London minicab and courier firm Addison Lee has slashed e-mail
backup windows from 12 hours to one, and reduced the amount of
storage needed for its Microsoft Exchange mailboxes from 75GB to
5GB.
In the process, it has avoided spending around £50,000 on new IT
hardware and software by installing the
Mimosa Nearpoint
archiving platform.
Mimosa Nearpoint has given Addison Lee a comprehensive e-mail
archiving system that maintains a complete up-to-date copy of all
Exchange data, while preserving the rich context of all users'
mailboxes and public folders.
In addition, because Mimosa integrates seamlessly with Exchange
there was no need for Addison Lee to retrain its users - archived
items simply appear as another folder in the same familiar Outlook
format.
Addison Lee says it selected Nearpoint ahead of rival e-mail
archiving systems, including Symantec's Enterprise Vault and CA's
Message Manager, based on affordability, fast search capabilities,
reliable recovery function and continuous data protection
features.
Another deciding factor was that Nearpoint did not require
software agents to be deployed on either the Exchange servers or
the desktops, making it easier to deploy and maintain.
Paul Caney, IT manager at Addison Lee, said, "Our business
remains one of the most competitive in London and we need to keep
differentiating to stay ahead of the competition. In terms of
resilience and performance, with the next-generation benefits
provided by Mimosa Nearpoint, our Exchange Server environment is
now on a par with the rest of our IT infrastructure."
