Enterprise Vault

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Symantec Enterprise Vault

Developer:	Symantec Corporation
Use:	Email Archiving Software
License:	Proprietary
Website:	Symantec.com/enterprisevault

Symantec Enterprise Vault (EV) is a product of Symantec Corporation and is one of the most widely-installed email archiving solutions^[1]. Enterprise Vault software provides an archiving framework to enable the discovery of content held within email, file system and collaborative environments. Enterprise Vault can also help reduce the amount of storage required for email of file systems.

Enterprise Vault manages content using automated, policy-controlled archiving to online stores for active retention and seamless retrieval of information. The built-in search and discovery capabilities of Enterprise Vault are complemented by specialized client applications for corporate governance, risk management and legal protection.

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Enterprise Vault was originally developed at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) but was acquired by KVS after Compaq Computer Corp.'s acquisition of Digital. KVS was acquired by VERITAS Software in 2004^[2]. Enterprise Vault is now part of Symantec's wider "Enterprise Messaging Management" group. Symantec gained its Enterprise Messaging Management (EMM) and storage management capabilities by acquiring VERITAS in 2005^[3] (also see List of Symantec acquisitions).

Enterprise Vault software from Symantec provides an archiving framework to enable the discovery of content held within e-mail, file system and collaborative environments, while reducing storage costs and simplifying management, the company says. Enterprise Vault manages content via automated, policy-controlled archiving to online and near-line stores for active retention and seamless retrieval of information according to the Symantec website. The built-in search and discovery capabilities of Enterprise Vault are complemented by specialized client applications for corporate governance, risk management and legal protection.

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Compliance Accelerator Enterprise Vault Compliance Accelerator is a configurable add-on solution to Enterprise Vault for Microsoft Exchange. Compliance Accelerator allows organizations to perform supervisory review of broker-dealer email to ensure compliance with regulatory bodies. Providing the framework to select and sample target email, manage its review by appropriate reviewers, and record the process for audit purposes, Compliance Accelerator decreases effort of email supervision, review and compliance demonstration.

Discovery Accelerator Enterprise Vault™ Discovery Accelerator provides content archiving of all email and attachments (internal and external) plus a customizable means to automate and optimize the search and discovery process for legal discovery of electronic records in lawsuits. This can enable online (paper-free) discovery and marking of email, electronic files and unstructured content as well as cost-effective use of reviewers, such as paralegal, inside and outside counsels.

File System Archiving Enterprise Vault™ File System Archiving provides archiving support for any application that generates and stores information in standard files. File System Archiving saves space on file servers by moving files to alternative storage devices without impact on the end-user. Archive files, by age, size or other criteria. Items are compressed, stored and indexed centrally by and can be searched as well as retrieved transparently by users via optional placeholders.

IM Manager Enterprise Vault integrates with IM Manager to provide a single point of storage and review for Instant Messages and E-Mail. Instant Messages are captured by IM Manager across 13 major protocols including Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS), IBM/Lotus Sametime, AOL, MSN, Yahoo, Bloomberg, Reuters and Google. IM Manager and Enterprise Vault ensure that all electronic messaging can be reviewed, filtered and stored according to policy. Symantec acquired the IM Manager technology from IMlogic in January of 2006.

Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Archiving Enterprise Vault for Microsoft Exchange archives individual mailboxes to eliminate quotas, message size restrictions and control message store growth. Admin-defined policies automatically archive email and attachments out of Exchange and into online Enterprise Vault stores. Optionally, shortcuts are left behind allowing users to easily view or restore the original items transparently through Outlook or via extended web-based search functions.

Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino Journaling Enterprise Vault works with Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino journaling in order to satisfy the corporate legal or regulatory retention requirements. Enterprise Vault can be configured to retain a copy of all email messages sent and received, ensuring that they are kept for the appropriate period of time required to meet regulatory or legal retention requirements.

Microsoft Exchange PST Migrator Enterprise Vault software allows organizations to migrate all existing PST file data into the archive repository. Restoring user search and accessibility to this data enables the organization to achieve PST eradication.

Microsoft Exchange Public Folder Archiving Enterprise Vault Public Folder Archiving archives individual public folders in Microsoft Exchange. Optionally, shortcuts are left behind allowing users to view or restore the original items transparently through Outlook or via extended web-based search functions.

Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server Archiving Enterprise Vault supports archiving content from Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Fast-growing volumes of intellectual content on SharePoint Portal Server are archived and managed by Enterprise Vault. EV can archive and offload older data to control the storage consumption of the SharePoint Portal Server. Newer, more frequently accessed content is retained within SharePoint with older, less frequently accessed content being moved to Enterprise Vault yet remaining available to the end-user.

Offline Vault Enterprise Vault Offline Vault provides laptop access to archived email even when not connected to the corporate network. Enterprise Vault software can be configured to provide users with a local Vault stored on their PC hard drive. When a disconnected user tries to access an archived item via a shortcut, this item will be retrieved from the local Vault, ensuring that they have access to important content wherever it is located. At the same time the user's email is still archived to the corporate archive, so it is not vulnerable to loss or damage.

SMTP Archiving Enterprise Vault 6.0 supports policy-based archiving of email and attachments in SMTP based email systems.