Sonian Unveils Cloud-Based Archive Solution

Sonian, Inc. announced a solution to allow organizations to archive their Microsoft Lync instant messages.

Available, Lync Archiving captures, indexes and secures an organization’s Lync instant messaging data within the cloud alongside email if desired, allowing for unified search, compliance adherence and faster discovery response.

“The ubiquity of instant messaging has made it a de facto form of business communication. Companies that correctly recognize these communications as intellectual property want to be able to secure and search them,” said Greg Arnette, founder and CTO, Sonian. “Lync Archiving enables SMBs to preserve, index, search and retrieve IMs in a cost-effectiv and easy-to-use cloud archive. This helps companies to speed audit response, power internal investigations or answer any legal or compliance inquiry.“

This solution enables IT administrators to secure all Lync IM conversations within a cloud archive and then create searches for specific keywords, users, dates or search the entire corpus to gather complete results.

Features include:

• All Microsoft Lync IM conversations in a unified cloud archive

• Organizations can meet IM retention mandates and respond to discovery requests without increasing complexity

• Unlimited cloud storage and unlimited retention at a fixed and predictable cost

• A single search interface allows administrators to access IM conversations and emails

• Supports peer-to-peer and multi-party instant messaging of Microsoft Lync 2010 and 2013 servers