postini resellerGoogle has announced Postini’s transition to Google Apps Message Security. For some, this means going Google for email security. For others, it means finding a new cloud-based security solution. We are here to advise you on the best fit for your business, whichever alternative solution you choose. We want to empower you to make an informed decision.

Below we described the differences in the top SaaS security solutions.

 

YOUR POSTINI ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

McAfee

McAfee

McAfee is the most direct replacement for Postini. McAfee has incredible influence and features created from past Postini employees, which is why the tool will look and feel very similar to what you’re used to with Postini. When you switch to McAfee, you get an established company and solution that has been around since 1987. McAfee proudly serves millions of business and home users around the globe.

The main difference between McAfee’s service and Postini’s is a “store and forward” approach for mail flow. Meaning that the sender has to go through McAfee’s store before it is received by the recipient. As a result, McAfee users may experience some delay in receiving mail. We recommend McAfee to Postini Customers who want the smallest impact to their business. Sign up for a free trial.

Proofpoint

Proofpoint

Long-time smaller enterprise customers of the Google Postini Security Service are often choosing to look at Proofpoint solutions to re-evaluate and solve their unique email security requirements. Proofpoint Essentials, Proofpoint’s SME focused solution, has been expertly created in order to fully address these customers’ specific email security needs.

Proofpoint is an innovative security-as-a-service vendor that delivers data protection solutions that help organizations protect their data from attack and enable them to effectively meet the complex and evolving regulatory compliance and data governance mandates that have been spawned from highly publicized data breaches.

Proofpoint, positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant in their 2014 Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateways, and 2014 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving, delivers an integrated suite of on-demand data protection solutions spanning threat management, regulatory compliance, data governance and secure communications—all of which are based on a common security-as-a-service platform.

We recommend to Proofpoint to companies who are looking for additional features and benefits that extend beyond Postini capabilities. Sign up for a free trial.

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Mimecast

The comprehensive zero-drag cloud-based email security and compliance solution – supported by Mimecast’s purpose-built, highly secure and trusted cloud platform with 100% service availability SLA. Platform includes anti-malware including zero-day protection and anti-spam protection. Flexible real-time outbound email content and secure communication policies enable encryption and proactive data leak prevention (DLP) measures. Additionally, many users take advantage of the advanced account administration controls.

Mimecast does continuity better than other providers. You never have to leave Outlook. The flexibility to easily add email continuity and email archiving services either now or in the future, all managed from a single administration console. The service runs by leveraging the local cache. When the server crashes email still flows with an internet connection. Even if the local mail server is temporarily out of service, the Mimecast server can sync mail and limit disruption to the users. Customers should acknowledge that added benefits come with an added price. Sign up for a free trial.

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Office 365

Backed by Microsoft and the giant in the marketplace. No other solution is created as one platform except Office 365. While it’s much more than just a Postini Alternative, some of our clients have forgone additional email security once they choose to go to Office 365. We encourage our clients to choose the filtering solution that best fits their business.

With Office 365 all features are integrated: spam, encryption, business continuity, and filtering.

Spam filtering and virus protection are automatically enabled on all inbound and outbound email messages by Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), the anti-spam and anti-malware service included with Office 365. The EOP service applies multi-layered filters and scanning engines to help protect your organization from email-borne threats.

Although no admin setup or management is required for Office 365 Small Business, you can customize anti-spam settings for your organization. Individual users can also manage the spam settings for their own mailbox. We recommend Office 365 to those who are looking for an entire cloud platform and want to eliminate the pain of maintaining an onsite Exchange server.

Note: It is worth mentioning the Office 365 can be tied in with McAfee, Mimecast, or Proofpoint to add additional protection. Some of our customers prefer both.

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Google Apps Message Security Platform

If no action is taken, Postini will transition into the Google Apps Message Security Platform. For the smoothest transition possible to Google’s Security Platform we recommend a few small steps (click here for details).

What you get:

  • The same pricing (continued as honored)
  • The same services as with Postini :
  • Spam
  • Filtering
  • Archiving
  • Upgrades include: message center, online reporting, admin quarantine, admin undelete, and end user access to vault

Google Apps

Google Apps, similarly to Office 365 has one platform where you can find: spam, encryption, business continuity, and filtering.

Postini will be directly integrated into Google Apps, ensuring you and your users full continuity. Benefits behind switching to Google Apps from Postini include:

  • seamless transition
  • same service, as what you had before with Postini
  • same cost
  • fully integrated platform

For a full list of feature upgrades through the Google Apps Security Platform compared to Postini, please visit the following link to the Postini Transition Resource Center Google Apps New Features.

Switching over to Google Apps from Postini can be a very smooth transition. If you are concerned about moving your archived mail, we recommend contacting a partner to migrate the sensitive data for you. Additionally, this is a great option for companies looking to throw out their old Exchange server. We have many customers who have already chosen this option. Check out their success stories here.

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Please feel free to reach out to one of our experts, if you’d like to talk through our Postini Alternatives further.

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