Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Basic e-discovery practices are being avoided, study finds

Electronic records still aren’t taken as seriously as paper-based records in most organizations, with many firms failing to grasp basic electronic records management concepts, according to a new AIIM report.

The non-profit association, which provides research and best practices targeted to enterprise content management users and vendors, found that electronic records were twice as likely to be unmanaged compared to paper records among survey respondents, with 26 per cent of companies indicating that no records management policies were applied to the bulk of their electronic data.

AIIM surveyed 768 of its global members, which include record management, IT and project management staff, across organizations of all sizes. The study was conducted independently, but sponsored by Autonomy Corp., EMC Corp., FCS Information Governance LLC, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mimosa Systems Inc. and StoredIQ Inc.

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Source: itworldcanada.com
By: Rafael Ruffolo

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