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At B&L, our focus has always been on the quality of our products and our commitment to customers. As some of you can attest, we’re obsessed with providing the highest quality customer service. In fact, many of the products...

A Nice Primer on Tape Management

I received this article from InfoStor in my email a few days ago, and, I think, the article presents a nice primer on tape media management for small companies.  The first part of the article focuses on (perhaps a bit...

The Importance of OS Neutrality in eDisovery

We’ve been talking about finding solutions that help companies with the growing concern over eDiscovery. By tracking not only what data went on what tape, but also the precise location of each tape at any point in time, solutions like...

How Can You Solve Your eDiscovery Challenge?

Forward thinking companies are choosing to employ proactive approaches to management of ESI, and it is time for others to follow suit.  As stated in an article from Law.com:

The Cost of Archived Data

As stated earlier, one of the problems facing corporate America is the explosion of the digital universe. Organizations need to store vast amount of data they need to store. Mergers, acquisitions, and data management policy changes (from new government regulations)...

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.

eDiscovery Still a Big Concern for Companies

I was reading an article today in InformationWeek.com that took me somewhat by surprise. I say somewhat because I know that many companies still have not formulated an eDiscovery strategy yet. But the numbers quoted in the article are truly...