 You
probably need Email Archiving more than you think.
Email is growing - not just the number of mailboxes
and messages, but also the size of messages and their
attachments. Above all, the business importance of the
emails content is growing.
Remember email are more than just
messages ( click
here for more information )
But whether you're an end user
or an IT manager, a CIO or a MD, you need email data
management more than you think - because email now IS
business-critical.
In most, if not all companies,
E-mail volumes are increasing at an alarming rate. In
order to manage this increase many companies enforce
mailbox space limitations, forcing every employee to
delete their e-mails periodically. This is probably
NOT the answer.
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here to read our Email
Archiving Vs Email Quotas page.
Email Archiving solutions let you
realize several benefits, including the ability to lift
mailbox restrictions and control the growth of server-attached
storage (you can centralize archives to a Storage Area
Network (SAN) or to offline media).
In addition, email archiving reduces the backup window
and backup sizes because there are fewer active messages
to back up in individual mailboxes or on individual
email servers.
The requirements of an effective
email archiving solution can be found by clicking
here
A truly sophisticated email-archiving
solution should also give you the ability to survey
email usage patterns on storage servers as well as disk
storage usage with respect to email (e.g., how much
space attachments are taking up for each server and
user) so that you can manage your archiving policies
appropriately.
Did you know that:
- 60 percent of business critical information is stored
within corporate messaging systems, up from 33 percent
in 1999.
- A typical 3000-user email system will handle more
than one terabyte of message traffic annually.
- Over 80 percent of end-users cannot retrieve archived
messages without the help of the IT department.
- The average IT administrator spends 5-6 hours per
week recovering old messages.
- For email messages over a year old, it can take
an email administrator 11 hours to recover the message.
- IT administrators spend an average of 8 hours per
week backing up email systems.
Conclusion
The function of email has evolved beyond simple messaging
- email is now a full- fledged, multi-purpose business
tool. Email has become the de facto data centre for
an estimated 60 percent of business-critical information;
but traditional email administration lacks the policies
and procedures traditionally used to keep important
business data safe and accessible.
Email data management on an enterprise level is vital
to controlling access to mission-critical information.
The three challenges of email data management are:
- Finding cost-effective storage capacity for ever
increasing message stores, while keeping email information
accessible.
- Managing email content.
- Achieving a record-management system that complies
with company, regulatory and legal standards.
Q Associates can provide efficient
enterprise email archiving solutions that will meet
end-user, IT, and management requirements, reduce costs,
minimize risks, and boost productivity.
The most effective email archiving
solutions will channel the daily stream of email message
and attachments into a tool that provides a competitive
advantage.
Q Associates email archiving solutions are combined
with their extensive knowledge of storage technologies
to create infinite email storage possibilities.
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