General TurboGold AutoZip Questions

Q. Who would want to use TurboGold AutoZip?

• Organizations that are or will be concerned about the disk space associated email attachments in a Notes environment.
• You need simple email solution that will maximize existing infrastructure investments.
• You realize email is a business-critical application.
• There is a high demand for sending/receiving large files by email (such as graphics files, data-heavy spreadsheets or lengthy presentations).
• You operate from multiple sites and servers.
• Your mobile workforce is growing.
• Limited or expensive storage space and bandwidth issues.
  

TurboGold AutoZip is so seamless and totally transparent that end users won’t even know it’s there.

Q. What would my organization gain by using TurboGold AutoZip?

• Increase IT performance.
• Reduce server storage requirements by approximately 40-55%.
• Reduce backup/restore times.
• Gain disk space 25% to 85%.
• Improve network operations and bandwidth.
• Quicker access for users and response time.

Q. What is TurboGold AutoZip feature?

A. TurboGold’s AutoZip feature dynamically converts Lotus Notes database and mail attachments into industry standard "zip" formats. It reduces disk storage requirements and data communications bandwidth with compression savings averaging 5-to-1.

Q. What other solutions does Stampede Technologies offer?

A. TurboGold Enterprise Edition offers the same level of patent pending AutoZip transparency for iNotes and QuickPlace via a browser. It also has a patent pending "JustZip" feature which prevents replication storms that may occur following AutoZip storage reclamation. TurboGold Enterprise Edition provides many data communication optimization features for ND/6 such as bidirectional streaming, better data compression, real-time multicasting of database updates and much more.

Q. Will TurboGold AutoZip work if I'm disconnected in island mode?

A. Yes, provided that the "tgautozip" role described above defines you for database applications and all your email recipients are in the same organization.

Q. How are database and mail attachments unzipped?

A. For users running TurboGold AutoZip, attachments are dynamically converted to native form prior to being launched, detached, or viewed. The document name will not appear to be in zip format if users are running TurboGold AutoZip. For users not running TurboGold AutoZip, native zip handlers in Windows ME and Windows XP will be invoked when the attachment is launched. Alternatively, users will need a commercial zip product such as WinZip, PkZip or Zipit to open the attachments.