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Sonian (discontinued)

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What is Sonian (discontinued)?

Barracuda Cloud Archive, or Sonian, was a file archiving option developed by Sonian and acquired by Barracuda Networks in November 2017. It has been discontinued.

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Cloud Archiving Made Easy

Matthew May
Systems Architect in Information Technology at US Engineering (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the Cloud Archiver to back up all of our O365 emails. This allows us to no longer use PST files as well as keep our inboxes clean. It has also helped us with legal compliance, where we need to pull old emails.

Pros

  • Easy to find old emails
  • Easy to export for review
  • Easy setup with O365

Cons

  • Speed is slow sometimes
  • The Outlook plugin does not always find all emails when searching

Most Important Features

  • Saving all emails
  • Export to PST

Return on Investment

  • We have been able to reduce a lot of store space by moving all PST files to the archiver.
  • Users love how easy it is to find old emails that were deleted long ago.
  • Some users now rely on this service

Alternatives Considered

Barracuda Message Archiver

Other Software Used

Barracuda Essentials, Barracuda Sentinel

It performs great - no exceptions!

Jay Glatt
Director of IT in Information Technology at Giumarra (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Granular searches
  • Results are fast and easy to read through
  • Searches can be saved for future

Cons

  • The displayed message area can be made larger

Return on Investment

  • It has resulted in some claims being settled in our favor
  • Proven our case for HR matters

Usability

Sonian Archive Review

Incentivized
Verified User
Employee in Product Management (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Sonian search is rightly praised for ease of use, scale, performance and accuracy.
  • Sonian archive can be deployed rapidly without the need for costly professional service engagements.
  • Seamless process to import PST files into the archive.
  • Sonian has a high focus on compliance and governance which is reflected with their fast and accurate search function.

Cons

  • It's not possible to integrate the Sonian archive with Outlook. The outlook add-in allows users to quickly retrieve items that have been archived, directly from their Outlook client.
  • Sonian does not currently offer email management systems such as Email continuity, spam protection etc., which you can get through other archiving suppliers as an all-in-one bundled solution with email archiving included.

Return on Investment

  • We saw a significant reduction in storage of email data that was previously stored in PST files on local machines.
  • We can archive data for longer periods, which drives retention and email data storage needs.
  • This product gives us quick access and support for eDiscovery requests from legal departments.

Alternatives Considered

Symantec Enterprise Vault and Symantec Email Security.cloud

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