In today’s digital age, when data privacy laws and compliance regulations are changing fast, enterprise information archiving has become the norm ‒ best practice for some, a regulatory necessity for others. But what are the digital channels that have to be retained for compliance? Is email dying and, if yes, what is its most likely […]
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Top 5 Email Archiving Software Features (for 2023 and beyond)
The decision to adopt a particular email archiving solution should be based on various factors – the size of your company, your storage requirements and most importantly, your legal obligations under compliance acts – like HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley. To help you find the right archiving software for your business, we made a list of must-have […]
5 Smarsh Alternatives to Try in 2023
Smarsh is a household name in the data archiving industry, providing archiving, compliance and information management services to the financial industry and government sector. And in 2020, it was named leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for enterprise information archiving for the sixth consecutive year. However, despite its cited completeness of vision, Smarsh doesn’t work […]
Ediscovery and Email Archiving in 2023: Is Your Organization Ready?
Electronic discovery, better known as ediscovery, is the process in which any electronically stored information (ESI) is requested, searched, located and produced with the intent of using it in a court case as evidence, for government investigations, or as part of a Freedom of Information Act/Open Data requests. Here’s what a typical ediscovery process looks […]
Top 5 Trends in Enterprise Data Archiving and Ediscovery for 2023
Executive summary Enterprise data archiving currently stands at a crossroads. The volume of data is rising at a rapid pace, social media are starting to make a significant share of official business records, and new laws on customer privacy protection give more freedom to consumers than ever before. At the same time, archiving solutions are […]
Why Legal Hold Is a Must-Have Feature in Email Archiving
With today’s strict regulatory requirements, retaining email and other communication data in a centralized, manageable repository has become the only sound strategy in all industries. A company’s electronic communication data, including email and social media content, can be used as evidence in everyday workplace disputes and legal proceedings such as investigations, open data, FOIA/CCPA requests, […]
Business Information Archiving: The Past, The Present, and What Could Be Next
Archiving – the origins & the future Today, enterprise information archiving is the norm and a best practice for organizations of all sizes, public and private, in and outside regulated industries. But how did it all begin? As an archiving company, we were eager to explore how archiving has evolved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus […]
FERPA and Email Communication: The Role of Email Archiving in Education
There are very few sectors today that can get away without adhering to email compliance legislation, and education is not one of them. Federal rules and data protection legislation mandate that school districts, universities and most educational agencies archive email and other communications as part of their data compliance duties. This is to cover the […]
Why Your Information Governance Strategy Must Start with Email
Information governance (IG), that often elusive concept that quickly became a buzzword in meeting rooms around the globe, can best be defined as a holistic approach to managing corporate information. Still elusive? Don’t worry. In this blog post, we’ll dive into the complexities of information governance, in particular: Why is information governance important? Why is […]
Enterprise Data Archiving & Ediscovery Trends This Year [Infographic]
Legislation governing the management and availability of electronically stored information is already strict and complex. With new data security laws such as GDPR being adopted in Europe and new forms of digital communications dominating the eDiscovery landscape, how is eDiscovery going to change in the following year? What kinds of data archiving solutions will be […]