| From a consumer end, spam is often perceived as | | | | that's offered on a software as a service (SaaS) |
| poorly targeted marketing attempts by overeager | | | | model, as opposed to an internal software solution, |
| businesses. For example, when you check your email, | | | | which requires several expenses that SaaS does not, |
| you might find mailings about the importance of | | | | including: software and hardware cost, system |
| treating high blood pressure with a certain medication, | | | | installation costs, system maintenance costs and |
| even though you're 28 and in perfect health. So, why | | | | system update costs. With SaaS spam filtering, |
| do these mailings keep showing up? Chances are that | | | | companies pay a fixed monthly fee that is often |
| the spam results form your visiting a healthcare or | | | | offered on a pay as you go basis. Spam filtering can |
| wellness website, which was detected by spyware | | | | also be packaged with other IT needs, such as |
| that was planted on your computer through-you | | | | firewall security, virus protection, remote system |
| guessed it-opening a spam mailing. Once on your | | | | access, systems integration and data backup |
| computer, the spyware that leads to spam can track | | | | solutions. |
| your web activity, which explains why you receive | | | | In some cases, companies rely on on-site spam |
| high blood pressure alerts when all you do is visit a | | | | filtering applications in the name of cost savings, |
| few websites that focus on healthy living. From a | | | | which is risky at best. If an on-site spam filter |
| spammer's end, the reasoning is this: if a person is | | | | experiences a technical difficulty and shuts down |
| visiting wellness websites, they might be trying to | | | | while the problem is diagnosed, spam could flood a |
| account for a health problem, and high blood pressure | | | | company's network, Outlook and Blackberries, |
| is a problem for millions of people. | | | | resulting in hundreds or more spam messages day. If |
| In many cases, people simply delete spam mailings or | | | | your company relies on on-site spam filtering |
| activate a spam filter in their browser, which often | | | | applications, it might never experience the situation |
| works fine for consumers. But for businesses, | | | | above. But if it does, an entire day's communication |
| spam-especially adware that forces computer users | | | | by email can be brought to a near halt, as the |
| to navigate away from their homepage-can pose a | | | | average time to resolve an on-site spam filtering |
| big problem concerning timeliness and efficiency; not | | | | issue is between 4 and 8 hours. Over 90 percent of |
| to mention that a large volume of spam can | | | | all email is spam; and to keep your company's |
| significantly decrease a company's Internet | | | | bandwidth and email communication free of its |
| bandwidth. To avoid these problems, many | | | | clutches, contacting a managed IT solutions firm |
| companies opt for a managed spam control service | | | | about spam filter services is the best choice. |