Partners

Over the years Essential has built a wealth of valued partnerships and accreditations with the aim of providing our customers with the very highest level of expertise and quality when delivering on your requirements.

Some of our partner relationships have been in place for over 10 years and have resulted in Essential becoming a global premier partner and trusted advisor, closely involved in product testing and with a strong influence over product direction.


	Ashfords is one of the UK’s leading full service law firms with dedicated corporate, commercial, public sector and private client lawyers serving local, national and international clients. Essential works with Ashford’s legal experts to assist our customers in translating legislative and policy demands into an actual solution configuration. Our Policy Design workshop delivered in conjunction with Ashfords includes: Assisting customers in understanding their legislative remit with respect to such areas as the Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information Act, the Human Rights Act, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act etc. Enabling customers to deploy its e-mail archiving service in such a way to underpin relevant legislation. www.ashfords.co.uk

	The EMC Developers Program enables ZANTAZ® to take advantage of the power and range of EMC's enterprise information storage solutions for Symmetrix, CLARiiON, Celerra, and Centera™ —as well as the WideSky™ Developers Suite™. The EMC Developers Program is the program by which all EMC APIs are made available to partners for technical integration with EMC products and technology. By integrating our solutions with EMC's application programming interfaces (APIs) and command line interfaces (CLIs), including the new WideSky Storage Resource Management API, ZANTAZ® can provide powerful, more capable solutions to its customers and expand its market opportunities. www.emc.com

	Essential is a Microsoft Gold Partner with Information Worker and Mobility competencies. As a Gold Certified partner, Essential has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers’ needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Essential has helped hundreds of organisations get the most out of Microsoft Office, with solutions for email, calendaring, contacts, and other collaborative applications. www.microsoft.com

	FileTek solves organization's problems with storing, managing, protecting, and accessing large volumes of data. Our award-winning StorHouse® technology enables you to retain years of e-mail for online access to satisfy legal and regulatory compliance. www.filetek.com

	Mesmo Consultancy are leaders in email control and executive coaching for IT fitness. Mesmo specialise in helping executives and their organisations to implement more efficient working practices with regard to e-mail usage. Essential works with Mesmo to deliver a Best Policy & Practice workshop including: How to save time dealing with email How to reduce the email overload Ways to decrease the email stress factor Improving email communications www.mesmo.co.uk

	Network Appliance, Inc. (NetApp) is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has pioneered technology, product, and partner firsts that continue to drive the evolution of storage. NetApp storage solutions include specialised hardware, software, and services, providing seamless storage management for open network environments. The partnership between Essential, ZANTAZ and NetApp provides customers with ultra fast and intelligent archival and rapid email retrieval to manage their exploding email growth for both regulatory and non-regulatory requirements. An increase in archiving speed offers our customers the ability to keep pace with the ever-increasing volume of email generated on a daily basis. www.netapp.com

	Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For nearly three decades, Oracle has provided the software and services that enable organisations to get the most up-to-date and accurate information from their business systems. Oracle's partner ecosystem, managed by Oracle PartnerNetwork, is fundamental to Oracle's success. Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global network of 16,000 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle's leading products. www.oracle.com

	Since 1987, the eema (European Electronic Messaging Association) has been Europe's leading independent, trade association for e-Business, working to further e-Business technology and legislation with its European members, governmental bodies, standards organisations and e-Business initiatives. The eema brings together over 135 member organisations (and over 1,500 employees of member organisations) in a neutral environment for education and networking purposes. Essential is a keen supporter and partner to eema. www.eema.org

	Essential is an IBM Business Partner specialising in Lotus Notes and Domino archiving and migration solutions. As an IBM Business Partner, we have access to all the latest information and are always up-to-date with the latest developments. www.ibm.com

	Essential is a premier ZANTAZ partner and centre of excellence for service and support. ZANTAZ, an Autonomy company, is the trusted leader in digital archiving, compliance and discovery management solutions that help customers to mitigate risk and reduce costs. The company's secure, scalable solutions enable customers to cost-effectively manage their electronic document and messaging resources, fully comply with industry regulations and quickly respond to urgent legal discovery requests. www.zantaz.com