The MailStore Blog http://blog.mailstore.com/en Tue, 14 May 2013 07:51:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Interview: MCAS Training and Certification http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/05/14/interview-mcas-training-certification/ http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/05/14/interview-mcas-training-certification/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 06:59:58 +0000 julia http://blog.mailstore.com/en/?p=838 Starting in early February, we began offering all registered MailStore partners the opportunity to demonstrate their expertise with regard to MailStore Server through certification as a MailStore Certified Archiving Specialist. In a short interview, Rick Armitage of Medhurst IT tells us what led him and his colleagues to take part in the certification process.

Please briefly introduce your company.

Medhurst provides a wide variety of IT solutions tailored to small and medium sized business needs. We are infrastructure specialists and our products include hardware and software, virtualization, support, internet and cloud services, networking and security, mobile and VOIP phone solutions. We were founded in 2005 and there are 8 staff members in our Frodsham office.

How long have you been using MailStore Server?

Around 2 years now.

How did you learn about MCAS training and certification?

We initially took the qualification provided by Zen software who we buy MailStore from. They called up and told us that the qualification was now more official and offered by MailStore themselves.

Why did you carry out certification?

Mainly so that we can use the logo for publicity to help with sales but also simply down to personal pride.

How many of your employees are MailStore Certified Archiving Specialists?

Currently three

Did you use the MailStore study guide? If so, was it helpful?

All of us did use to the study guide to refresh any holes in our knowledge of the product. Pretty much all of our installations are Exchange server based so the use of a proxy is not something we come across too often. The guide is really useful to refer to on an ongoing basis.

To what extent has your technical background knowledge of MailStore improved after becoming certified?

We’ve all learned several new things, in some cases from each other, and in other cases from the study guide material. It has been a useful learning experience.

 

Are you currently a registered partner with an interest in becoming certified? Then please contact your distributor or our sales team via email.

]]> http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/05/14/interview-mcas-training-certification/feed/ 0 Case Study: PGA of Australia Uses Competitive Upgrade to Switch to MailStore Server http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/05/14/case-study-pga-australia-competitive-upgrade-switch-mailstore-server/ http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/05/14/case-study-pga-australia-competitive-upgrade-switch-mailstore-server/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 06:58:46 +0000 julia http://blog.mailstore.com/en/?p=832 Our recent case study shows the benefits of switching from an email archiving technology supplied by one of our competitors to MailStore Server technology: The Australian golfing association “Professional Golf Association“ (PGA), PGA_Corporate_Logo_SC_RGB_Greenwhose aim is the promotion of professional golfing, was looking for a less costly alternative to the cloud-based email archiving system from Symantec. At the end of a two-week testing phase, PGA decided in favor of MailStore Server and also took advantage of our competitive upgrade option. This allowed them to reduce the costs of acquisition by 50 percent off the regular list price.

Take a look at this in-depth case study to find out more about the transition to MailStore Server and why Ashley Hunt, Systems Coordinator at PGA, highly recommends MailStore Server.

]]> http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/05/14/case-study-pga-australia-competitive-upgrade-switch-mailstore-server/feed/ 0 New Whitepaper: Microsoft Office 365 – Email Archiving Capabilities Compared http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/05/13/whitepaper-microsoft-office-365-email-archiving-capabilities-compared/ http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/05/13/whitepaper-microsoft-office-365-email-archiving-capabilities-compared/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 09:17:09 +0000 julia http://blog.mailstore.com/en/?p=826 A new whitepaper is now available for download on our website. The document compares email archiving using the integrated capabilities offered by certain Office 365 plans to email archiving with MailStore Server from Office 365.

Aspects evaluated include:

  • Supported Outlook versions with archive access
  • Supported Office 365 plans
  • Search capabilities
  • Completeness of the archive
  • Compliance of the archive
  • Options for accessing the archive
  • Client based archiving
  • Independent archive access
  • Archive location
  • Costs, service and support

 

]]> http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/05/13/whitepaper-microsoft-office-365-email-archiving-capabilities-compared/feed/ 0 Update: MailStore Server can now be Monitored Using Plugins for Nagios/Icinga http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/04/29/update-mailstore-server-monitored-plugins-nagiosicinga/ http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/04/29/update-mailstore-server-monitored-plugins-nagiosicinga/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:20:19 +0000 julia http://blog.mailstore.com/en/?p=801 The Version 8 of MailStore Server enables enhanced monitoring via Nagios/Icinga. This allows execution results (e.g., archiving tasks) to be monitored more effectively.

The plugin, along with more details, is available here.

]]> http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/04/29/update-mailstore-server-monitored-plugins-nagiosicinga/feed/ 0 New Article: Bulk Import of PST and Other Email Files http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/04/29/article-bulk-import-pst-email-files/ http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/04/29/article-bulk-import-pst-email-files/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:20:07 +0000 julia http://blog.mailstore.com/en/?p=812 Tech-Artikel-MassenimportWithin its standard range of features, MailStore Server allows email files (such as a PST file or a folder containing EML or MSG files) to be archived for specific users. Email files for different users, on the other hand, cannot be archived in a single step.

This can now be easily done using our new batch importing script. The script, along with more details, is available here.

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Project Overview

Customer: Legal Services New York City
Branch of industry: Nonprofit organization
Primary requirements: Reduce the load on exchange server, simplify backup and restore
Solution: MailStore Server
Licensed users: 600
Email infrastructure in use: Microsoft Exchange 2003 and 2010, Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2010

]]> http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/04/18/case-study-legal-services-nyc-mailstore-server-reduces-workload-exchange-server/feed/ 0 MailStore Cloud Edition – The Email Archiving Solution for Service Providers to Launch in 2013 http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/04/15/mailstore-cloud-edition-email-archiving-solution-service-providers-launch-2013/ http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/04/15/mailstore-cloud-edition-email-archiving-solution-service-providers-launch-2013/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:22:35 +0000 julia http://blog.mailstore.com/en/?p=766 Today we are pleased to officially announce the launch of the latest MailStore product, MailStore Cloud Edition. Thanks to this product, service providers will now be able to offer their customers email archiving as a service, thereby completing their email service portfolio.

Service providers receive an unlimited, scalable software solution with MailStore Cloud Edition, which they will be able to independently operate either on their existing IT infrastructures or those they have leased.

Interested service providers can register for free with no obligation today and receive background information as well as exclusive access to beta versions over the course of the next few months.

Release of the final version is planned for the end of 2013.

Find out more on our website or in the official press release.

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The positive feedback from Phil Antill, IT & Facilities Manager at Winbro, is proof of MailStore Server’s success: “In our experience, there is always going to be some friction when rolling out a new IT system. However, there were so few issues with MailStore Server that we would have no reservations about recommending the solution.”

Project overview

Customer: Winbro Group Technologies
Industry: Mechanical engineering
Headquarters: Coalville, Leicestershire, UK
Primary requirements: Support of an email migration project
Implemented in: August 2011
Number of licensed users: 120
Email infrastructure in use: Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Outlook 2010

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]]> http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/03/25/video-user-management-mailstore-server/feed/ 0 Case Study Marinello Schools of Beauty: MailStore Beats out the Competition http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/03/19/case-study-marinello-schools-beauty-mailstore-beats-competition/ http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/03/19/case-study-marinello-schools-beauty-mailstore-beats-competition/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:15:44 +0000 julia http://blog.mailstore.com/en/?p=731 Since May 2011, Marinello Schools of Beauty has relied on MailStore Server to archive over 1,600 mailboxes, successfully reducing their storage requirements in the process. The ever-increasing volume of emails at Marinello was behind the decision to implement an archiving solution. Mike Gerges, Information Technology Vice President at Marinello, was looking for a suitable solution for optimizing the complex storage management system.

Read our current case study to learn why Marinello chose MailStore Server and what Mike Gerges considers to be the benefits provided by our solution.

Project overview

Customer:  Marinello Schools of Beauty
Industry: Cosmetics
Headquarters:  Whittier, California, USA
Primary requirement: Reduction of storage requirements
Solution: MailStore Server
Implemented in: March 2011
Number of licensed users:  1,600
Email infrastructure in use:  Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Outlook 2010

]]> http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/03/19/case-study-marinello-schools-beauty-mailstore-beats-competition/feed/ 0 Video: Email Archiving with MailStore Server http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/03/15/video-email-archiving-mailstore-server/ http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/03/15/video-email-archiving-mailstore-server/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:47:58 +0000 julia http://blog.mailstore.com/en/?p=725 In our new video, we show you the steps needed in order for MailStore Server to archive emails from a single mailbox on an email server. In a few minutes, you will have a basic overview of how our email archiving solution works.

Are you interested in a video about a specific MailStore Server feature or topic? Our support team would be pleased to receive your video suggestions. Please contact them at support@mailstore.com.

You can watch this video, as well as all our other videos, on YouTube. You can also subscribe to our videos so that you don’t miss out on any of them.

]]> http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/03/15/video-email-archiving-mailstore-server/feed/ 0 MailStore Partner Data Assure Presents Email Archiving Solution at Microsoft Tech Days http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/03/11/mailstore-partner-data-assure-presents-email-archiving-solution-microsoft-tech-days/ http://blog.mailstore.com/en/2013/03/11/mailstore-partner-data-assure-presents-email-archiving-solution-microsoft-tech-days/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:11:05 +0000 julia http://blog.mailstore.com/en/?p=716 Our Hong Kong-based partner Data Assure is introducing the Chinese version of MailStore Server 8 at this year’s Microsoft Tech Days, which takes place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center from 12 to 14 March. During the event, Data Assure will be set up on Level 2, Booth 6, providing IT executives, technical decision-makers, and administrators with information about the legal, technical, and economic advantages of MailStore Server and demonstrating, among other things, the solution’s intuitive operation.

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