Barracuda Announces New Cloud Archiving Service

Barracuda has announced Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, designed to help organizations with compliance as well as to efficiently address eDiscovery requests. Barracuda also unveiled its Microsoft Office 365 strategic initiative in order to assist organizations in managing their businesses when moving to (and managing in) Office 365. Barracuda indicates that the company’s new cloud-based archiving service supports this Office 365 initiative adding that end users can have read only access to search and view email from anywhere on any device that uses a web or mobile interface via integration with Microsoft Outlook on Windows, or with native applications for MacOS, iOS, and Android.

Barracuda has announced Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, designed to help organizations with compliance as well as to efficiently address eDiscovery requests. Barracuda also unveiled its Microsoft Office 365 strategic initiative in order to assist organizations in managing their businesses when moving to (and managing in) Office 365. Barracuda indicates that the company’s new cloud-based archiving service supports this Office 365 initiative, adding that end users can have read only access to search and view email from anywhere on any device that uses a web or mobile interface via integration with Microsoft Outlook on Windows, or with native applications for MacOS, iOS, and Android.

Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service gives users a significant amount of search and discovery features separate from the secure archive copy of the requested data. Barracuda also claims that this method ensures there is no conflict between data retention for operational compliance and legal search and discovery exercises. This allows for complete accuracy of data returned for every search.

Barracuda’s new service is ideal for organizations using on-premises Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, or hybrid combinations. Features include:

• Capture Everything – Ensures an accurate and unmodified copy of every email sent or received, including details of all recipients, will be captured and stored in the secure Barracuda Cloud.
• Keep Everything Securely As Long As Needed – Secures stored email data for as long as needed without risk of deletion.
• Respond to Information/eDiscovery Requests – Provides extensive search and discovery capabilities, managing selected data outside the operational environment on a separate secure archive copy of the data.
• 100 Percent Cloud – No hardware or software installation is required, and the cost-effective, per user pricing allows organizations to purchase only what they need.

Pricing and Availability

Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service is currently in early access with a general availability slated for sometimes at the end of December, 2015. Pricing begins at $2.00 USD per user, per month and $20.00 USD per user for an annual subscription.

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