The company did hire Symantec/Message Labs to filter spam and malware, which reduces the volume of email reaching Mediq servers by 70%.

Mediq also uses Azaleos for Active Directory and BlackBerry management. Down the road, Mediq may employ SharePoint and Lync, and will consider using Azaleos to manage them if so, Witte says. 

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