Wed, Oct 31, 2007 19:19 EDT

Is Bigstring the next BIG THING on the web?

Topic: Partner/Vendor Management

Current Rating: Comments: 2

I was checking my e-mail last night while listening to the news and I heard someone on TV say "recall e-mails" and "remotely delete e-mails." The phrases caught my attention, and I stopped e-mailing and started to watch the news (it was NBC, I think), which now had my full attention. The CEO of www.bigstring.com was being interviewed, and he was discussing what I believe could be a revolution in the world of e-mail. It might be the next Facebook or Youtube of e-mail. This is a company to watch, investigate and decide if you will let it into your corporate e-mail domain. That is, if you can stop it.

The creators of Bigstring suggest that their solution allows you to send:

Self-Destructing Email
Recallable/Erasable Email
Non-Forwardable Email
Non-Printable/Savable Email
And Much More

One day you have an e-mail, the next day you don't. The solution raises many questions: Did you really have the email? After all, there's no evidence, no trail. Bigstring's solution puts total control in the hands of the sender while potentially creating all kinds of havoc for people who receive these e-mails. Is this a service that will appeal more to home e-mail users? Does it have a place in the corporate e-mail world?

Could this change e-mail as we know it? For me right now Bigstring's solution raises more questions than answers. But we need to find some answers so as IT managers we are prepared to respond to users, corporate auditors, and privacy and records executives.

Kudos to bigstring for developing the functionality. For me this company is definitely One to Watch.

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Thu, Nov 1, 2007 7:48 EDT

Exchange did that

Posted by: richmcl
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I have to count back the years, but Microsoft Exchange did this with an add-in about 4 years ago, maybe 5. I do agree it is nice to have all the options - can select who can print, save as, forward et cetera. Also had the option to remove the Reply All option (my choice of preference on informational mails).

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Thu, Nov 1, 2007 10:38 EDT

You Struck a CHORD re Reply All

Posted by: Chris Moore
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Richard,

RIGHT ON! re Reply All, if there is one thing that frustrates me about some email communicators is that they do reply all. I always encourage anyone who will listen to me to make sure his or her communications are targeted. Use the TO for the person you are speaking to, and the CC for the courtesy copy, and the BCC, as a means to communicate without broadcasting who else is getting the email.

Some of us, Baby Boomers never learned how to effectively communicate with email...... maybe the GEN X and Y will do a much better job at communicating. Most of them rarely use email, they prefer real-time, SMS, MSN, TXT, probably much better methods anyway.

Thanks for your insights!!!

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