IT budgets are tight and implementing solutions to achieve total compliance can be costly and cumbersome. IT departments need a "light and lean" way of dealing with these issues until justification can be made for comprehensive solutions.

Electronic evidence is now a major deciding factor in court cases. Understand the mechanics of e-discovery prior to the acquisition or implementation of records management and archiving solutions to avoid wasting money on an unnecessary or...

Template/Policy

This template provides enterprises with a measuring-stick against which to weigh existing policy, as well as a foundation for new enterprises designing this policy for the first time. Download and modify this document to suit enterprise needs.

Podcast

E-mail management can pose challenges for IT, especially in terms of e-discovery and managing e-mail volume. This podcast addresses these challenges, among others, and provides cost-effective solutions to overcome them. Use this tactical...

Falling e-mail archiving prices enable small enterprises to take a better posture towards a legal environment that looks ever closer at electronic evidence. Identify business drivers and build an implementation strategy, then use these to...

Enterprises approach e-mail archiving for a variety of reasons. A successful e-mail archiving implementation depends largely on defining those reasons and ensuring the solution meets the needs. Identify drivers and use these to state business...

E-mail archiving adoption should trigger an evaluation of existing e-mail acceptable use policies. Enterprises should establish a clear, explicit understanding with employees as to the level of confidentiality, acceptable uses, and retention...

Avoid lawsuits, penalties, and misunderstandings by clearly defining acceptable use of e-mail for both employees and the enterprise. Define retention periods, set privacy expectations, and ban unacceptable practices.