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News Release from: BridgeHead Software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 October 2006
BridgeHead signs global resale agreement
BridgeHead Software links with Quest to provide single source for protected data lifecycle management of e-mail and file archives.
BridgeHead Software has announced the signing of a global resale agreement with Quest Software, enabling Quest and its partners to resell BridgeHead's HT FileStore and other components of the company's Integrated Storage Management (ISM) suite of products As a result of this agreement, Quest customers and channel partners will now have access to a fully integrated e-mail and file archiving solution capable of automatically archiving all types of user data, supported by a powerful multi-media data repository manager
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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In anticipation of this agreement, the companies worked together to technically integrate Quest's Archive Manager with BridgeHead's HT FileStore file archiving and repository management to create a combined solution that offers both file and e-mail archiving using a unified metadata/content database and interface.
The result is a robust solution for security, compliance and data volume management which addresses all end user data and ensures that e-mail and file archives are both searchable and readily available.
The solution satisfies enterprise-level needs for compliant data retention, business continuance and disaster recovery.
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"As a result of our agreement, there are exceptional opportunities for the channel," said Ryan Witt, Vice President of Global Sales for BridgeHead Software.
"Best of breed e-mail and file archiving tools have now come together with enterprise data repository management to deliver an all-encompassing solution to the market, Given the strong demand for robust archiving solutions, the channel should be well placed to capitalise on this compelling offering".
"Combined Quest and BridgeHead customers will now have one interface".
"For BridgeHead's existing channel, this offers an obvious 'shoe in' for resellers to take on Quest product or take supply of our product via Quest rather than from us directly".
"The flexibility of the Archive Manager platform allows us to integrate with leading best-of-breed solutions," said James Emmons, director, Archive Manager Business Unit, Quest Software.
"This resale agreement is an example of the power of our flexible architecture and our commitment to providing a full-featured archiving solution to our customers".
Independent research highlights the converging demand for e-mail and file archiving solutions as well as sophisticated repository management.
The ILM Audit 2006, recently conducted on behalf of BridgeHead, shows a clear rise in interest for email and file archiving products over the coming 12 months.
Over half of respondents are considering investment in email archiving (up 8% in the UK and 3% in the US) and there has been a 12% increase in the number considering file archiving (55% in the UK and 67% in the US).
Response rates were highest in the health, government and finance segments where the combined burden of regulatory compliance and massive growth of data have been most acute.
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