[from Fierce Enterprise]

Firms will ditch email if security doesn't improve

If viruses, spam, and other threats continue to plague email, 6 out of 10 companies say they will give up on the technology. According to a recent survey, only 29 percent of executives are optimistic about the future of email. The UN's International Telecommunication Union also expressed concern over email security. The group last week released a report warning that "millions" of users could abandon email and the Internet due to disgust over malicious messages.
(source: National Security Organization; pointer from Susan Matick (IronPort Systems))