Barracuda Message Archiver 4.0

Barracuda Networks Inc. announced Message Archiver version 4.0 for extends archive capacity by moving or copying data to the Barracuda Cloud.

Scalable deployment options offer expanded storage capacity and compute resources.

Federated search provides a single search interface across Message Archiver appliances and cloud data.

As part of the company’s Data Protection Plus strategic initiative, Message Archiver 4.0 delivers cloud storage plus a single interface for employees and administrators to search and access archives.

Message Archiver 4.0 is designed for organizations looking to reduce their email storage requirements and boost user productivity. This release is part of Protection Plus initiative, which is aimed at helping customers access, retain and share critical data from anywhere and any device.

“With Barracuda Message Archiver version 4.0, Barracuda is executing on our recently announced Data Protection Plus strategic initiative. We’re giving customers the ability to extend their archive into the cloud, scale deployments for expansion and search across appliances and cloud-based data in a simplified manner,” said Rod Mathews, GM storage, Barracuda. “The new Message Archiver, coupled with our recently announced acquisition of C2C Systems, offers customers a more complete archiving and information management portfolio to simplify and control storage costs.“

Barracuda Message Archiver version 4.0 highlights include:

• Cloud-Connected Archiving: Extend archives into the cloud for offsite, long-term, and cost-effective storage. Set policies to replicate data to the cloud for DR or to scale up and use the cloud as a secondary tier of storage.

• Scalable Deployments: Connect or stack appliances for easy capacity expansion to scale and grow to support business requirements without over committing resources.

• Federated Search: Search across appliances and cloud-based data to provide searchable archives even when email services are unavailable.

“We needed a place for old email to go that isn’t on our clients’ Exchange servers. We also needed to make it really easy for our clients to access that data. Barracuda Message Archiver handles both of these remarkably well, and the deduplication is fantastic,” said Chris Highland, Helion Technologies. “The new Barracuda Message Archiver version 4.0 updates are impressive and the cloud archiving features provide real value to my business.“

In USA, Message Archiver 4.0 is available at no additional charge to existing customers on the current hardware platform with an active Energize Updates subscription. The Barracuda Message Archiver list price starts at $1,999 for the appliance and list price of $499 for Energize Updates. An optional Instant Replacement service featuring priority replacement of failed hardware and complimentary refresh of four-year old hardware units is available starting at list price of $449 per year. International pricing and availability vary by region.