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Mimecast Cloud Archive

Score9.5 out of 10

33 Reviews and Ratings

What is Mimecast Cloud Archive?

Mimecast Cloud Archive provides an archive storage solution for data retention, as well as search and retrieval of email, attachments and MS Teams conversations. The cloud archiving solution offers search capabilities for employees and automated tools for administrators that simplify management of mailboxes, e-discovery and litigation support.

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Mimecast Cloud Archive always delivers

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used Mimecast Cloud Archive for nearly 10 years now and it has helped in so many ways. First and foremost it allows us to maintain lean mailboxes, even since moving to cloud based mail platforms our users know they can delete emails and know they are backed up for 99 years!

Secondly, we have a large staff turnover and in our industry work happens via email. The amount of times we have had to search the archive as an admin to retrieve critical information pertaining to a job or client which has helped clarify an issue or dispute has been paid for the service many times over!

Our work is guaranteed for a lifetime so keeping all emails exchanged in the business is a must.

Pros

  • Quick and easy searching
  • Easy to access as a user via outlook or weblogon
  • Integrates well with Mimecast security

Cons

  • Integration with new version of Outlook and outlook web
  • Easily delete spam emails that don't need to be stored

Return on Investment

  • It has paid for itself many times over! Client disputes or things that previous employees have said to a client or vendor can be proven right or wrong.
  • It has helped in legal cases in relation to a dispute with clients.
  • It has helped with internal staff disputes where something was said or not adhered to with policy.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Veritas eDiscovery Platform and Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat, DocuSign, ARCHICAD

Mimecast Cloud

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Mimecast Cloud Archive as a secure, scalable, and compliant email archiving solution across our entire organization. It plays a critical role in our data retention, eDiscovery, and compliance workflows by providing a tamper-proof repository of all inbound, outbound, and internal emails. It helps enforce retention and deletion policies automatically across the organization. The archive is searchable via Outlook and the Mimecast web portal, allowing employees to retrieve historical emails quickly without needing IT support.

Pros

  • Seamless Integration with Microsoft 365
  • eDiscovery & Search Capabilities

Cons

  • Customization of Retention Policies
  • Search Result Management and Export
  • User Interface

Return on Investment

  • Cost Savings on Storage and Infrastructure
  • Reduced IT Workload
  • Strengthened Compliance and Risk Management
  • Importing legacy email e.g pst into Mimecast was complex and required professional services.

Usability

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft 365, Comply365

An cloud email archive that just works.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We needed to replace our previous on-prem e-mail archiving solution (Barracuda) with a could-based solution and do it in conjunction with our move to Exchange Online. After speaking and demoing all of the current best players in this space we decided to go with Mimecast as it just odes what is meant to do with no fuss and it works. The migration was seamless and the users took to it in no time. We use it across the whole Company and users rely on it as it allows them to keep records of all e-mails and also helps us when we need to retrieve messages from employees no longer at the company.

Pros

  • Unlimited archive capability.
  • Easy to search.
  • Easy to manage and deploy/migrate to.

Cons

  • The search interface (in the Admin panel) could be improved and made more intuitive.
  • The search period in the Outlook Plugin can't be changed from the default of 1 year, this needs to be customizable.
  • Add the ability to send messages from the web Interface.

Return on Investment

  • We needed a product that would allow us to keep at least 7 years worth of emails as required by the business and Mimecast, with its unlimited archiving, meets this requirement perfectly.
  • Being a cloud-based solution allowed us to save on hardware, infrastructure, and maintenance costs when compared to our previous on-prem appliance.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Barracuda Cloud Archive (formerly Sonian) and Proofpoint Archiving and Compliance

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365, Fortinet FortiGate, LastPass for Business, Cisco Intersight, Pure Storage FlashArray, ManageEngine OpManager

Efficient and Customizable Email Archive Solution

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a law firm it's imperative we maintain an email archive that's easily searchable for eDiscovery and case management purposes. Beyond that, we've used Mimecast Cloud Archive many times to retrieve lost or mistakenly deleted messaged. The Archive search allows for granular searching based on time frame, words, phrases, and attachments which has been extremely helpful.

Pros

  • Granular searches
  • Quick response times
  • Ability to easily forward and download messages

Cons

  • More efficient preview panel

Return on Investment

  • Extremely positive impact for data retention and eDiscovery

Usability

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365, CrowdStrike Falcon, Okta

Mimecast Cloud Archive Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Mimecast Cloud Archive to archive historical emails. Users can search for and recover old or deleted emails. We also us Mimecast Cloud Archive to perform case reviews for legal searches.

Pros

  • Search of historical emails
  • Integration with Outlook
  • Creation of cases for legal review

Cons

  • Support during implementation was minimal
  • Process to copy archived email to Mimecast Cloud Archive was difficult

Return on Investment

  • Allowed us to move off older on-premise hardware
  • Unlimited Cloud storage allows room for growth without expanding costs.

Usability