The Deal, LLC

North America
Midsize Business
Media & Entertainment

Financial media company The Deal, LLC couldn’t deal with the volume of spam—85 percent of all incoming email—that took up the time of its journalists and editors. Worse yet were previous antispam solutions that flagged critical, time-sensitive information as spam. Symantec solved both problems, minimizing spam without flagging false positives. If they have any doubt, nervous employees can check their own quarantines to make sure that valuable information has not been miscategorized as spam. Help desk and IT staff also save hours of administrative time each week.


Success Details

Platforms

  • Server platform: Dell PowerEdge 2950 serv¬ers with Microsoft Windows 2003 and Red Hat Linux 4, Sun 440s with Solaris 9, and Apple Xserve with OS 10.4 Server
  • Applications: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005
  • Databases: Oracle 9i
  • Storage: EMC CLARiiON CX-300 and CX3-10

Organization Profile

Website: thedeal.com
Industry: Media and Entertainment
Headquarters: New York, NY
Employees: 129