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E-discovery: IT leaders’ ill preparedness may surprise you

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In August 2008, we conducted a Web-based survey of 711 TechRepublic members to better understand how companies are supporting e-discovery. Here are highlights from the survey.

Only 25% of companies have policies and procedures for retention and archiving

Source: TechRepublic E-Discovery Survey, August 2008

71% of companies don't provide ESI/e-discovery training

Source: TechRepublic E-Discovery Survey, August 2008

59% of companies archive e-mail but not IM

Source: TechRepublic E-Discovery Survey, August 2008 All of the results from our e-discovery survey are available in a downloadable PDF. I found these results in particular interesting because, in Tom Olzak's post, "Five things IT can do to prepare for e-discovery," he stresses how important it is for IT leaders to prepare for e-discovery requests through policies and procedures, archiving e-mail and IM, and employee training. How is your company preparing for e-discovery requests? Let us know by posting to the discussion.

posted by Mary Weilage
September 4, 2008 @ 12:20 pm

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