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posted on 13 February 2008 10:51

Atempo, known for continuous data protection (Time Navigator) and archive, has bought an e-mail archiving company, Lighthouse Global Technology.

LGT sells E-Trail Digital Archive, an open architecture e-mail archiving product. It will be integrated with Atempo's own file-based Archive Server.

Atempo Archive Server was introduced in 2007. With regulatory compliance and e-Discovery requirements driving the need for e-mail retention, Atempo reckons that integration between file and e-mail archiving has become critical.

Laura DuBois, An IDC research program director, confirmed the need for a combined archive offering: “Companies are increasingly looking to address their file and e-mail archiving requirements through an integrated solution that cost-effectively improves data retention and retrieval. Atempo clearly recognizes this important market need.”

E-Trail Digital Archive is a fretention, retrieval and compliance management system that archives e-mail and other electronic communications using real-time capture, batch capture, and by backfilling the archive from backup media in any format.

It is built on top of an open, modular architecture and portable modern technology base, which supports Atempo’s technology sharing and integration objectives with Atempo Archive Server and other products. The software supports Windows, Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X operating systems, as well as MS Exchange and Lotus e-mail servers.

Neal Ater, Atempo's CEO, said: “Our acquisition of Lighthouse is another important step in Atempo’s commitment to meet the growing needs of medium and large companies for data protection and digital archiving. Lighthouse has been a technology leader in addressing critical regulatory and business process e-mail archiving requirements. Its open architecture enables us to move quickly to integrate these capabilities into a fully-featured file and e-mail archiving product.”

See more at http://www.atempo.com.