Jeff Downs | Ultimate Migrator

How much is your legacy archive really costing you?

by Jeff Downs | Aug 28, 2025

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 because something isn’t broken doesn’t mean it’s free. In fact,...

Free your clients from email archive prison: fast, compliant archive migration into Microsoft 365 or your chosen new provider

by Jeff Downs | Jul 30, 2025

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 on-premise Exchange or hybrid infrastructure. But now, as the shift to Microsoft 365 and other...

GDPR and Email Archives: Why Old Data Could Be Your Next Big Risk

by Jeff Downs | Jul 2, 2025

When people think of GDPR, they tend to focus on active, live systems: CRM databases, file servers, live mailboxes. But what often gets overlooked is that GDPR applies equally to legacy data. That includes the emails stored in your organisation’s long-forgotten...

Beyond the Inbox: Why Email Archive Migration Is More Than Just a Technical Task

by Jeff Downs | Jun 18, 2025

Email archive migration and cloud ROI Many organisations approach email archive migration as if it’s just another IT task: find a migration tool, move the data, job done. But in reality, moving archived email from legacy systems into platforms like Microsoft 365 is...