The Mimosa NearPoint unified content archiving platform will be integrated into Global Storage's hosted Enterprise Managed Archival Service, ArchiveReady.

"At Global Storage, we have vast experience and expertise in understanding the long term challenges of managing email and file data growth and regulatory compliance needs," said David Duncan, CEO, Global Storage.

"We have made a significant investment in archival infrastructure, process and methodology, and the dedicated resources to monitor and manage a customer's storage archival processes. Mimosa NearPoint is a leading-industry solution for the complete retention and protection of this critical company data. By partnering with Mimosa and integrating NearPoint into our hosted ArchiveReady Enterprise Managed Archival Service, we provide the most comprehensive solution available for complete information protection."

Mimosa NearPoint will provide the technology backbone for Global Storage's ArchiveReady solution. ArchiveReady is a next-generation content archival service that provides an integrated content archive for email, file, and SharePoint, eDiscovery, local recovery, disaster recovery and storage management, all delivered as a fully managed service.

ArchiveReady provides full text indexing on email subject line, message body, and attachments as well as SharePoint content, allowing powerful search and retrieval tools to be used to find archived email or content.