I'm looking forward to the upcoming Message Systems User Conference next month in San Francisco, not only for what looks like an excellent venue, but for the great set of quality sessions on the agenda.

There's a number of sessions I'm looking forward to attending, but I'd like to invite you to attend the sessions I'll be delivering next month (read to the end to save on conference admission):

What the Convergence of Data Security & Privacy Concerns Will Mean to Companies

The barrage of news stories about data breaches and privacy violations is taking a toll on consumer confidence.

What You'll Learn:

• Why data …

Note: This article originally appeared at http://www.messagesystems.com/wordpress/?p=84

Introduction

Anyone who follows the email marketing industry news is no doubt aware of the increasing number of well-publicized data breaches that have been occurring at the various major ESPs. In addition to the major ESPs, there are no doubt a number of less-publicized or even non-publicized data breaches occurring all the time at both smaller ESPs and in-house enterprise senders. The days when most of us in the email industry could watch from the sidelines and shake our heads have surely passed. Henceforth we should all operate on the assumption that we’re either now under attack as well, or will be shortly.

Email marketers have two valuable resources that malicious parties want to capture and exploit: information and infrastructure. …

One... *billion* emails!

One *Billion* Emails

In email marketing there are senders of all shapes and sizes, from small businesses using self-serve ESPs to the largest web properties self-sending to massive user bases. While only a few senders will reach or exceed volumes of one billion messages per month, the tools and practices needed to achieve such a volume level are applicable to all senders who want to succeed in email marketing.

Who Am I?

My name is Mike Hillyer (click here for bio and social links). I manage a team of Sales Engineers for Message Systems, a leading provider of digital messaging solutions for both senders and receivers. In my work over the last several years I have helped a number of …

One unfortunate side effect of the Oracle acquisition of Sun and therefore MySQL is that apparently a number of good people will no longer be part of that team. If any are reading and need a lead, we have a number of positions open at http://www.messagesystems.com/company/careers/:

Web Site Developer

Project Manager

Pre-Sales Engineer (UK)

Director of Sales (UK)

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