Mimosa Systems, Inc. has expanded its participation in the EMC Velocity² Technology and ISV Program. The Company also announced enhanced interoperability between the archiving solution and EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems.

Interoperability of Mimosa NearPoint and Data Domain storage systems provides a powerful archival and information management solution for user-generated content - including email, files and SharePoint. New enhancements include increased support for management of tiered storage, improved automation and performance levels and interoperability with the latest Data Domain operating system. The combined solution enables IT managers to improve Exchange server management by eliminating email quotas and PSTs, expedites eDiscovery, and provides integrated disaster recovery with zero impact or change to the production environment. With Mimosa NearPoint and Data Domain storage systems, mutual customers have the benefits of an integrated archive and comprehensive network storage offering that provides data deduplication to significantly reduce the data footprint and redundancy while providing greater scalability and enhanced integration.

"EMC is pleased that Mimosa Systems has joined the Data Domain Specialty of the EMC Velocity Technology and ISV Program to demonstrate its commitment to excellence in integrated content archiving for its Mimosa NearPoint solution," said Dan McGee, senior vice president of EMC's Backup Recovery Systems division. "We look forward to continuing to work with Mimosa to ensure that our mutual customers have the highest level of support possible for their information infrastructure initiatives."

"Organizations are looking for a single, integrated archiving solution to manage email, file and SharePoint content and streamline eDiscovery requests to help ensure regulatory compliance, and provide storage optimization in a comprehensive solution," said T.M. Ravi, CEO of Mimosa Systems. "Together, the EMC Data Domain and Mimosa combined solution addresses critical customer requirements around risk, tiered storage management and end user search."