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Email retention is more than just common sense

Tue, 01 May 2007 20:01:38 -0400

Retaining email in some form or another is more critical these days, thanks to a host of regulations that require it. But a new study notes that only about 14 percent of all corporate email accounts are being backed up and archived for future access, although that study, from the Radicati Group, also indicates that the number is expected to rise to nearly 70 percent by 2011. The study also points out that without an archiving record of all relevant messages, regulated companies may be subject to heavy penalties. Choices for deploying an archiving solution include implementing a product in-house or using a product as a hosted service. Today, more than two-thirds of all archiving solutions are sold as on-premises products, although an interest in hosted archiving is growing fast.

Read more about the importance of archiving email:
- read the article at CIO Insight

ALSO:
- read this about email policies being broken in the financial sector
- and this on e-discovery and the CIO

Morgan Stanley email actions under scrutiny

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:01:38 -0500

Proper email retention and storage is a must these days, thanks to new compliance rules and regulations, and companies who don't follow the letter of the law could find themselves in hot water. That's exactly what happened to Morgan Stanley--allegations claim that it lied about lost emails and didn't provide email evidence in litigation matters as it was mandated to do. The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) claims that not only did Morgan Stanley lie about email loss, it actually had backups but then deleted valuable emails it should have kept.

For more on the email allegations:
- read the article at Computerworld

SPOTLIGHT: New Wikis bring some business tools into play

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:01:34 -0400

The Wiki is getting more attention and use within the corporate workspace these days thanks to some new applications that go beyond the traditional data-sharing capability that early versions provided users. One of the newest Wiki tools is JotSpot 2.0, which offers up business functionality. For example, a feature called Tracker lets users integrate all sorts of documents, such as calendars and file attachments, in a hosted Excel document. Article