IT Projects: Email Migration

Definition

Move email from one system to another, usually more-efficient, email system.

Challenges

Handling the complexity of email server migrations
Managing enhanced server consolidation that creates service level agreement (SLA) challenges for backup and restore
Needing more data management as additional file types such as voicemails are being archived
Optimizing storage with email storage which are growing at an unprecedented rate
Storage optimization is a key issue with email storage growing at an average rate of 35% annually

Symantec Solution: Archiving

Automate movement and retention of unstructured information to improve performance, scale, and manageability of applications. Also, optimize storage while reducing risk and costs associated with providing transparent end-user access and efficient.

Reduce size of message stores significantly, which means less active content to migrate
Enable server and user consolidation by ensuring information stores are small and manageable
Enhance mail system performance while addressing end-user frustrations with email quotas
Optimize storage utilization by archiving with intelligent classification, single-instancing and compression of archived files
Implement a common storage model and deduplicate your data to reduce storage requirements

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