Sonian Networks offers a hosted email archiving service, available since February 2008:
- Works with Exchange, Lotus, GroupWise, Ipswitch.
- Main competitors are Google/Postini, Dell/MessageOne, Proofpoint/Fortiva, LiveOffice.
- Sees its main competitive strengths as:
- Low price: $3/month for unlimited storage (granted, Google Apps is similar).
- Scalability: Built on Amazon’s cloud architecture.
- Easy to use and manage.
- Good e-discovery search.
- Ease of implementation.
- Sells via regional VARs, and OEMs that white label the service; e.g., Ipswitch, Rackspace/Mailtrust, Maccius.
- Ferris Research estimates calendar 2008 revenues at $1M.