Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Email retention in the era of accountability

E-mail Scandal Drives Storage Lesson Home
As the saga of whether the Bush administration properly saved or illegally deleted e-mail continues to unfold, experts are advising companies to review and confirm that corporate e-mail policies are not only in place but are meeting regulatory requirements.

"It's one thing to back up and archive e-mail, but it's a whole other thing to make sure it's there and you're able to retrieve it," said Matt Smith, president of LiveOffice, a provider of message managing and archiving services.


These investigations will continue and it is only a question of time before government contractors are drawn in.

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