Sun™ ONE Messaging Server: Practices and Techniques for Enterprise Customers

Number of Devices

Cheaper electronics, personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones, and computers have resulted in a plethora of devices on the network, many of which are email enabled by default or can be quickly messaging enabled. It is no longer safe to assume a ratio of one person per device (access point). It is, given today's penchant for connectivity and always-on models, possible to have two or three access points per person. This can, in fact, lead to situations where users are generating two or three connections simultaneously. It is not that humans (or the software for that matter) have learned to multitask so well, but rather that humans are not logical.The scenario of a student running to class while leaving a desktop computer ...