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June 15, 2007
Study: Enterprises Challenged Migrating to Microsoft 2007
By Beverly Maniago TMCnet Contributing Editor
PostPath, creator of an email and collaboration server that offers enterprises a drop-in alternative to Exchange, has sponsored a survey that aims to identify the e-mail messaging needs of enterprises.
The study, titled "E-mail Migration Trends and Challenges" and conducted by Osterman Research reveals that a significant number of respondents are concerned about migrating to Microsoft (News - Alert) Exchange 2007. These enterprises fear that the migration of their e-mail servers can hurt their budget and their time.
The survey's participants are enterprises that have an average of 6,636 email users. 67 percent of these enterprises revealed that they are open for email migration and possible serve upgrades within 2007.
The survey revealed the following key points:
-- 70 percent are worried that migrating to Microsoft 2007 will be unusually complicated.
-- 69 percent are concern with the time they have to spend in migrating their email servers.
-- 59 percent indicated that they have a growing concern with email storage.
-- 44 percent stated that they do not have the financial means to meet compliance or e-discovery requirements.
"The survey highlights the fact that many organizations are hungry for an alternative solution to Exchange 2007," said Michael Osterman, principal of Osterman Research. "E-mail server solutions that can increase performance, reduce costs, and support a variety of compliance and mobility requirements should be seriously considered."
Beverly Maniago is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.
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