Security, Interoperability, Challenge: University of Miami’sMessaging Future

Problem
On November 9, 2001, http://www.computerworld.com published a case study regarding the University of Miami’s messaging future. The current e-mail messaging system for the University of Miami at that time included a UNIX-based e-mail system utilized by the students, and a completely separate Microsoft Exchange e-mail server utilized by the faculty and staff. The University of Miami is requesting a unified e-mail system for all students, faculty, and staff possibly by implementing lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP). Other issues that need to be addressed when implementing the new messaging system are keeping bandwidth priorities intact for business and educational purposes, interoperability such that the new messaging system consistently talks with the other messaging systems, and as the new system is implemented, security must keep hackers out, but must not invade the privacy of students, faculty and staff all while reducing the cost of licensing fees which are cu...