Case Study
Gusmus Electric Company
Overview Gusmus Electric Company, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee has been serving the electrical needs of Memphis and the Mid-South for more than 25 years. The 65 employees of Gusmus strive to make the company ‘the most innova- tive and progressive in the industry’ through the services of its own Engineering Department, an expansive Service Division, and an Exterior Lighting Division. Part of insuring this success in the industry is providing a line of communication between de- partments, divisions, employees, and customers. Like most companies, this line of communica- tion is dominated by email. Successful transfer- ring of email is vital to the success of Gusmus. Challenge Gusmus Electric Company was hit with the Sobig worm through its Microsoft Exchange server. The worm brought