Email & Instant Messaging

Email is an increasingly important part of the historical record, yet it is particularly difficult to preserve, putting future access to this vast resource at risk. A new report from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) looks at what makes email archiving so complex and describes emerging strategies to meet the challenge.

It is often challenging when confidentially breaches and compliance concerns are acknowledged and addressed differently across a business. Some departments are much more attuned to the types of data breach risks their business is vulnerable to, while others are further removed.

Personal-mail-archiver.com is a new affordable email archiving solution just released specifically for home users. Now even novice users can easily archive selected emails or an entire inbox in the form of a searchable PDF, and editable Word file or an Outlook PST file.

Sonasoft has fully aligned its compatibility to Microsoft Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (AD) with its latest release of SonaVault 6.1 eDiscovery and Email Archiving Software Solution. 

Germany’s Moth Software has announced the release of Mail Archiver X 4.2 for Mac OS X, an update to their app that serves as a companion to the user's current email application/client, allowing consolidation, archiving, and permanent storage of emails.

MxHero , a company focused on the integration of email and leading cloud storage services, such as Box, Google Drive, OneDrive and ShareFile, has launched a new feature to facilitate the secure sharing of email messages and attachments.

Colligo has announced the availability of the Colligo Email Manager for Microsoft Office 365, an add-in that provides secure knowledge and records capture to Microsoft SharePoint for Office 365 deployments.

Queensland updated its Ministerial Code of Conduct last month, which reflects the state’s legislation regarding official accountability. The Code now bans Ministers from using private email and messaging apps, such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Wickr and Snapchat, for ministerial business.

The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has shelved a plan to automatically delete official emails from its server one year after they are sent or received, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper has reported.

After months of planning, preparation and migration efforts, you have finally moved from your on-premises Exchange 2010+ system to Office 365. Now you are thinking "do we need to keep our Exchange server(s)?" As with most services, the answer is "it depends".

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