ArcMail Technology, a provider of email archiving and management technology, announced the release of ArcMail Defender U3160. ArcMail Defender is a stand-alone network appliance offering 16 terabytes of storage and data integrity technology that provides comprehensive archive and data management for medium to large organizations with. With the ArcMail Defender U3160, organizations can maintain important business information and intellectual property found in email communications, meet compliance and legal standards, improve productivity and reduce the burden on IT.

“The ArcMail Defender U3160 now offers 16 terabytes of storage and comprehensive archive and data management so no important communication is lost. With email as the defacto means of communication today, organizations are more closely tracking the information that flows to and from the boundary,” said Todd Gates, chief executive officer of ArcMail Technology. “People really use email today as a modern day filing cabinet. There is a huge amount of intellectual property sitting in every organization’s email that just shouldn’t be deleted. Archiving is a critical piece of the business puzzle in maintaining and managing that information.”

The ArcMail Defender U3160 appliance is a transparent solution that runs seamlessly in the background of a network infrastructure without interrupting productivity or work flow. With a simple Web-based interface, administrators and end-users can search and retrieve information they need while at the office or remotely. Users can launch the ArcMail Defender U3160 directly from Outlook to instantly search and restore emails, and administrators can monitor system settings and produce reports to ensure that email is being successfully archived. The rack-ready ArcMail Defender U3160 provides 16 TB of storage space and is enabled with data integrity encryption technology to ensure backed-up and restored data cannot be altered.

Added Gates, “Defender delivers more storage and more power to allow much larger organizations to capitalize on ArcMail’s proven technology delivered through an easy-to-use, easy-to-install, and easy-to-manage appliance. We are committed to helping organizations maintain the important data that is held in email communications.”

The award-winning ArcMail Defender U3160 captures all inbound, outbound and internal email using the mail server’s journaling function, which indexes the email header and text information. The new appliance operates on the Linux platform and is compatible with MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, Groupwise and many other mail servers with SMTP journaling functionality. It is also compatible with Active Directory, which allows automatic user account management.

Pricing and Availability
As an introductory special, the ArcMail Defender U3160, with 4 terabytes more storage than the Defender U3120, is available for a limited time for the same price as the ArcMail Defender U3120.