E-mail management http://www.mimecast.com/large-business/unified-email-management/ specialist, Mimecast, has upgraded its flagship Unified E-mail Management http://www.mimecast.com/large-business/unified-email-management/ platform to provide the advanced features and capabilities of on-premise e-mail solutions using the cost-effective SaaS delivery model.
New functionality addresses increasing industry regulation and concern around data retention with the introduction of Litigation Hold, eDiscovery Case Management and Metadata Removal. In addition, new archiving, mailbox and data protection features allow companies to control their inboxes while preventing data leaks.
Mimecast is the first vendor to bridge the gap between SaaS e-mail archiving http://www.mimecast.com/large-business/archiving-search/ and the sophistication of on-premise solutions through the introduction of MSE (Mimecast Services for Exchange). This is a lightweight software component that binds Exchange directly with the Mimecast SaaS environment.
Neil Murray, CTO at Mimecast, says: “Most organisations are demanding more out of their e-mail management software. This is largely due to the need to integrate e-mail archives directly with Exchange environments for compliance and mailbox management. Mimecast focuses on ensuring that by moving to SaaS, IT managers will not have to give up sophistication of applications or control.”
Mimecast also introduced a range of new capabilities to its Unified E-mail Management platform such as granular Litigation Hold http://www.mimecast.com/eu/large-business/edisc/litigationhold/, e-Discovery Case Management http://www.mimecast.com/eu/large-business/edisc/ and Message Retention.
Litigation Hold http://www.mimecast.com/eu/large-business/edisc/litigationhold/ prevents e-mails that relate to any current or anticipated legal action from being deleted, while E-discovery Case Management http://www.mimecast.com/eu/large-business/edisc/ allows multiple searches to be aggregated to provide a complete, legally admissible log of each case. Metadata Removal helps prevent information being accidentally or intentionally leaked by stripping background data such as 'tracked changes' or 'previously inserted comments' out of attached documents before the mail is allowed outside the firewall.
“Law firms and corporate law departments must contend with many related compliance issues, including the storage and discovery of e-mail evidence, review of large personal storage files (PST) belonging to individual users, documenting e-mail keyword search queries and maintaining and authenticating proper chains of custody. Having Mimecast running at the client site would make the process of information gathering quicker, easier and more effective in the court room,” says Gerrie van Gaalen of technology specialist law firm, Van Gaalen Attorneys.
Mimecast also announced several new features to improve the user experience. Folder-based replication enables users to retain a consistent view of their e-mail, whether accessing it direct through the server or through Mimecast webmail. Flexible e-mail stubbing enables companies to set up policies that facilitate greater control of mailbox size. It leaves a link in a user's inbox yet the full e-mail or attachment remains in the cloud until the user needs to access it. The addition of folder-based retention provides the central enforcement of policies that pinpoint the types and categories of information and determines where and for how long the information is maintained. Additionally, users can apply granular corporate policy based around retention folders and associated retention periods.
Brian Babineau, Senior Analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group, says: “According to our research, 80% of electronic discovery events involve e-mails and messaging applications. When compared to other business productivity software, messaging is expected to have the greatest impact on server and storage spending over the next 24 months. The recent additions to Mimecast's portfolio directly address these challenges leading to benefits that are generally only available via on-premise e-mail management offerings.”
“With these enhancements, customers now have access to a set of cloud computing services that match if not exceed the capabilities of in-house solutions,” says Peter Bauer http://www.mimecast.com/about-us/social-philosophy/, Mimecast CEO. “IT decision-makers can feel confident in transitioning to Mimecast's cloud-based e-mail services, knowing that they will have functional parity as well as all the other benefits of cloud-based services. This is particularly important with critical services such as e-mail, which are a fundamental part of the way an organisation operates.”
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