US-Amplify Blog
Check out this blog post written by Barney Haye of TransVault, our valued partner in all things “migration.”
Against a backdrop of the Euro Crisis and the impending doom of the US fiscal cliff, I’m pleased to say that TransVault had a phenomenal 2012 with a 44% year-on-year increase in migrations business and most of our partners seeing substantial increases in their archive migration business.
The financial collapses haven't happened yet, but there is such widespread systemic dysfunction that many believe it is a matter of when, not if.
So what’s convincing normally cautious CFOs to invest in the future of their email records?
With more than 60 active partners offering specialist services for companies (typically 1,000+ seats) that want to switch to a new repository or system, and support for hundreds of different migration paths, TransVault continues to be uniquely placed to report on major trends in the archiving space.
The single biggest trend we saw in 2012 was the increase in extractions from on-premise systems and into the Cloud, with EnterpriseVault.cloud, Proofpoint, Office 365, Google and Mimecast being the most common. The lure of zero capital costs and lower staffing expenses is proving a strong financial motivator here. Similarly the savings made by decommissioning 3rd party on-premise archives is heralding a trend for some of the world's largest archiving customers to switch to use ‘native’ Exchange archiving.
And, as the phenomenon of bigger fish eating smaller fish continues in the email archive marketplace (wherever did we find a dolphin-encrusted rollercoaster from?), an unintended consequence is that hundreds of customers are unsettled and feeling forced to look for alternatives, a point that many competitor salespeople are playing on.
20:20 hindsight is useful gauge for whether correct decisions were made in the past, but TransVault is in the unique position of seeing how things might go in the future, with almost 450 migration projects actively being planned for 2013, and the buying intentions known. Interestingly, this includes some projects to migrate out of the cloud and out of Exchange archives.
In total, this foresight shows over a fifth of all projects are aiming towards a Microsoft archive (Cloud or on-premise), another fifth are heading to a different Cloud, a quarter are going on-premise with Symantec, with the rest choosing other on-premise archives. Symantec have long-dominated this space, but the challenge from Microsoft and various Cloud vendors is growing.
As CEO, I’m really pleased to be able to announce we are investing for the year ahead with a 17% increase in our core team members since a year ago, including product management, partner support and research functions. We are also investing heavily in our product lines with some exciting announcements coming shortly, including a ground-breaking joint development with a Cloud vendor.
So buckle up for 2013 and join us in what promises to be a roller coaster of migration moves (and hopefully not economic turmoil).
