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Cemaphore links Outlook, Exchange to Gmail

By Matthew Broersma , TechWorld , 03/27/2008
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Cemaphore Systems this week introduced, in beta-test form, an e-mail synchronization system allowing enterprises or smaller organizations to dispense with their Exchange backup infrastructure in favor of the Google "cloud," synchronizing Outlook, Exchange and Google's applications.

The product, called MailShadow for Google Apps (MailShadowG), is offered as a service, and will eventually be made available for a monthly subscription fee. (An earlier version of MailShadow was reviewed here.)

The company is aiming equally at enterprises, small and midsized businesses and individual users, arguing organizations at any level can benefit from email protection and savings on infrastructure.

The company claims its product is the first of its kind to be based on Google Apps.

"We expect this development will have a significant impact on the implementation, management, and archiving of email content in the future," said Cemaphore president and chief executive Tyrone Pike, in a statement.

The synchronization occurs at the transaction level, meaning email, contacts and calendar data are visible via Outlook or Google Apps at any time, and eliminating the database replication processes used in conventional Exchange backup.

The system also means greater portability, lessening organizations' dependence on Exchange, Cemaphore said. Organizations often need to license and maintain several copies of Exchange solely for backup purposes. Larger enterprises could eliminate the infrastructure, hardware, co-location facilities and management of internal mail systems ordinarily needed for e-mail continuity, Cemaphore said.

Peter Christy, principal at Internet Research Group, noted that the system could offer a fully protected e-mail backup system for smaller organizations without the IT resources or sophistication to implement a non-hosted Exchange offering.

Future versions of MailShadow will also work with other e-mail service providers' products, Cemaphore said. (Compare Messaging products)

In February, Acronis launched a family of database backup and recovery software, designed to secure databases including Exchange. (Compare Data Backup and Replication products)

Based on the company's existing True Image Architecture, Acronis Recovery is designed to let IT managers and database administrators (DBAs) quickly, easily and securely back up and recover databases to the point of failure, including tables, logs and all other components.

Techworld's Christian Harris contributed to this report.

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