GWGuardian Provides Value for End Users and IT Professionals at Utah Health Sciences

With nearly 15000 email accounts the University of Utah Health Sciences Center consists of the University Hospital, clinics and three colleges. Since January 2005, the University Health Care IT Department has been using GWGuardian as the gateway solution to protect their email system. Currently, there are 25 GroupWise POs running to meet the needs of both students and faculty.

"We heard about GWGuardian at BrainShare 2004," explains KC Wise, Senior Systems Analyst at the Health Care Center. "Prior to that, we were using Spam Assassin and Guinevere, but that required a lot of customization and time that I didn't have. Since the deployment of GWGuardian, I have really freed up a lot of my time since I don't have to update the filters, the anti-spam engine gets updated automatically.

"Moreover, the fact that users are able to customize their spam filters through the web portal makes this product an excellent choice for educational institutions that have to abide by the freedom of expression principles. With GWGuardian we can do that without having to manage it. In fact, we've had great feedback from users, who are really happy with the results.

"I definitely recommend GWGuardian as a messaging firewall. We are so confident in the product that we have a three-year contract with Messaging Architects. The excellent aspect of GWGuardian is that it sits at the gateway level in front of the email server. So, if at some point we do decide to switch email platforms, we don't have to worry about changing the security layer."

KC Wise
Senior System Analyst
Health Sciences Center
University of Utah