At that point, when auditors and/or management come knocking on the door looking for specific information, you have not logged anything, resulting in major losses for the organization.

One significant problem is that some organizations tend to wait and put other priorities ahead, causing to delay their compliance and auditing requirements until it’s too late. From our past experience, we normally recommend to log and monitor your Domino environment early as possible before an issue arises and emergency situation does occur. Essentially, organizations have to perpetually monitor and log all the activities in their Domino environment in order to know who did exactly what, when, where and how.  In today’s business world, the stakes are high and accountability is everything.


What is an audit trail and why is it needed?


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In simplest terms, an audit trail will seize the bad guys, detect inconsistencies, demonstrate compliance and assure that your organization is protected against internal and external threats. More importantly, it assures that all the activities that travel through your Domino Environment is used only in intended and appropriate ways. This logged information can be the difference maker for an organizations success and protects them against significant losses that often go undetected until it’s too late.

So why wait?

SecurTrac is a non-disruptive and non-intrusive compliance solution for corporate governance and auditing. It is the only complete audit trail system that tracks the life cycle of all user activities and other objects within IBM Lotus Notes and Domino.

Product Resource links:

- SecurTrac brochure
- Success Stories
- SecurTrac product page
- SecurTrac recorded web demo

    ExtraFax Virtualization

    Riza Celep  July 31 2012 03:01:10 PM
     
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    With the ongoing trend in many organizations to consolidate and reduce the number of physical servers in their environment to help save capital and operating costs, many companies continue to virtualize their servers. Running servers in a virtual environment such as VMware or Microsoft Hyper-V has quickly become the new standard in I.T. datacenters.
     
    At Extracomm, many customers have asked us “I want to virtualize my ExtraFax server. How can I do this?” Generally speaking, there has always been one major hurdle to overcome as it relates to being able to virtualize any fax server, including ExtraFax. The main issue relates to the fact that fax boards are not natively compatible when installed directly within virtual server hardware. This dilemma has prevented many organizations from being able to virtualize their ExtraFax server.
     
    Click here to review this document which will highlight some of the different methods that organizations can consider which would allow them to virtualize their ExtraFax server implementation, including 100% Virtualization of an ExtraFax server using T.38 FoIP(Fax over IP).
     
    Click here for ExtraFax product page.

      Customer Testimonial - Leading Industrial Company Deploys Out of Office Manager

      Riza Celep  March 2 2012 04:03:04 PM

      Leading Industrial Company Deploys Out of Office Manager


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      “I actually deployed Out Of Office Manager this morning, tested it and asked 4 other IT users with iOS to test it for me as well.  Deployment was simple and straightforward.  The app performs its function reliably and we are quite happy with what it does.  I also tested the web app, which was a snap to setup and use and I can easily train everyone else in IT how to use it. An interesting benefit I've found by putting the Out of Office Manager on our extranet Domino server is that users without VPN or Traveler access can still manage their own out of office. Pretty handy!”

             - IT Manager

      Click here to visit Out of office Manager product page.

      Click here to obtain a 7 day free trial of Out of Office Manager.

        Make a switch for the better

        Riza Celep  December 9 2011 11:09:36 AM
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        So you have invested in a faxing solution, but the administration and integration into Domino is not as seamless as you would like. To make things even worse, your current solution does not have a central database to run on and keeps crashing at the most critical times.

        With the New Year approaching, what are your options? Wouldn’t your faxing environment benefit from a newer, better and a more cost effective solution?

        Extracomm is proud to announce the return of the ExtraFax “Switch For Free” promotion. Simply provide Extracomm with a proof of purchase of a major network faxing solution and we will provide the equivalent ExtraFax product! Just pay maintenance plus for 3 years and obtain the leading Domino faxing solution available at no additional charge! Contact Extracomm for more information.

        Top 10 Reasons to Switch to ExtraFax.

        Promotion expires March 31, 2012.

          Do you fear that...

          Riza Celep  December 9 2011 11:04:01 AM
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          Do you fear that...
          • Your Domino server databases, documents, design elements, Access Control Lists (ACLs) or Domino directory are being changed, updated or deleted unexpectedly?
          • There is trade secrets being transmitted to competitors via the corporate e-mail system?
          • Your Lotus Domino server configuration is changing mysteriously?
          • Valuable corporate emails or database documents are being deleted unexpectedly or all at once?
          • Lotus Notes user id files have been compromised in your environment?  

          More importantly, do you feel that there is questionable internal access that can threaten your Domino environment?

          Wouldn’t you like to log, monitor and receive real-time notifications for these events? Does management or external regulations such as SOX or HIPAA require you to log and monitor these events?

          If so, check out SecurTrac, the leading compliance and auditing solution for Domino.

          Try SecurTrac for free and learn why many leading organizations around the world depend on SecurTrac to secure and monitor their Domino environment.  

            Extracomm Out of Office (OOO) iPhone App

            Riza Celep  November 7 2011 04:17:42 PM

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            Why you should use it

            Have you ever come across a time where you forgot to set your out of office notification, before going on a business trip or vacation? If so, you are not alone.

            Although this can be resolved by making a trip back to your office to enable the out of office notification, what if you are already too far away to consider that option? Is it really worth the time, headache and of course, the risk of not enabling it?

            This is where Extracomm’s recently released Out of Office (OOO) iPhone App comes to the rescue.

            Developed by Extracomm, the Out of Office (OOO) iPhone App will allow you to set your Out of Office notification from your device at your fingertips, regardless of where you are!

            Click here for more information.

              Increasing Efficiency With Bar Code Routing

              Riza Celep  September 15 2011 09:19:58 AM

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              Whether you’re receiving just few or thousands of faxes daily, it should be clear to you that sorting faxes manually can be a time consuming task. Extracomm’s ExtraFax, the leading network faxing solution for Domino, can help organizations to increase their faxing efficiency with the superior inbound routing options available.
               
              A critical functionality of any faxing solution is its ability to determine the right recipient of an incoming fax document. When a fax arrives, ExtraFax can route the fax document based on CSID, IVR, DID/DTMF, Caller ID, PORT level or bar code. Bar code includes generating and recognizing QR bar codes (right), and 3 of 9 bar codes (left).  
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              Organizations that use standardized forms or applications can leverage ExtraFax’s bar code routing functionality to increase efficiency and save on costs, time and headaches associated with manually sorting faxes. With ExtraFax’s different routing options, your staff can be assured that each fax will be delivered exactly where it needs to be.

              This is just one of ExtraFax’s great features and benefits. Click here to download and try ExtraFax - and learn more about what makes Extracomm’s ExtraFax the leading faxing solution for Domino.



                SecurTrac Showcased at IamLUG

                Riza Celep  August 9 2011 09:18:13 AM

                Extracomm is glad to have had supporting presence at the 3rd year of IamLUG. Our supporting partner Teamstudio presented and showcased SecurTrac at the show which was held in St Louis, MO. Extracomm would like to congratulate Bill Malchisky, who was randomly drawn as the winner of our 500 GB Seagate pocket drive at the Monday night party. In case you missed it, you can catch the IamLUG keynote address replayed in HD on the host event website.  

                  Valuable Organizational Data

                  Riza Celep  August 5 2011 10:00:31 AM

                  Don’t be caught off guard and loose valuable organizational data


                  Implementing proper security measures for your Domino environment is critical for several reasons. One reason is to protect valuable organizational data since its precious and holds value just like all other business assets. Such critical data, including e-mail and database documents are both vital to the organization's continued success. E-mail data and database documents could contain valuable information such as customer contact names, client list, sales records, marketing documents, phone numbers, addresses and other confidential information.

                  How issues can arise


                  If the organization gets caught off guard without a proper security tool, losing such data could be extremely harmful to the business and its survival. One source that is likely to produce this act is a disgruntled employee. Disgruntled employees may intentionally bulk delete e-mail or database documents in an attempt to get even with the organization. Securing your Domino environment with the proper tools can significantly reduce or eliminate such issues for your organization.  

                  How to prevent such dilemmas


                  Why risk losing critical organizational data? SecurTrac’s bulk action detection feature can be configured to monitor for any bulk action that occurs within your Domino environment, such as bulk deletion of e-mail or database documents. With real-time notification alerts when SecurTrac monitors are triggered, and the ability to rollback and easily restore deleted data with click of a button, SecurTrac gives you the ultimate tool to enhance security for your Domino environment.

                  These are just some of SecurTrac’s great features and benefits.
                  •  Monitor your mail, database, directory, notes.ini, user activity and more.
                   
                  • Enables compliance for internal and external regulations such as SOX, HIPAA and CFR Part 11.
                   
                  • Ability to implement a mail policy filter.
                   
                  • Perform eDiscovery searches within over voluminous data, which otherwise may be impossible to conduct manually.

                  Click here to download and try SecurTrac for free - and learn more about what makes Extracomm’s SecurTrac the ultimate compliance and auditing solution for Domino.

                  iPhone App for Lotus Notes/Domino Out of Office

                  Alex Chan  July 25 2011 11:05:29 PM
                  If you are using Lotus Traveler, you should find that there is a very important feature missing, i.e. ability to set your Out of Office while you are on the road.

                  There are number of iPhone Apps which allow you to turn on/off Out of Office for Exchange server but none on Lotus Domino.

                  We have created a solution for you and it is free!


                  Out of Office (Lotus Notes) iPhone App
                  Image:iPhone App for Lotus Notes/Domino Out of Office You can download and install this App from Apple App Store.
                  [iTunes Link]

                  Version 1.0
                  Language: English
                  Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
                  Requires iOS 3.0 or later



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                  Comments and feedback are welcome!
                  Let us know how we can improve the product.

                  For details of the solution, please visit this page.
                  http://www.extracomm.com/travelerooo