MailMeter File Archiver Launched - Next Generation File Archiving Solution

Friday, 1 February 2008 - Waterford Technologies, the leading provider of intelligent email and data management solutions, today announced the availability of MailMeter File Archiver for intelligent file reporting, destruction and archiving. With MailMeter File Archiver, organizations benefit from more cost effective storage management by analyzing their Windows-based file servers, deleting unwanted files, and archiving the remainder according to pre-set rules.

Over 50 per cent of data files on servers will never be accessed again according to industry analysts. This represents a large investment in expensive storage for what can be obsolete or unnecessary files. MailMeter File Archiver is able to automatically detect and delete unnecessary files, or move them to less expensive storage formats - saving on backup and storage costs. In addition, IT storage administration time is greatly reduced by the fully automated policy engine.

Brendan Nolan, CEO, Waterford Technologies, says: “The volume of data stored on network servers is growing at an alarming rate every year. As little as 3 years ago, we found that organizations had a small number of file servers but they now find themselves with 50 to 100 servers. They know that the older data stored on these servers is hardly ever accessed but they cannot remove or delete the data. The problem is compounded by a large amount of data duplication because the same large file can be stored many times across a network. 

Our MailMeter File Archiver solution is unique in recognizing duplicate files and deleting them in order to reduce the overall volume of data organisations experience.  MailMeter File Archiver has been designed to address the most pressing data management issues as well as providing instant access to archived information at the click of a button.”

MailMeter File Archiver Benefits

• Administration costs are reduced - the MailMeter File Archiver policy engine performs its housekeeping tasks automatically, taking the responsibility away from IT professionals allowing them to carry out other critical business tasks.
• Storage costs are reduced - older files are moved to less expensive storage.
• Enhanced deletion management capabilities - Fast recovery from accidental deletions, and “age out” and eventual deletion of unneeded files.
• Fast searching of any archived file by name, type, date, folder, etc.
• Improved user experience - a link to the original file is placed on the file server so that the original file will always be available. 
• Archived files can be stored on any type of media – this includes SAN, NAS and eventually moved to DVD, tape or optical storage.

MailMeter File Archiver agents analyze file usage at regularly scheduled intervals and when it has files which meet the file archiving policy rules, the files are then copied to its archive and replaced with a link to the file in the archive.  Through intelligent search and retrieval, critical files can be identified faster and recovered.