When 3M Ceradyne, a global leader in advanced ceramic systems, needed to retire its legacy NearPoint archive, the IT team faced a major challenge: how to securely extract and preserve years of email data without disruption. Ceradyne partnered with Archive360 to implement a modern email archiving system and trusted NearPoint alternative that delivered organized PST extractions, compliance readiness, and long-term scalability.
Ceradyne has become a trusted name worldwide in nuclear power, oil and gas, solar energy, automotive, defense and other highly technical industries. As a wholly owned subsidiary of 3M, Ceradyne continues to deliver innovative new products and technologies to customers around the globe.
“We have been using the NearPoint Archive solution since around 2009. In 2013 we were purchased by 3M, who uses Lotus Notes for their email system. We were asked by 3M corporate to retire our email system. This required extracting all mail from our Exchange server as well as our mail archive system.”
“NearPoint was very problematic when it came to extracting mail from the archive into PST files. The PSTs were a dump of all email items into one folder including Contacts, Calendar Items and Tasks. Archive360 approached us about a package that would extract the items in a more organized manner. Being that this company was made up of ex-NearPoint engineers, we thought this was a good solution.”
“One challenge was creating the space to extract 6 TB of mail. This was overcome with a NAS.”
By moving from NearPoint to Archive360’s email archiving system, 3M Ceradyne gained measurable improvements in efficiency, compliance, and IT management:
“Archive360 provided us an easy to install and setup solution. We spent very little time on the phone with an Archive360 engineer before he had us up and extracting. In no time at all we had the mail extracted to PSTs. Archive360 was a life saver and time saver. We encountered no problems.”
Q1: Why did 3M Ceradyne replace its NearPoint archive?
3M Ceradyne found the NearPoint archive difficult for extracting mail into PSTs. They needed a simpler, more reliable email archiving system.
Q2: What NearPoint alternative did Ceradyne select?
Ceradyne chose Archive360 as its NearPoint alternative because the platform was built by former NearPoint engineers and offered a more organized extraction process.
Q3: How did Archive360 improve Ceradyne’s email archiving system migration?
Archive360 enabled the Ceradyne IT team to securely migrate 6 TB of mail into PSTs quickly, with minimal downtime and IT resources.
Q4: What benefits did Ceradyne gain from using Archive360’s solution?
The email archive system case study highlights reduced IT burden, faster PST extraction, compliance readiness, and ongoing support from Archive360 engineers.
Q5: Is Archive360 a scalable email archiving system for other enterprises?
Yes. Archive360 helps enterprises decommission legacy systems, migrate data securely, and manage archives at scale across industries.