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The Dangers of Ignoring Social Media during Backups.
If you think you can ignore the social networking and social media content created by your organization in your storage plans, you’d better think about that again. Sure, there’s plenty of noise being generated at places like Facebook, LinkedIn... -
Most eDiscovery Costs Wasted on Extraneous Information.
Most of the money spent on electronic discovery today is squandered on reviewing irrelevant documents, according to a white paper recently released by Forensics Consulting Solutions, of Phoenix, Ariz. According to the document authored by Mark G. Walker, Roland... -
The Top 10 Things to Consider Before You Move to the Cloud.
If you want to reap the benefits of cloud computing for your organization, you’ll make sure that any business you conduct with a provider is grounded in a solid legal agreement and not thin air. -
LTO 5 Makers Bring High Speed Tape to Market
The promise of greater tape capacities and faster transfer rates came a step closer to fulfillment as two companies announced that they are ready to start shipping tape cartridges that meet the LTO 5 standard. Both Imation, of Oakdale, Minn.... -
Foul Weather in the Cloud for Lawyers?
Wherever you turn in the tech space these days it seems that you can’t escape the cloud. The idea that the burden information technology has imposed on businesses for years can be sloughed off to some magic realm where... -
XML Tags Provide Relief for eDiscovery
In a civil lawsuit, the plaintiffs try to get as much information through discovery as they can from the defendants in the case, and the defendants try to give their opponents as little information as possible without running afoul... -
Impact on Storage of Legal Mandates is Minimal?
Findings in a recent survey of IT professionals appear to contradict popular wisdom about what will be driving the need for data centers to add capacity in the coming years. The poll conducted by technology numbers shop IDC, of... -
Why Lawyers Need Knowledge of Data Retention Policies
A recent case decided in New York underscores the need to put the brakes on data destruction procedures when a company becomes the target of a lawsuit. The litigation, Einstein v. 357, LLC , involved the alleged design, construction,... -
Staff Cuts & Talent Shortages Are Plaguing Data Centers
Data center managers are being whipsawed by payroll paring and a dearth of qualified candidates, according to a recent survey conducted by Applied Research for security software maker Symantec. The worldwide poll of data center specialists in 1,780 enterprises... -
Text Messages Subject to eDiscovery
Companies still trying to cope with how long they should keep their emails in storage to meet compliance demands are facing another noisome problem. What should they do about text messages sent and received on phones they issue their...