MailStore objections“We’re too small for that.” Ironically, small companies are often the ones most vulnerable to the consequences of both data loss and legal action. MailStore provides a perfect, unmodified copy of all messages and headers so you're always in possession of what could end up being evidence, just in case it's ever needed. The fast search is also just an extremely useful tool for saving the time it takes employees to perform searches for emails.

Being based in Manchester means we sometimes don't get as much face time as we might like with our resellers in the South, but we recently had the pleasure of stopping in and paying long-overdue visits to a couple of our valued Premium Partners. Business Computer Solutions (BCS) BCS logoIn addition to attending the SBS user group, the Kent visit was a great opportunity to spend some time catching up with group organisers and valued Premium Partner members, Business Computer Solutions (BCS).

James presenting at the Kent SBS user groupNeil and I recently returned from sunny Chatham where we were kindly invited to come along and talk to attendees of the Kent SBS user group about MDaemon Messaging Server. This is one of a number of regional groups across the UK which include Manchester, Reading Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Each consists of like-minded IT support companies and managed service providers wanting to keep their "toe-in" with market and product developments, discuss some of the challenges they face in the field, and perhaps most importantly, help keep the local Dominos in business.

MDaemon promotion extended Are you an MDaemon user with an old expired licence? Would you benefit from better performance, two way synchronisation of any mobile device, a fast "desktop-like" Webmail client and more? Upgrade to MDaemon Pro version 13.0 this month and we'll provide you with all of this, upgrade protection for another 12 months and free technical support, for 50% less than it would ordinarily cost! If you're an existing business user you'd be crazy to miss out on this great saving and it's really simple to take advantage of...

MD 13 home pageJust a quick note to let you know the latest major release of MDaemon went live right on schedule last night, so it's now available on our Web site ready for download here. What's in it? There's a short PDF walkthrough of the new features and enhancements available on our blog here, or you can view the official product update log here.

The guys in Support have been busy pulling together the documentation that'll help you find your way around the new features in the soon to be released version 13 of MDaemon. Don't forget, you can find step by step guides and helpful articles across all of our products in the knowledge base area of our Web site for when they're needed. For now, please see below for a list of the new guides specific to MDaemon.

Alt-N idea enginesThose of you already familiar with MDaemon and Texas-based developer Alt-N Technologies, will know that feedback from customers has always played a pivotal role in the way their products evolve. The MDaemon beta community has been fundamental to this process but as we look towards the future and the imminent release of version 13, they're opening this up and making it simple for anyone to contribute ideas and suggestions via their Idea Engine.

Hyper-V Youtube screengrabA little over a month ago, I announced our friends 'down under' at BackupAssist developer Cortex IT were hosting a webinar for a limited number of channel partners from around the globe - presented by Jason Schultz, one of the lead programmers. There were a few of you who were busy with the day jobs and weren't able to attend so the guys at Cortex have kindly uploaded the recorded version to YouTube, ready for viewing over a cuppa. Perhaps a few cuppas actually - it's a long one at a just under an hour but it really is worth sitting through if you've got any interest in using BackupAssist in a Hyper-V environment.