I've been watching MessageLabs for several years -- and they've firmly entrenched themselves as "the" go-to people in the world of email. They are major player in integrated messaging and web security services and claim over 18,000 clients from small business to Fortune 500 -- in 86 countries!

With that kind of customer base you'd expect that they have lots of interesting data to share -- and they do so regularly. Today's sharing of spam rates is evidence of that. Full release is after the jump.

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The window for participation in the "gold standard" survey of our profession is about to close! I've long been a proponent of the PCPS in general and the National MAP Survey in specific. The results from the survey are important and meaningful, and when compared and correlated, the data speaks very loudly indeed!

The 2008 PCPS/TSCPA National MAP Survey will close on Friday, July 11.
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Sage Software's brand-spankin' new CEO, Sue Swenson, opened their annual partner conference, Insights, at the also brand spankin' new Gaylord National on the banks of the Potomac across from Alexandria, Va.

Swenson handled her task with great aplomb, like the professional she obviously is. The Gaylord, on the other hand, struggled with it's largest convention to date. Swenson and the Gaylord each have about six weeks under their respective belts.

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