2008 October

Autonomy Advances Legal Hold With Automated Identification, Notification, Preservation and Collection

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Spans Laptops, Desktops and Enterprise Data Repositories; Supports More than 100 Languages and 1,000 File Formats to Ensure Organizational Compliance

Symantec Security Products Shine in In-Depth Protection Reviews

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Symantec’s Security Technology and Response organization provides core technology for the company�s industry-leading security solutions

AXS-One Expands Messaging Migration Solution to Address Customers� Rapid Deployment and Co-existence Requirements

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Major Product Enhancements and Strategic Partnerships Deliver Proven Methodology and Best Practices for Companies Switching E-mail Platforms

Axceler’s SharePoint Administration Tool

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SharePoint sites and farms become challenging to administer as they grow. Axceler’s ControlPoint helps. It was launched in January 2008, and the main features are:

User and permission management.
Site management (setting quotas, ensuring consistent appearance, etc.).
Reporting across many sites on permissions and usage (including activity, storage, and content).
Identifying problem sites.
Performing actions across many sites.

So it lets you do things like:

Analyze and enforce permissions.
Clean up user accounts.
Isolate sites that are no longer needed and delete them.
Determine who is accessing which documents.
Find sites with the most or least activity.
Find sites with the most or least storage.
Anticipate growth by monitoring sites or storage.
Monitor activity trends.

Pricing is $5,000 to $10,000 for server software, plus a per-user charge typically in the $0.50 to $1 range; plus maintenance.

SharePoint has had tremendous success. A series of third-party vendors, such as Axceler, are spotting opportunities to add value. Expect SharePoint to end up with a rich third-party vendor community, in much the same way as Exchange and Notes/Domino have.

… David Ferris

Email Archiving: On-Premise vs. SaaS

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Email archiving can be implemented by subscribing to a hosted service, commonly called “software as a service” (SaaS), or by licensing software and installing it in-house. This Ferris Research white paper explains the main differences between the two approaches so IT executives can decide which is best for their organizations. It also contains an interview with Mimecast, a SaaS provider, on the advantages of SaaS and how it is evolving.