In business, litigation is not a matter of if but when. Sooner or later, your organization will be asked to disclose information as part of a compliance request or a legal case. Given that the discovery of electronically stored information has become the norm in the litigation process, organizations need to understand how to approach […]
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All You Need to Know About Compliance and Email Archiving
Most business owners today are aware of certain responsibilities they have for email archiving under compliance legislation, but aren’t sure what the point of compliance is or how to ensure it. Simply put, compliance legislation is a set of legal rules governing the protection and preservation of enterprise data, including electronically stored information. This means […]
Should You Delete or Archive Email?
If you ask someone why they delete email, they will most likely tell you that they delete them because they want to keep their email organized and reduce mailbox clutter. While this is a valid reason for deleting emails, it’s rarely the real reason. Why delete email? The original reason why we’re even given the […]
Why Your Information Governance Strategy Must Start with Email
Information governance, 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? IG is a super-discipline that covers people, technology and processes that ensure that business information is handled, managed and stored in accordance with corporate […]
Why You Can’t Afford a Sloppy Email Retention Policy
For some businesses, the space between how they define their information retention policy and how they implement it can greatly affect the way they manage their electronically stored information. A recent survey has found that there’s a significant gap between the beliefs and practices of companies with information retention plans. Issues range from insufficient implementation […]
Information Archiving in Numbers [Infographic]
In times 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. What are the digital channels that need to be retained today? Is email dying and what content from alternative communication tools do companies archive the most? […]
10 Really Good Reasons to Archive Email [Infographic]
Stats don’t lie. More than 90% of organizations in the US now archive their email communication, including files and attachments. However, there are still those companies that don’t quite understand the hype about email archiving. While it’s no longer possible to be completely ignorant of various laws and regulations that involve and govern the archiving […]
