Messaging & Online Collaboration: Cemaphore MailShadow Syncs Mail Accounts, but Interface Is Spartan
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Cemaphore Systems' MailShadow allows for Microsoft Exchange Server or another e-mail system to be synchronized in real time with an off-site, cloud-based alternative. This provides a backup of critical e-mail, calendar and contact information, and gives users the ability to access the information from anywhere the Internet reaches. However, MailShadow doesn't really have much of a user interface. About the only way to know it's actually working is to check your router's activity lights, look at both of your e-mail accounts and try to determine if you see any signs of messages synchronizing.
Wayne Rash is a Senior Analyst for eWEEK Labs and runs the magazine's Washington Bureau. Prior to joining eWEEK as a Senior Writer on wireless technology, he was a Senior Contributing Editor and previously a Senior Analyst in the InfoWorld Test Center. He was also a reviewer for Federal Computer Week and Information Security Magazine. Previously, he ran the reviews and events departments at CMP's InternetWeek.He is a retired naval officer, a former principal at American Management Systems and a long-time columnist for Byte Magazine. He is a regular contributor to Plane & Pilot Magazine and The Washington Post.
