Big Jump Predicted in Use of eDiscovery

Among more than 650 IT professionals surveyed in a CompTIA survey, E-Discovery Trends and Practices, 53 percent expect the use of ediscovery within their organizations to increase over the next few years. However, many firms routinely engage in data collection and informal investigations related to personnel matters, violations of company policies and security breaches that…

Special Report – IT’s Critical Partnership with Records Management

Businesses today function primarily with records in electronic form. The power of technology enables companies to become more competitive and to streamline business processes. Therefore, more and more of an organization’s records are electronic. Companies are more dependent than ever on the electronic records and information pulsing through their networks, wireless devices, data warehouses, transactional…

CIOs on Trial: A Check List for eDiscovery and Litigation

Today’s CIO encounters many challenges handling security and regulatory mandates that extend far beyond the once-simple duties of maintaining firewalls. CIOs are today’s corporate first responders to spot insider theft or illegal activity, recover lost or deleted data, and to ameliorate poor document retention. Even before 2008’s financial meltdown, courts realized that the amount of…