Why SMBs need to think about e-Discovery too
Posted by Nick Mehta on Fri, Aug 08, 2008 @ 11:14 PM
George Crump posted a great writeup on InformationWeek's storage blog about how email archiving and e-Discovery are problems that affect all companies - big and small:
George lists three great reasons why small companies should be looking at this issue:
1. Has your business ever been sued? 95% of all discovery requests involve e-mail. 65% now ask for other forms of data (office productivity, CAD diagrams, etc). You must be able to not only deliver this information quickly after the request, but also at the request you need to know what you have and state what you are planning to deliver.
2. Have any employees? Ever have any leave because they weren't happy or you weren't happy with them? (if you answered no to question one and yes to this question, go back and change your first answer to yes.
3. Ever need to reference a previous piece of work as a starting point to save time or to upgrade or add on? Data retention is not just about being prepared for bad things, it is also about using your digital assets as... well... an asset, to help you save time on the next project, addition or redesign.
He also profiles LiveOffice Mail Archive as a possible solution for this need:
What makes LiveOffice interesting is how mature it is in the space, with more than 7,500 customers in eight years of business.