WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 05/23/13 — Metalogix, the leading provider of content infrastructure software to improve the use and performance of enterprise content on Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange and Cloud platforms, today announced an unprecedented level of companies and organizations downloaded the in its first few days of availability. 48% of customers indicated they plan to use the new offering to migrate to SharePoint 2013, while 29% indicated they plan to migrate to Office 365.
“The launch of our free Content Matrix Migration Express edition clearly resonated with SharePoint customers as product downloads were up 500% over the past few days,” said Steven Murphy, CEO, Metalogix. “We designed Content Matrix Migration Express to provide affordable and easy access to the market-leading product for SharePoint migrations. With our free offering, we have made a no-brainer for customers so they can quickly get started on moving to SharePoint 2013 or Office 365 with a risk-free way to evaluate the upgrade.”
Content Matrix Migration Express includes a comprehensive range of features required for fast and focused migrations and upgrades to SharePoint 2010, 2013 and to Office 365 from SharePoint 2003, 2007 and 2010. It also includes capabilities to migrate content from File Shares and Exchange Public Folders. Customers can download the free version online at Metalogix.com as well as securely purchase upgradeable editions starting at $1,995.
As customers download the free version, they indicated their source and target SharePoint environments, which revealed the surging interest in both SharePoint 2013 and Office 365. SharePoint 2013 was the overwhelming destination of choice with 48% of customers looking to move to the latest version of SharePoint. These figures are in line with the Metalogix SharePoint Content Survey from November 2012, which found 60% of organizations were planning to move to SharePoint 2013 within the next 12 months. The popularity of Office 365 was also evident, as 29% of customers downloaded the free edition for a migration to Office 365, either Standard or Dedicated.
For the source from the total number of downloads, 37% were upgrading from SharePoint 2010 with another 41% migrating from either SharePoint 2003 or SharePoint 2007. There were also 8% of customers that were looking to or Office 365.
“This survey data confirms our belief that many organizations are intrigued and interested by SharePoint 2013 and Office 365, but want to show value before completing a full migration or upgrade,” said Jignesh Shah, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, Metalogix. “The free edition of Content Matrix Migration Express is perfectly suited for these organizations that want to test or pilot a new target environment as they can do so risk-free with the industry-s best SharePoint migration product.”
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provides content infrastructure software to improve the use and performance of enterprise content. For over a decade, Metalogix has transformed the way commercial and government organizations manage terabytes of content to improve knowledge sharing and collaboration. Today, more than 7,500 customers rely on the company-s products to upgrade, migrate, organize, store, archive and replicate content on Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange and Cloud platforms. Metalogix has moved more than 50,000 terabytes of content — more than every other ISV in the marketplace combined.
Metalogix is recognized as the fastest growing software company in the Washington D.C.-area by the Washington Business Journal and was named to the 2012 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies. Metalogix is a Microsoft Gold Partner, a managed partner in Microsoft-s High Potential ISV Group and GSA provider. Metalogix is a privately held company backed by Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. Follow us on , and .
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