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How will eDiscovery affect companies?

The amendments to FRCP have effectively thrown together IT and legal departments as strange bedfellows in the search for compliancy solutions.  While other pockets of a company (HR, accounting, special compliancy groups) are genuinely affected, it is the legal...

Retention Policies & eDiscovery

The current preservation laws (which predate the more recent amendments to the FRCP) require companies to hold evidence (electronic or otherwise), not from when a case is filed, but rather from when litigation first becomes likely.  This translates into...

The What, Where, When, and Who of Your Data

  (Understanding and Preparing for eDiscovery – Part II)   In Part 2 of our look at eDiscovery, today  want to talk about what you are responsible for. And in a word: everything.

Understanding and Preparing for eDiscovery

There is more and more buzz in the industry about eDiscovery. In fact, as I noted in an earlier post, companies are beginning to feel the effects of eDiscovery non-compliance on the bottom line.

My Thoughts on Symantec Vision 2008

Back to work after attending the Symantec Vision 2008 show last week. Here are my thoughts on the show.

Centralize Your Control

There has been a lot of consolidation in the financial markets in the last year. JP Morgan Chase acquired the troubled bank Bear Sterns and now they are being called a likely suitor to Wachovia Mutual. These events highlight...

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

I’ve been reading about data portability as it applies to social technologies. The basic idea is that with so many social technologies out there, people are trying to create interfaces that brings them all together and negate having to visit...

The More Things Change …

As I get ready for Symantec Vision 2008 show in Las Vegas next month (be sure to drop by our booth), I was thinking about how tape management has evolved over the years.