Message Systems

Attend Inbox 2007 and Learn from industry leader Barry Abel, Message Systems Vice President of Field Operations.

A prolific contributor to the email industry, Barry Abel is a frequent speaker at conferences and is often quoted in industry publications. His articles on email deliverability, ISP relations and other current topics have appeared in DM News, Messaging News and Website Services Magazine to name a few. In his role as vice president of field operations for Message Systems and as an active participant in the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) since 2005, he has acquired an extensive knowledge base and understanding of the challenges that affect email deliverability, ranging from infrastructure to marketing considerations.

Barry has two decades of software industry sales, marketing and product management experience. Prior to joining Message Systems, he served as director of sales at Mindfabric, Inc., a supplier of enterprise-class natural language processing, knowledge management and business rule processing solutions, where he was responsible for recruiting the company’s first key reference customers, partnerships and venture capital initiatives. Prior to Mindfabric, Barry held executive sales, marketing and business development positions at high-tech companies, including Critical Path, PeerLogic, International Computers Limited (ICL) and Cap Gemini America. He holds a B.S. degree in business management from the University of Maryland.

Barry will be speaking at the sessions listed below:

Authentication and Reputation: Adding Business Value in the Real World

Thursday, May 31
1 1:30pm - 2:30pm

It's not a secret that the adoption of authentication and reputation standards is hitting critical mass in organizations around the globe. Almost 40% of all email is authenticated with Sender ID and/or DKIM but what does that mean to organizations? Is authentication email helping business improve efficiencies and protect their inboxes?

Attendees will learn the direct impact authentication and reputation can have on business goals and the bottom line. From brand protection to deliverability to curtailing spam, learn how adopting and taking action based on authentication and reputation can dramatically affect business on many levels.

Joining Barry on the Panel with be Bill McInnis, Director, Message Level and Alberto Mujica, President and CEO, Reputation Technologies.

Messaging Security Shoot Out

Thursday, May 31
4:14pm - 5:30pm

This years’ security shoot out will be a moderated Q&A session. Below is a sample of the types of questions the panelist will be asked.

More viruses, more spam, more phishing, more identity theft….more money for the bad guys. Why can’t we stop it?
The privacy of sensitive information can be comprised. Is there such a thing as enough encryption?
Your email security provider has just been acquired. Now what?
First it was email, then instant messaging, smart phones, text messaging, VoIP… Can this hyper-propagation of malware vectors be stopped?

This interactive session will be moderated by Stephanie Jordan, of Messaging News and Richard Stiennan of Fortient.

Meet the Solutions Providers

Thursday, May 31
5:30pm - 6:00pm

Learn about Message Systems email software solution and what the other vendors offer as well.

This session will be moderated by Maureen Grey, Grey Consulting.

Email Policy and Compliance for the Enterrpise: Why is it Such a Challenge?

Friday, June 1
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Email policies and driven by a myriad of objectives, but industry products are generally only targeted to a subset of required activities (i.e., data protection, regulatory compliance, etc.) while other elements are left unaddressed. These non-integrated point systems create management and performance challenges and constrain policy deployment as a whole. This session will also include an overview of how platform-based network infrastructure is transforming policy capabilities, optimizing the use of third-party applications and accelerating business solutions.

This session will be moderated by Peter Christy, Internet Research Group. Barry will be sharing the stage with Scott Brown, ColdSpark.

About Message Systems

Founded in 1997, Message Systems is a worldwide provider of email software solutions and services for email service providers (ESPs), Internet service providers (ISPs) and large enterprises that need to manage the delivery of large amounts of business-critical email. Through a combination of technology, partnerships and intellectual capital, Message Systems offers a family of software solutions and services that address the email infrastructure and deliverability needs for organizations ranging from regional businesses to the Global 2000. With the most powerful Message Transfer Agent (MTA) on the market supporting more than 100,000 concurrent connections per server, Message Systems gets millions of unique messages to the right place at the right time.