In 2011, Microsoft designed the Office 365 cloud platform and centralized its existing services including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype. Six years later, Office 365 revenue overtook that of conventional license sales of Microsoft Office software for the first time. Today, adoption rates remain strong. As organizations flock towards O365 as a one-stop shop for the […]
Office 365 – Pros and Cons of Microsoft 365 Adoption
With the increased need for agile, cost-efficient business environments, many companies turn to Software as a Service (SaaS) as the primary ecosystem – from management to communication and collaboration. Building in-house infrastructure for operations is regarded as obsolete and expensive – and naturally, businesses strive to use the resources to gain more turn-around dollars. As […]
Affordable Office 365 Alternatives for Small Businesses and Startups
Microsoft 365 is one of the most popular cloud-based office productivity suites on the market and with good reason. Formerly known as Office 365, this software boasts a wide variety of subscription-based services, but its major deal-breaker is pricing. It’s true that the Business Essentials plan starts at $5 per user per month (with an […]
Secure Email Providers: Everything You Need to Know
Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo are among the most popular webmail providers, and they offer a wide variety of features, which is why most people don’t even bother to look any further. And that’s just fine unless you really care about the privacy and security of your sensitive information. Few Gmail users know that by opting […]
Email Archiving and Redundant PSU – Yes or No?
When you decide to archive email and other online communication data, choosing the right archiving appliance is the first and most crucial step. To be able to ingest, index, store and quickly retrieve enormous quantities of email data, your archiving solution needs to be powerful and very reliable. It can’t be susceptible to data corruption, […]
Email Archiving and Network Redundancy – Yes or No?
When choosing an email archiving solution, there are 3 questions you’re probably asking yourself: Do I choose a software-only solution or do I go for on-premise archiving? Do I really have to pay through the nose to get the real deal? And finally ‒ How do I know that it’s not going to break or […]
What Is ZFS & Why It Matters in Email Archiving
When we archive email and other digital communication, we do it for various reasons ‒ to relieve mail servers and save storage space, to gain important insight about personnel or to increase productivity. Still, addressing regulatory compliance needs and improving eDiscovery response have remained the biggest reasons behind email archiving. Imagine ingesting millions of emails into […]
Email Archiver Features: Deduplication, Single-Instance Storage and Compression
Not all email archiving solutions are the same. Before you go looking for the right one, there’s a whole bunch of things you should take into consideration. Today, we’re talking about three functionalities that can make a big difference. All three ‒ deduplication, single-instance storage and compression ‒ are closely related to storage, which is […]
