About IBM CommonStore
IBM CommonStore provides total email and document archive management capabilities. It provides automated policy driven and user driven archive capabilities and easy retrieval from the standard client user interface. Once archiving policies are defined and implemented, you can tackle major problem areas created by the rapid growth of messaging systems - performance issues, increasing storage requirements, operational difficulties, compliance, and regulatory email recordkeeping issues.
CommonStore enables administrators and end users to archive emails, attachments, or entire folders from Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino databases to a shared repository for secure, long term storage. You can also archive file attachments separately from originating messages, a very useful function given that attachments can easily represent 80% of the storage in mail applications.
The IBM solution is modular and scalable in its approach. It is designed to evolve and grow with the business needs and drivers of an organisation. CommonStore can evolve into a corporate wide Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution managing all unstructured data (e.g. paper, faxes, office documents, forms), since the Enterprise Content Management technologies are offered as a back-end archive management system (IBM Content Manager).
Neocol's Experience
Neocol works with best-in-breed vendors to architect, implement and support market leading solutions in the area of Enterprise Content Management. ECM covers all aspects of unstructured data sources, including e-mail, documents, paper, and records. We aid companies with the growing concern of managing this content, streamlining access and disposition, thus streamlining overall operational efficiency of an enterprise.
For the last four years, Neocol has been IBM's go-to-market partner for e-mail archiving and have been involved in the implementation and support of their CommonStore technology in some of the largest examples of successful archiving in the world. Neocol delivers CommonStore on behalf of IBM Software Group Services, IBM Strategic Outsourcing and numerous IBM Business Partners in the IBM channel.
Specifically on IBM CommonStore, recent projects include Yorkshire Water (4,500 users), Cheshire Police (3,000 users), SITA (4,500 users) Severn Trent Water (6,000 users), TNT (5,000 users), John Lewis (2,000 users), Bedfordshire County Council (2,000 users), and The Student Loans Company (1,100 users). Projects underway include Steria (2,000 users), Group 4 Securicor (4,000 users) and The First Group (4,000 users).
Due to Neocol's proven experience in customer engagements, IBM invited one of Neocol's principal consultants to co-author the IBM Redbook on IBM CommonStore Best Practices:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/SG247325.html
In addition, Neocol has featured in numerous press releases for successful CommonStore implementations:
http://www.document-manager.com/articles/reviews.asp?a_id=257
http://www.realbusinessinsights.co.uk/ARTICLE/The-email-that-roared/55.aspx
Neocol can assist with an overall e-mail archiving solution design and procurement. Neocol will be able to recommend a best practice approach for e-mail archiving which will significantly lower any associated risk with cost effective implementation.
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To understand how Neocol can assist with your IBM archiving requirements, please contact us today on 0845 241 4765, via email at commonstore@neocol.com or alternatively complete our on-line form and we will call you right back.
