In conjunction with Microsoft's launch of Exchange Server 2007, Quest Software announced its support for customers moving to the new version of MS Exchange Server.
Quest has spent years helping organisations migrate to and manage Exchange Server, and now stands ready to help its customers smoothly and successfully implement the new messaging platform.
Quest also offers products to help manage the entire messaging lifecycle - from planning and analysis through compliance and ongoing management.
Quest's products benefit from the knowledge of industry experts such as David Sengupta, long time MS Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the Exchange Server category and group product manager at Quest.
"When an organisation is planning to move to Exchange Server 2007, pre-assessment of the current Exchange Server and Active Directory environment is a critical first step," Sengupta says.
"Having an accurate view of the Active Directory site topology and understanding existing message routing are fundamental to assessing readiness for Exchange Server 2007. Assessments are highlight opportunities for migration project cost savings and risk reduction through pre-migration archival and by effective management throughout the migration.
"These are key success factors for organisations planning an Exchange Server 2007 migration project," Sengupta continues.
"Once the migration is complete, organisations need to have the tools in place to effectively manage this new environment to ensure its availability and efficiency, and to manage the vast amounts of data created in the messaging environment."
To date, Quest has migrated more than 10 million mailboxes to Exchange Server, and the company will continue to offer tools for efficient, automated migration from:
* Exchange Server 5.5, 2000 and 2003 to Exchange Server 2007
* Lotus Notes to Exchange Server 2007
* Novell GroupWise to Exchange Server 2007
"We are excited about Exchange Server 2007 because of the improved storage and availability it will offer," says Martyn Healy, of Blue Turtle Technologies.
"Quest Software offers a full line of products to take these storage and availability gains even further. They understand that organisations need to minimise the impact of a migration on their environment, and they've taken the initiative to make sure that customers have a complete path from migration to management of this new platform."
Quest products are also used to manage more than 10 million Exchange Server mailboxes, and the company plans to extend to the newest platform management capabilities including:
* Reporting and analysis
* Diagnostics and resolution
* Mailbox management and compliance archiving
* Message recovery and discovery
* Continuous availability
"Customers are telling us that e-mail is a mission-critical application, and as business requirements evolve they require a highly available and innovative messaging solution that will meet these needs," says Dave Thompson, VP of the Exchange Server Group at Microsoft Corp.
"As a long-standing Exchange Server partner, Quest has been at the forefront of the Exchange Server 2007 readiness programme, preparing to help ensure that our mutual customers are able to quickly and easily realise the benefits of the next-generation leading e-mail, calendaring and unified messaging solution."
For more information on Quest's readiness for Exchange Server 2007, please visit www.quest.com/Exchange2007 or contact Blue Turtle Technologies.
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