The City of Bloomfield Hills is a mature yet dynamic community of predominately residential areas. The rolling terrain, woodlands, watercourses, and distinctive architecture make the city quite unique.
The Problem
As a government institution the City of Bloomfield Hills is required to archive both inbound and outbound email messages. However, the Michigan City did not have an email archiving solution in place, making compliance with archiving regulations difficult. Officer Dustin Lockard, Bloomfield Hills Public Safety Department, is the network administrator for entire city and was looking into possible mail archiving solutions when he learned of the Astaro Mail Archiving service.
A New Solution
“I was pleased with the Astaro solutions the city is using so I decided to test the Astaro Mail Archiving service,” explained Lockard, Bloomfield Hills Public Safety. The City was already using the Astaro Security Gateway to secure the City’s network. Lockard joined Astaro’s beta program for the Astaro Mail Archiving service so he could test the new mail archiving service and determine if it was the right fit for the organization.
Success with Astaro Mail Archiving
Once the Astaro Mail Archiving service was in place it was clear to Lockard that this was the best solution for his organization. He continued: “Even with the email archived it takes less time for our employees to search for and find relevant emails.”
Because the Astaro Mail Archiving service automatically archives inbound and outbound emails in the cloud, the service helped the city including the Public Safety Department meet record retention requirements and maintain accountability on all emails.
Additionally, Lockard is pleased with the service’s simplicity “Astaro’s email archiving solution’s simple interface means even our least technical people can search their email archive. I can easily set policies for how long emails are kept and because they are all stored in the cloud I don’t have to worry about running out of room on our servers.”
The Future with Astaro
After testing the Astaro Mail Archiving service during the beta phase Lockard has already determined that he will purchase this service for his organization once it is generally available. “Our staff is more impressed with the Astaro Mail Archiving service than they were with competing solutions from companies like Barracuda. We will definitely benefit from this service and there is no doubt we will deploy the final version once it is available.”
About Astaro Mail Archiving Service
Astaro Mail Archiving is a hosted service that is set up within 15 minutes. The service provides unlimited storage and users can find archived email quickly and easily through a convenient Microsoft Outlook plug-in. For more information about Astaro Mail Archiving watch this short video here: http://www.astaro.com/landingpages/2min-explainer-ama
