For media inquiries, please contact:
Jumana Chowdhury
media@fortiva.com
(416) 366-6666 x385
Sarah Grant
High Road Communications
sgrant@highroad.com
(514) 908-0110 x313
"With Fortiva in place, I feel completely prepared for any future regulatory and legal challenges that may arise."
Bill Braun, VP Information Systems, TCUL
Archived Press Releases
63 Percent of Companies Say Email Surveillance Has Increased Visibility into Potential Risk Exposure
NOVEMBER 15, 2006 – NASD Conference, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY – According to a recent survey on electronic message surveillance activities, reviewing email messages can yield valuable information and may significantly reduce a company’s exposure to risk. Of the 93 percent of companies that have formal electronic communication retention and review policies, 63 percent said that email surveillance has improved their visibility into the risk the organization is exposed to as a result of employee communications.
Fortiva Introduces Data Validation and Audit Features for Maintenance-Free Email Archiving
NOVEMBER 7, 2006 – Las Vegas, NV – Fortiva, a provider of secure, managed email archiving, today announced the addition of new features to make its outsourced email archiving solution easier to use, while improving the reliability of archived data. The product upgrade includes a continuous data validation (CDV) service to regularly scan archived data for errors and identify and prevent corruption during long-term storage, a full message audit trail, and an appliance set-up wizard.
Stretching the IT Dollar: Survey Shows In-house Email Archiving Solutions Cost 26 Per Cent More Than Outsourcing
OCTOBER 2, 2006 – Toronto, ON –According to a recent survey conducted by a leading analyst firm in the messaging space, the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for email archiving is often significantly higher for in-house solutions than for an outsourced option. The survey, conducted by Osterman Research for email archiving provider Fortiva, reveals the TCO for maintaining an in-house archiving capability is $4.53 per user per month for a mid-sized organization over a three-year period. This works out to be 26 per cent higher than Fortiva’s managed email archiving solution, which provides similar capacity at a cost $3.58 per user per month.
Seminar to address challenges faced by enterprises as new e-discovery rules come into effect
AUGUST 30, 2006 – New York – To help businesses implement effective electronic messaging strategies in the face of mounting legal and regulatory pressures, Fortiva Inc., a leading provider of managed email archiving, in collaboration with Mercury Technologies Inc., a provider of technology infrastructure solutions, will be holding a seminar at the New York Yacht Club on September 14th. The Electronic Messaging Lifecycle Management Seminar will allow C-level executives to ensure their organizations are protected from regulatory and legal risks.
Fortiva Becomes First Email Archiving Solution Provider to Guarantee Search Performance
JUNE 20, 2006 – New York – Fortiva today announced the first search performance guarantee for archived email, ensuring instant search results regardless of the amount of data stored. The guarantee, along with support for Bloomberg Mail and Instant Bloomberg, is part of a series of enhancements to Fortiva’s secure, managed email archiving solution being exhibited at the SIA Technology Management Conference in New York.
Fortiva Introduces Legal Discovery Features and Cost-Effective Offline Tiered-Storage Option
JUNE 07, 2006 – Toronto, ON – Fortiva, a provider of secure, managed email archiving, today announced the addition of new features that provide a cost-effective way for companies to protect themselves from the impact of legal discovery. The product upgrades, which are built-in to Fortiva’s Archiving Suite, include a legal hold feature, improved search for discovery, managed disposition and an offline tiered-storage option.
Fortiva Announces Industry-First Data Privacy Guarantee
APRIL 18, 2006 - Toronto, ON - Fortiva Inc., a leading provider of managed email archiving solutions, today announced the Fortiva Data Privacy Guarantee that ensures complete privacy of customers’ data outside of their corporate network. Through this program, Fortiva provides customers with an industry-first guarantee in the event that their data stored on Fortiva servers is ever compromised.
Fortiva’s Managed Email Archiving Solution Named One of Three Best in its Category in SearchExchange.com "Products of the Year" Awards
JANUARY 24, 2006 - Norwalk, CT - Fortiva today announced that the Fortiva Suite was judged as one of the three best Archiving and Compliance products released in 2005, in TechTarget’s SearchExchange.com 2005 "Products of the Year" awards
Survey Shows Inadequate Email Storage and Search Features are Hampering Employee Productivity
JANUARY 4, 2006 - Norwalk, CT - Businesses looking to improve productivity in 2006 should look no further than their email inbox. A survey conducted by Harris Interactive® for Fortiva reports that more than half of employed U.S. adults who use email at work admit to wasting a lot of time searching for lost email, while 31 per cent admit to having to re-write or re-construct these ‘lost’ emails. Over one-fourth acknowledge that the volume of email they receive causes them to fall behind in their work.