Since the rise of archiving systems in business more than a decade ago, the technology has made great strides forward. Recently, stringent regulations (e.g., SEC-Rule 17a-4) and highly demanding litigation procedures (e.g., the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure) have amplified the need for a strong archive system.

Messaging systems such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Microsoft's latest version of Exchange Server - have also seen their share of changes and improvements in archiving and compliance.

This document is intended as a guide and a blueprint for organizations looking at deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Mimosa NearPoint in their environment.

The benefits of first developing and then automating an email retention policy are threefold:

• More effective regulatory compliance - Email retention for regulatory compliance isn’t a choice, but rather an absolute requirement. The only choice your company will have is in how you meet the requirements: manually or with an email archiving automation system.
• Better legal risk management - The ability to show a court an updated and regularly enforced email retention policy can demonstrate retention policy intent and negate claims of spoliation by the plaintiff's attorney.
• More consistent corporate governance - An effective retention policy ensures that information is available for some period of time, and an email archiving system allows for quick search and reference.

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While simple in concept, VMware is complex. It contains components that make virtualization possible and quite manageable in limited configurations. However when you begin to expand into multiple ESX servers and multiple virtual machines competing for resources – effective management becomes an issue.

That‘s why initial capacity planning and on-going performance monitoring are essential to virtualization success.

In “VMware Basics – Capacity Planning and Performance Monitoring,” we give you an overview of VMware’s underlying structural complexity and discusses ways to effectively plan for and manage your virtual resources.

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What they they don't tell you about VMware backup

Virtualization gives companies new ways to deploy and manage application architectures.VMware lets you take management and virtualization to the next level with their latest release of VMware Infrastructure 3.

While most people initially look at VMware from a server consolidation perspective you soon discover that virtualization can alter the way you view your entire infrastructure – from network to applications to storage and disaster recovery.

The focus of this paper is what impact virtualization has on backup and recovery.

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Integrated Virtualization – Planning, Design, Components, Implementation.

Mosaic’s V-Accelerate is a complete integrated virtualization implementation. Using VMware as a foundation we work with you to design a solution that meets your business, technology, and budget requirements. Our experience shows us that virtualization involves more than server consolidation.

We take our experience and work with you in a defined process with predictable costs that includes:

• Assessment
• Configuration
• Implementation

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Every now and then we come across a well written white paper that – even though it’s sponsored by a vendor – presents a compelling argument.

That's the case with "Extending D2D to Offsite DR: The ROI Case for Wan Vaulting."

Written by Barb Goldworm of Focus Consulting for Data Domain, it uses case studies to show the benefits of deduplication and D2D backup and how it can be extended to deliver cost effective offsite data protection and DR.

This is a well thought out and well written effort. It shows how to build a case for WAN vaulting using direct and indirect savings, TCO, ROI and payback periods. However, this is not a detailed math and formula guide – it uses real world examples with appropriate tables and graphs.

"Extending D2D…" offers substance and readability.

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Like most of IT, backup has changed. Now there's more data to backup and less time to do it.

In "The New Backup Model: Disk Alternatives Explored," free whitepaper you'll get an overview of the five disk alternatives:

• Continuous data protection
• Disk to disk to tape
• Back-end compression
• Filer-based data protection
• Disk-based data protection

We cover strengths, weaknesses, and architectural fit of each alternative. This is a good objective overview of where backup is headed.

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