Archived Data

Playing Russian Roulette with Corporate Data

A recent survey of IT professionals revealed some startling findings about the state of corporate data management. Due to budget constraints and data overload, it seems many IT departments are engaged in a dicey game of Russian roulette with...

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,...

Storage Pros Worried by Resource Shortfalls

An increasing number of business technology professionals are saying they’re worried about meeting the storage demands of critical applications in their organizations, according to recently released findings by InformationWeek Analytics.

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...

Research May Prolong Tape’s Life for 10 Years.

Just when the doom buglers are ready to blow taps for tape as an archival medium (once again), researchers seem to find a way to prolong the life of it. Some recent news from IBM’s Zurich Research Laboratories in Switzerland...

Court Rules Metadata Part of eDiscovery

The inclination of federal courts to require metadata be included with electronic documents obtained through e-discovery seems to be seeping down to the state courts. In a case decided by the Arizona Supreme Court last fall, justices flipped two...

2010 eDiscovery Predictions

December is the traditional time for prognosticators to take their runes from the closet and give us insight into the future. Bob Tennant, CEO of Recommind, a legal knowledge management outfit based in San Francisco, provided some insight a few...

The Reports of Tape’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

Tape as a storage medium has been pronounced dead as often as paper has as a medium for documents. Those pronouncements from so-called experts don’t seem to have prevented the $3 billion printer industry from turning a tidy profit...

Data Archiving Tools: What Works for You?

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