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When an enterprise makes the decision to migrate to Google Apps, it realizes that the process normally also involves migration of all its PST files. An organization will therefore also be looking for a solution for PST files aggregation from all its distributed workstations (desktops, laptops etc.) to a central storage location before uploading them using GAMME 2.0.
We at DataMills have developed the perfect tool for this: EdgeSafe PST2PST MigratorTM . It automates the collection of scattered enterprise PST files into a central location, so that GAMME will be able to seamlessly and automatically migrate the PST files to Google Apps. The tool will thus save enterprises hundreds if not thousands of man-hours involved in the migration process.
Our solutions are centrally managed using a central control station. For migration to Google Apps, it is therefore ideal for phased migration since it incrementally updates the PST backup.
Furthermore, some enterprises find it difficult to totally abandon control of their email data, inherent to any Cloud solution. For these customers, DataMills provides a solution that enables them to keep a local copy at a central on-premises location to give them peace of mind. This backup copy will seamlessly be synchronized with the Google Apps email (email contacts, calendar, tasks, etc.) data in an efficient incremental manner. This solution is especially useful for organizations that need to comply with various rules and regulations, such as SOX and HIPAA.
For more information about these and other backup solutions, please refer to our product page or contact us directly at sales@datamills.com
This tutorial will show how you can easily protect your Outlook data (PST files and folders) and save your Outlook settings with only a few mouse clicks.
It is now easy to backup Outlook email messages, Contact information, Calender, Journal, Tasks, and Notes with EdgeSafePST2PST.
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The current WikiLeaks scandal teaches us an important lesson: if the US government is vulnerable, so is any company.
How was data leaked? The days that diplomatic information was sent by cable (over wires by teletype machines) are gone. Nowadays, U.S. diplomats and government employees are sending “cables” and incident reports as PDF files over secured networks: SIPRNet for classified information and NIPRNet for less sensitive unclassified information. The State Department uses its own network called ClassNet to send classified and sensitive information in PDF format.
However, these PDF files are also stored as searchable PST files on servers. This is done in exactly the same way as enterprises save their PST files when creating a backup of their Outlook folders.
That is the reason why the main suspect in the leak could download the PST files and extract them despite being only a Private First Class (PFC) in the U.S. Army (working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq). His job was to ensure that other intelligence analysts in his group had access to all information that they were entitled to see.
If an authorized government employee needed to know e.g., if a rogue government had acquired a new weapon, the PST files were searched to find information contained within a diplomatic cable. The suspect could easily download a PST file with the cables, unpack them, and SNAP (SIPR/NIPR Access Point) them up or down to a computer that is capable of interacting with a USB or a burnable CD. If he would then erase the server logs, investigators would not be able to track his activities later on. Since analysts in general routinely download and access large files for legitimate reason, such behavior would not be flagged as unusual or suspicious.
It would also have been easy for the main suspect to delete the PST files, thus losing a treasure trove of crucial information with dire consequences.
The lesson to be learned for enterprises is clear: apart from data security, they also need a state-of-the-art backup solution for their PST files. Just imagine what will happen to your enterprise when you lose your precious corporate data stored in your emails. Apart from damage to your business, you could also face regulatory compliance issues (SOX, HIPAA, etc.)
To learn more about a great backup solution for your PST files, visit the DataMills website at www.datamills.com or click here for the product page.
DataMills tackles challenges posed to organizations which move their email data to Google Apps: Automating the collection process of PST files before they get migrated; as well as providing an on-premises backup of the Google Apps email data.
Email cloud services are catching on, and a rising number of enterprises are deciding to move their email services over to Google Apps. This move involves phased data migration processes, which is far more complex than these companies initially expected.
The first daunting challenge associated with such migration, which DataMills solutions meet head-on, is locating and aggregating the Outlook data file (PST).
In most organizations, PST files contain more than 90% of the email and contact data, making it the biggest resource of email data which should be migrated. PST files can be located anywhere on the user’s computer or on the network, and they cannot be simply copied while they are in use by Outlook, which creates a very difficult and time-consuming challenge to aggregate them.
“Our PST Aggregation products provide unique tools that automate the collection of scattered enterprise PST files into a central location”, explained Yoram Barzilai, CEO of DataMills. “This way, migration products such as Google’s GAMME (Google Apps Migration for Microsoft® Exchange®) server will be able to seamlessly and automatically migrate the PST files to Google Apps.”
Some organizations, instead of migrating their existing PST files to the cloud, prefer to use our PST aggregation tools for creating a central PST archive for future reference.
These tools enable organizations to achieve substantial savings that could reach hundreds or even thousands of manual work hours associated with such email migration processes, as well as eliminating human errors.
“Another aspect of migrating into the cloud is that some enterprise customers are reluctant to completely surrender their email data without having a local copy”, says Yoram Barzilai. “For those customers that continue to use Outlook as their email client, our EdgeSafe PST2PST Backup solution should reduce this concern, by enabling them to keep a local copy of their data in central on-premises location.
This backup copy will be seamlessly synchronized with the Google Apps email (email contacts, calendar, etc.) data in an efficient incremental manner and will be stored in a standard PST file format which can be shuttled and immediately used by Outlook.”
For more information or for a free demo please contact DataMills at:
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DataMills develops and sells products for the enterprise for backing up workstation data, including PST files and other files and folders, as well as products helping organizations to tackle challenges posed to them when they are migrating email data into the cloud.
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