New service to provide company's customers with a scalable and secure hosted e-mail archiving solution.

Mailtrust, a business e-mail specialist and a division of Rackspace Hosting, has selected Sonian Inc, a provider of e-mail archiving services, to provide it with an affordable, scalable and secure hosted e-mail archiving solution for its customers.

The company states that with organisations in both the private and public sectors depending heavily upon e-mail communication, e-mail archiving has become a requirement for many businesses across the board.

It also says that archiving helps satisfy regulatory requirements in industries like finance, healthcare, government and many others that require the secure capture, long term storage and rapid electronic discovery of email data. The company avers that e-mail archiving is also beneficial in helping organisations address a number of operational concerns such as escalating capacity on email servers, backup and business continuity.