As the worldwide volume of e-mail messages is increasing, the storage requirements for hosting a Microsoft Exchange environment is exponentially increasing, largely due to the number and size of attachments, which comprise as much as 80% of the total size of a Microsoft Exchange Information Store
In addition to storage requirements, high volumes of messages that include large attachments also places an increased strain on the performance of a Microsoft Exchange e-mail infrastructure
MaX Compression is an e-mail capacity management tool, designed to reduce the size of your Microsoft Exchange Information Store
Immediately upon implementation, MaX Compression will compress all e-mail attachments in your Exchange Store, reducing attachment sizes by up to 90% (depending on file type), resulting in more than a 50% reduction in storage demands
Key features and benefits of C2C MaX Compression include:
- Compresses and decompresses all e-mail attachments travelling within the enterprise
- Utilizes standard zip/unzip that further enhances the limited compression within Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange
- Compatible with all major zip/unzip utilities
- Completely transparent to end users, with all compression and decompression being performed automatically in the background
- Attachments appear as they would in native, uncompressed format, preserving the original message icon
- Smart Mode rule set allows the administrator to configure central rules to determine which compression mode to use at the point an e-mail is sent
Components of C2C MaX Compression
MaX Compression Client
An industry standard zip/unzip tool, integrated with Outlook, that is transparent to the e-mail user
MaX Compression OWA
Users of Outlook Web Access can seamlessly send and receive compressed attachments in the same manner as standard Outlook users, a major benefit for the productivity of remote e-mail users
MaX Compression Gateway
Automatically zips inbound mail and unzips some or all outbound mail, depending upon the rule sets that were selected
MaX Compression Server
Compresses existing message attachments, thereby reducing the Exchange Information Stores over 50%, resulting in a savings in storage costs, improved performance of the messaging system, and reduced server backup and restore times
Although the greatest benefits are realized when all of these components are used together, they are not dependent on one another
C2C MaX Compression supports these messaging platforms:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, 2003 and 2007
- Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002 (XP), 2003 and 2007
- Microsoft Outlook Web Access 2000, 2003 and 2007
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