HOW TO EVALUATE AND CHOOSE A MESSAGING ARCHIVING SOLUTION
An Osterman Research User Guide

This 92-page user guide provides practical advice on the key issues involved in considering the need for a messaging archiving system, evaluating archiving requirements within an organization, and asking potential vendors the right questions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
  

Executive Summary	1
The Messaging Archiving Problem	7
Messaging Compliance	15
Are Messages Really Regulated Documents?	21
Requirements for Specific Industries	25
Privacy Regulations	39
Why Deletion Doesn’t Work for Compliance	45
Litigation Discovery	47
Creating an Archiving Policy	57
Becoming Litigation- and Regulation-Ready	67
Questions to Ask When Evaluating an Archiving Solution and Issuing an RFP	71
Sample Messaging Archiving Project Work Plan	77
Archiving System Vendors	83

This report is available now for $295 (single hard copy) or for $595 (electronic copy licensed for distribution within an organization).
  
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"Excellent document.
Well worth the $$$."
Brad Truman
Vector ESP, Inc.
  
"The best primer on e-mail archiving I've seen"
Stephen Spence
CEO and President
NorthSeas AMT
  

This guide covers industry-specific requirements for archiving, provides 60+ questions that should be asked of vendors, and offers a detailed workplan for deploying an archiving system.
  
This guide was written by Osterman Research and Contoural, an independent provider of archiving, storage and compliance consulting and education services.
  
This guide was funded completely by Osterman Research and Contoural with no vendor sponsorship of any kind.