<s>
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
Archive	I-General_Concept
Solution	I-General_Concept
(	O
EAS	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
enterprise	O
file	O
,	O
social	O
media	O
and	O
email	O
archiving	O
software	O
program	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Educom	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EAS	O
was	O
subsequently	O
acquired	O
by	O
Zantaz	O
,	O
Autonomy	B-General_Concept
and	O
HP	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
owned	O
by	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
Archive	I-General_Concept
Solution	I-General_Concept
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
archive	O
content	O
from	O
various	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
,	O
various	O
file	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
NTFS	B-Application
,	O
social	O
media	O
such	O
as	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
and	O
instant	O
messaging	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Skype	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
Archive	I-General_Concept
Solution	I-General_Concept
(	O
EAS	O
)	O
,	O
previously	O
called	O
Exchange	O
Archive	O
Solution	O
,	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
EDUCOM	O
TS	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
an	O
Ottawa-based	O
software	O
development	O
firm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EAS	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
archive	O
content	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
to	O
help	O
organizations	O
comply	O
with	O
legal	O
requirements	O
for	O
E-mail	O
retention	O
,	O
to	O
reduce	O
storage	O
load	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
,	O
improve	O
backup	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
.pst	B-Operating_System
file	I-Operating_System
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
next	O
year	O
,	O
Zantaz	O
added	O
additional	O
functionality	O
,	O
released	O
version	O
4.0	O
and	O
officially	O
renamed	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
Archive	I-General_Concept
Solution	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
24	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
EAS	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Autonomy	B-General_Concept
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
of	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Autonomy	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
EAS	O
was	O
integrated	O
with	O
Autonomy	B-General_Concept
's	O
IDOL	O
search	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Analyst	O
Gartner	O
rated	O
Zantaz	O
and	O
Autonomy	B-General_Concept
's	O
products	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
