EmailXtender being replaced by EMC with SourceOne
11th DEC 2009
EmailXtender archiving software is now being replaced by SourceOne
SourceOne has been written from ground up with new source code. The SourceOne software is tuned to manage archives, retention and storage tiering on EMC's hardware platforms, including Centera and Celerra, but also works with other vendor’s hardware.
The SourceOne family of products has enhanced controls policies, retention, eDiscovery and overall information lifecycle management (ILM).
The SourceOne family includes three products:
- SourceOne Email Management
- SourceOne Discovery Collector
- SourceOne Discovery Manager
SourceOne Email Management: Archives e-mail from Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes/Domino as well as SMTP and instant messages with international support and localized interfaces in seven languages.
SourceOne Discovery Collector: This is an indexing appliance that automates the in-house identification, collection, preservation, and policy management of unstructured content that resides on desktops, laptops, CIFS and NFS, NAS, Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and other content management repositories.
SourceOne Discovery Manager: This offers high-volume discovery search and collection for e-mail archived by the SourceOne Email Management software. Discovery Manager locates, holds, culls and produces archived e-mail in response to legal/regulatory or corporate compliance policies.
The initial release of SourceOne will support e-mail and instant message archiving with support for files, SharePoint, enterprise applications, XML and other content types to follow in the next 12 to 18 months.
Majority of the archiving products that exist today were created 10 years ago without an understanding of how significant e-mail would become over time. The sheer volume of e-mail is now in the terabyte range in some cases and eDiscovery has become an issue. Unfortunately back then Archiving developers didn't conceive of these requirements.
Scales is one of the keys to SourceOne. The software is built to operate in a single server for midsize companies and scales to meet the archiving needs of large enterprises. SourceOne's modular architecture allows for the dynamic addition of new content sources or other back-end repositories.
Current EmailXtender customers will not have to rip-and-replace existing installations because SourceOne can manage legacy EmailXtender archives
SourceOne is also open in terms of application integration through API support for partners interested in embedding functionality in the platform.
EMC claims SourceOne can save customers more than 50% in total cost and pay for itself in a year with potential savings of up to $1 million for companies with 1,000 e-mail mailboxes. The company also claims customers can reduce storage and backup costs by as much as 60%.
SourceOne Email Management and SourceOne Discovery Collector are available now. SourceOne Discovery Manager will be generally available in Q1 2010
