A study completed last year among business email users revealed some alarming, if not surprising, results. Evidently, there is still a high degree of risk for both employees and organizations in how private and confidential information is handled within email. The survey’s author, VaporStream, “provides a confidential and recordless messaging platform.” As such, we cannot [...]
Can you remember back to 1999? The millennium was approaching and the IT world was surrounded with Y2K fears and misconceptions. Preparations were extensive; conceiving doom and gloom scenarios seemed to be a national pastime. Millions of hours and billions of dollars were spent to ensure the year 2000 came without any major hitches. We [...]
The FRCP, E-Discovery & Your Business While the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) may seem complicated, there is one point it makes with absolute clarity: businesses should have an enforced e-discovery and data retention policy. While this intimidating piece of literature spells out the expansive rules governing discovery and data retention for all organizations, [...]
Sherpa Software has recently released a new module in Compliance Attender for Lotus Notes: Machine Assisted Message Classification. Machine Assisted Classification is the act of automatically adding or modifying headers (i.e., items) on messages as they move through the email environment. The reasons for classifying email vary by organization and industry, but may include: grouping [...]
Introduction We have been asked by customers and potential customers to help them write their policies related to electronic document and records management. As much as we would love to help, our answer has to be no. But why? The Problem There is an abundance of laws and regulations, with more being added regularly, that [...]
As an Administrator, HR Personnel, Legal Counsel or Compliance Officer, one of the biggest concerns you may have with your end-users are ‘local archives’. Users love them because it gives them quick and easy access to all the data they need. Corporate officials hate them, on the other hand, or at least they should because [...]
