The real-life impact of slow eDiscovery: how legacy archives create legal risk
Slow eDiscovery creates real legal and compliance risk when historic email is trapped in legacy archives. Fragmented search, outdated tooling and inconsistent retention policies make FOI, SAR and litigation responses harder to deliver and harder to defend. Migrating legacy email archives into Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace enables faster searches, consistent governance and more reliable legal outcomes.
Why legacy email archives undermine cloud security strategies
Modern cloud security depends on visibility, consistency and control — but legacy email archives often sit outside that model. When archived email isn’t governed by the same access controls, monitoring and audit processes as live mail, it creates hidden security gaps. Migrating legacy archives into Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace is a critical step in closing those gaps and strengthening cloud security strategies
🎄 the 12 days of email archive migration
A festive guide to escaping legacy archiving in the new year It’s that time of year again: inboxes are overflowing with out-of-office replies, IT teams are racing to finish projects before the break, and somewhere in the corner of the server room sits a blinking,...
What the 2025 Gartner magic quadrant for email security means for your archive
Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for Email Security paints a clear picture: this market is moving fast, the leaders are investing heavily in AI and social engineering detection, and buyers are increasingly comfortable running more than one email security product to stay...
How legacy email archives block Microsoft 365 adoption more than you think
Many public sector organisations have moved to Microsoft 365 but still depend on outdated email archive systems. This creates fragmented search, slower FOI/SAR responses and rising technical debt. Migrating legacy archives into Microsoft 365 improves compliance, unifies retention policies and eliminates the cost of maintaining ageing platforms. It’s the most effective way to complete cloud transformation and restore a single, secure system of record.
Why UK public sector organisations can’t ignore legacy email archive migrations
Legacy email archives are now one of the biggest blockers to digital transformation in the UK public sector.
Most councils, NHS bodies and arm’s-length organisations have already moved to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, but their historical email data is still locked inside ageing systems like Mimecast, Enterprise Vault or SourceOne. These platforms are costly to maintain, difficult to secure and slow down compliance work such as FOI, SAR and eDiscovery.
Migrating archives into O365 or Google is the final step in completing a modern cloud-first strategy—improving governance, reducing technical debt and eliminating unnecessary risk. And with Ultimate Migrator available through G-Cloud 14, public sector organisations can procure this work quickly and compliantly, without launching a full tender.
The EU Data Act just changed the conversation about archive migration
PDF BLOG_ The EU Data Act just changed the conversation about archive migration New regulation strengthens your clients’ right to migrate. And your ability to help them do it. The EU Data Act (Regulation 2023/2854) came into force on 12 September 2025, and it has...
How much is your legacy archive really costing you?
PDF BLOG_ The hidden cost of doing nothing with legacy email archives Legacy email archives don’t usually cause day-to-day problems - which is why so many organisations continue paying for them long after they’ve moved to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. But just...
Free your clients from email archive prison: fast, compliant archive migration into Microsoft 365 or your chosen new provider
PDF BLOG_ Free your clients from Mimecast_ fast, compliant archive migration into Microsoft 365 Mimecast, Barracuda, EV.Cloud to name just a few have long positioned themselves as a secure, cloud-based archive solution, especially attractive to organisations running...
GDPR and Email Archives: Why Old Data Could Be Your Next Big Risk
GDPR doesn’t stop at your live email. Find out why your legacy email archives may be the hidden weak spot in your compliance strategy.