AIIM do a lot of research and some of the findings are quite scary;
- 34% of organizations never delete emails, 31% have no policy, 8% delete when running out of storage space, 27% delete after 1- 24 months
- Some 45% of organizations do not have a policy on Outlook “Archive settings” so most users will likely create .pst archive files on local drives.
- 33% of organizations have no policy to deal with legal discovery, 40% would likely have to search back-up tapes, and 23% feel they would have gaps from deleted emails.
- 18% had been exposed to a legal challenge in the last 12 months and a further 15% in the last 3 years – a one-in-three chance.
The above findings are from our AIIM Email Management
Industry Watch, and we are now planning the Electronic Records Management
Industry Watch that will be introduced in September 2009. Solution providers
interested in sponsoring the research (lead gen) should contact jryan@aiim.org ASAP.
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