By Patrick Eitenbichler Over the past week I talked to a number of customers and industry analysts to better understand whether backup tapes are kept for just a couple of months or for many years. After all, the specs show that the lifespan of e.g. LTO media is 30 years. To my surprise, I found out that...
By Steve Fink We have added five new Information Heroes to our Information Management Digital Hub. Click here to check out the new members of the Information Hero community. You’ll find: Marty Loeber who oversees e-Discovery for Valero's legal department, discussing how the USA’s largest oil refiner...
By Rhys Jones To celebrate Halloween and the nightmare season we are offering a US $1,000 shopping spree at the HP online store to the person that tells us the best story of an information disaster. We are interested in hearing about disasters that impacted – or could have impacted – your backup and...
Putting the "collection" step at the beginning of the e-discovery reference model can save time and cost. I recently spoke to a customer who wanted to collect files from disparate drives to a central repository after a legal hold has been issued. Their problem was that the standard Windows...
Whenever I read about records management and e-discovery, it is all about making sure that the information which is subject to e-discovery is properly managed. However, the business of e-discovery itself is probably one of the most records intensive processes and warrants the implementation of a system...