14 DAY TRIAL // Rackspace, one of the most important companies in the field of IT hosting, has recently announced the availability of Rackspace Archiving, the latest service that gets integrated to its 1.3 million users hosting solution. Rackspace Archiving will offer hosted email clients the possibility to automatically create a backup for both their incoming and outgoing messages. The new service was created to allow users to be able to easily recover an email whenever it is needed using a simple search operation, for instance when an employee accidentally erases an important message or when a specific email is required for a discovery request.
Pat Matthews, general manager of Rackspace Email & Apps, declared that currently email sending and receiving represents a very large part of the business communication thus the amount of messages can get to be rather “unmanageable” for some firms. This is why Rackspace Archiving is so valuable, as it will help customers manage their messages more easily.
“Archiving is more than an email retrieving insurance policy for our business; it's a part of our operating procedures. We didn’t want to manage the complexity of archiving in-house, so we looked to a hosted solution,” explained Kimberlee Augustine, CEO of DMS & Associates. “When Rackspace showed us their hosted email and archiving offering, we immediately saw the value and were thrilled they managed to make archiving so simple.”
Due to their line of business, various companies need to keep and retrieve email data, while it can also serve as an insurance for legal purposes. For example, the USA have federal regulations, like the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), that impose strict requirements when it comes to storing and retrieving electronic data. And this is another reason why Rackspace Archiving will be an important service for numerous companies.
Rackspace's latest addition is currently available for the Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Rackspace Email clients, offering: - Unlimited storage and unlimited data retention time, built on the Rackspace Cloud - Comprehensive search functionality, including the ability to create and save searches - Data storage in more than one location - Complete control panel administration, with easy setup for new users - Straightforward pricing at $3 per mailbox per month - a fraction of the cost of an in-house archiving system or other online storage solutions - Award-winning Fanatical Support, delivered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
In addition, Pat Matthews believes that this service will show businesses that hosted email solutions can be both more effective and more reliable than managing “their own email in-house,” while it will also provide an ideal option in terms of backup and easy retrieval of all business-critical messages. Overall, Rackspace Archiving was built to relieve users of any hassle related to the safety and storage of their emails. More information can be found on the company's site.