LUCID8 DEBUNKS THE MYTH--MICROSOFT EXCHANGE ARCHIVE SOLUTIONS JUST DON’T DO THE WHOLE JOB

Lucid8’s GOexchange and DigiVault complete the solution—and make it easy

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 12, 2006

Lucid8 LLC, the company that optimizes space, efficiency and reliability for Microsoft Exchange Server databases, announced today that its products, GOexchange and DigiVault are helping clients overcome the shortcomings inherent in today’s MS Exchange archive products to create a truly complete and efficient MS Exchange archiving and management solution. Lucid8's GOexchange and DigiVault add disaster prevention and optimization, as well as continuous data protection with SingleTouch recovery for Microsoft Exchange.

Complex database systems, including Microsoft Exchange Server, slowly degrade and will inevitably fail over time unless they are properly maintained. Database health has always been the weakest link in most Exchange environments. According to the META Group, 20 percent of unplanned Exchange downtime is caused by database failure. Left unchecked, Exchange database growth, errors and degradation impair system performance and stability, as well the ability to maintain effective backup and recovery operations. Larger databases take longer to access, backup, and restore.

Thanks to increasing compliance and performance demands, archiving is also beginning to occupy Exchange administrators’ time. E-mail archiving solutions promise to reduce database size and improve performance, however, in reality they exacerbate the issue. These solutions basically yank core data out of the database, leaving a stub behind that can be used to view or extract the data from the archive if needed. Customers’ expectations are that since 80% of the data was archived, then the Exchange database will automatically become smaller and more efficient. The problem, however, is that archive solutions do nothing to reclaim the space that data vacates, nor does it check and correct errors, indexes, or other issues that must be addressed to ensure the health and optimization of the Exchange system.

To gain that disk space back in a usable form, administrators are surprised to learn that after implementing an archiving solution they must manually run cumbersome Microsoft utility programs after hours. Lucid8’s GOexchange is the alternative that takes maintenance to the next level—automatically—increasing the benefits of space reclamation, while also rebuilding indexes, removing hidden errors and inconsistencies to increase the health and optimization of the Exchange system.

Case in Point
Devine, Millimet & Branch, an established U.S. law firm founded in 1947, requires a reliable and consistent e-mail database, and needs to ensure that its server is efficient and running smoothly at all times. Email is especially critical since, in some cases, it has replaced documents and memos as a method to providing legal advice.

With e-mail serving as this vital piece of infrastructure, server failure and/or the resulting data and productivity loss could potentially translate into missed deadlines and gaps in the chain of communication. This, in turn, could result in legal liability, loss of revenue and, most importantly, loss of client confidence. One particular server failure at Devine, Millimet & Branch resulted in a six hour period in which the Exchange server was down. As a result, the firm’s server administrators realized that something had to be done—quickly—to increase server performance and reliability.

Using GOexchange, Devine, Millimet & Branch implemented a monthly, systematic Exchange Server maintenance program. The initial usage of GOexchange over a 36-hour time frame immediately resulted in a reduction of over 5,600 errors on the system, and made the information stores much smaller and faster. Additionally, the firm started to benefit immediately from the data archiving capabilities of Zantaz Enterprise Archive Solution, securely maintaining electronic data of client transactions via e-mail.

Bottom Line
Archiving is an important element of proper Exchange information management, but Lucid8’s technology provides Archiving vendors and their customers the ability to achieve the promised and desired goal of smaller, more efficient and optimized databases—automatically. Lucid8's companion product, DigiVault, adds continuous data protection for true fail-safe data access. In conjunction with a good archive solution, Lucid8’s GOexchange and DigiVault create comprehensive and efficient e-mail usage, archiving, maintenance, data protection and recovery capabilities.

The #1 best-selling automated disaster prevention and optimization solution for Microsoft Exchange, Lucid8’s GOexchange works to remove hidden, silently accumulating database errors; increasing disk space, and rebuilding indexes while optimizing the Exchange database. GOexchange reduces Microsoft Exchange storage requirements by 30 to 55 percent, and, when combined with a third-party archiving solution, that reduction in storage requirements can reach over 90 percent. DigiVault provides minute-to-minute protection of the e-mail database to deliver unprecedented levels of security from Exchange data loss and corruption. DigiVault is the first module developed within the new Lucid8 Enterprise System Protector ™ and a key component of Lucid8’s next generation of online disaster prevention and Exchange optimization. “We know what GOexchange and DigiVault can accomplish for MS Exchange systems—and their users—in conjunction with a good archive system,” said Troy Werelius, CEO of Lucid8. “Database disaster prevention and optimization maintenance is the forgotten part of every Archive solution--it just makes good sense to put the solutions together for systems administrators. We’ve been working with and will continue to work with our customers and archive software vendors to make GOexchange and DigiVault components an integrated part of comprehensive email management systems to keep e-mails safe, secure and accessible at all times for the intelligent archiving, reporting and analysis that drives competitive edge in today’s market.”

About Lucid8 LLC
Lucid8 LLC provides automated disaster prevention, optimization and recovery software for Microsoft Exchange Server. Together, Lucid8’s DigiVault and GOexchange ensure optimal uptime and performance of Microsoft Exchange Server while continuously protecting valuable corporate data. Established in 1996, Lucid8 serves customers worldwide ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies. For more information, visit www.lucid8.com or call 425.451.2595.

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