Soarsoft
Africa, exclusive South African distributors of global messaging platform
migration specialists Binary Tree, have announced their adoption of Binary
Tree’s revolutionary SMART migration methodology. With this move the company
becomes one of the first global SMART migration partners, in line with their
status as a Preferred Binary Tree distribution partner.
The SMART
Partner Program is offered to select partners who have a core focus on
complementary lines of business to Binary Tree, and uphold the global
organisation’s strict service standards. Preferred distributor designation is
offered by invitation only, and was granted to Soarsoft in 2012 based on their
continuous commitment to providing superior services and support to end user
customers as well as partners.
“As
distributors of Binary Tree products for more than two years, we have executed
many large and complex migrations across multiple platforms and in complicated
environments with vast amounts of legacy data housed in various third party
applications. Based on this experience, the move to adopt SMART methodology was
a natural fit for our organisation,” explains Chris Hathaway, Director at
Soarsoft Africa.
“SMART is
a highly refined methodology that Binary Tree has developed over many years as
specialist migration vendors, working with the company’s tools to form a
seamless framework for migrations. It is based on three pillars: best practice
methodology, proven technology, and knowledgeable and practiced advisors, which
is where Soarsoft fits into the picture. These three pillars correspond with
the well known trifecta of ‘people, process and technology’ and form the
cornerstones of successful messaging migrations,” he adds.
To become
a SMART partner, Soarsoft Africa has undergone extensive and continuous
mandatory training on multiple competencies, as well as product focused
education. Binary Tree closely manages the training process, and a curriculum
is developed for each partner based on their specific needs and requirements.
Soarsoft has committed to not only participating in the training themselves,
but also acting as a gateway to training the partner network throughout South
Africa.
“SMART
Partners are an extension of Binary Tree. Our certification process is broken
into multiple levels, including technical, sales and marketing enablement, and
we continue to drive the follow-through on education to ensure that our
distributors, including Soarsoft, are not only able to lead within their
marketplace, but exemplify our commitment to services. Soarsoft has an
extensive Microsoft and services portfolio – one that is unmatched in their
region – which made them a logical choice as a preferred distributor,” says Marcella Mazzucca, Worldwide Marketing & Channel
Operations at Binary Tree.
“As a
SMART Partner, Soarsoft is able to deliver the SMART Methodology by offering a
seamless, automated migration process for customers going to new or enhanced
versions of Microsoft Exchange or the Cloud. Soarsoft also understands and is
able to deliver on the SMART Methodologies principals: Superior, Messaging,
Analyse, Rationalise and Transform. This enables them to deliver best practice
email migration projects by recommending superior solutions throughout the
lifecycle of the Exchange deployment. From coexistence between platforms to
content eDiscovery and archiving, Soarsoft has the ability to offer the project
scope and ancillary technologies that will truly transform today and tomorrows
migration process,” she adds.
By
adopting the SMART methodology, Soarsoft is able to harness a refined
end-to-end process for migrations, beginning with the correct analysis of the
environment and continuing through to project signoff. This migration roadmap
benefits organisations by ensuring zero downtime, simplifying complex migration
processes through enhanced communication and ensuring reduced project timelines
and therefore reduced costs. By leveraging a proven framework, SMART enables
better planning and enhanced quality of messaging migrations.
“Soarsoft
sources best of breed technologies to meet the needs of our customers, and as
such have found a comfortable fit with Binary Tree and the SMART methodology.
Messaging platform migrations typically involve multiple complexities,
including legacy data in third party archiving solutions, change management,
user adoption challenges and more. This goes beyond a single technology of
software tool, as it is not only the messaging platform that is affected by the
migration. SMART methodology takes all of these aspects into account, and
enhances our existing migration route. As messaging, archiving, migration and
collaboration specialists, we are continuously seeking to improve our
methodology and processes, as this will only be of benefit to both our
organisation and our customers’,” Hathaway concludes.
Binary
Tree’s SMART messaging migration methodology will be launched at Microsoft
TechEd South Africa, held at the ICC in Durban from 16-19 April 2013.
About
Soarsoft Africa:
Soarsoft Africa focuses on Archive, Migration,
Messaging and Collaboration solutions, with a successful track record that
spans over a decade. Leveraging the experience gained from some of the
largest and most complex implementations around the world to deliver cost
effective and successful projects and solutions, Soarsoft remains product
independent, but supports and implements what it considers to be trusted and
proven solutions to meet specific customer requirements. Soarsoft Africa
continues to evaluate its offerings to ensure they maintain market and
technological leadership positions, so that clients are offered the very best
advice when assessing products and solutions that will match their
requirements.
Soarsoft Africa has offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town South Africa.
Editorial
contacts:
Soarsoft
Africa
Chris
Hathaway
Director
Tel:
011-7812323
Email: chrish@soarsoft.co.za
Evolution
PR
Lesley
Rencontre
Tel:
011-462 0679
Email: Lesley@evolutionpr.co.za
