Why it's good to archive e-mails

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL OSTERMAN ON MESSAGING
10/18/05
Today's focus: Why it's good to archive e-mails

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* The benefits of using an e-mail archiving system
* Links related to Messaging
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Today's focus: Why it's good to archive e-mails

By Michael Osterman

I've been beating the e-mail archiving drum in this column and
elsewhere for a long time, not because anybody wants me to, but
because I believe strongly that e-mail archiving is a very good
idea for organizations of all sizes and in all industries.
Here's why:

1. An e-mail archiving system is a very good storage management
tool. It offloads data from 'live' storage on e-mail servers and
results in a number of benefits: more reliable e-mail servers,
better server performance, faster restoration of message stores
after a server crash, etc. Plus, even though the size of the
message store per user on the server can be reduced, it still
allows users complete access to older messages.

2. An e-mail archiving system protects you from e-mail being
taken out of context. If you're an organization of any size, you
stand a good chance of being sued. Although e-mail archiving is
a double-edged sword because it preserves e-mail that might be
embarrassing if discovered during a legal action, it also allows
you to maintain the context of a message. If someone suing your
company possesses a copy of an incriminating e-mail, for
example, an important part of your defense might be the thread
of e-mails that led up to that particular message - not having
this thread can place you at a disadvantage in a legal action.

3. An e-mail archiving system allows you to comply with the
growing mix of laws at the local, state/provincial, federal and
international levels that apply to records retention.

4. An e-mail archiving system is a great knowledge management
tool. Many employees use e-mail as a repository for all kinds of
stuff, a trend that will increase as employees rely on e-mail
for managing everything from contacts to appointments to fax to
voicemails.

To address the issues surrounding archiving, Osterman Research
will be hosting a Webinar on Oct. 19 entitled "Top 10 Questions
and Answers on E-mail Archiving." To attend this free Webinar,
you can visit the Webinar sign-up page
<http://www.ostermanresearch.com/webinar_20051019.htm> to sign
up. The Webinar is being sponsored by Fortiva.

I look forward to "seeing" you there.

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To contact: Michael Osterman

Michael D. Osterman is the principal of Osterman Research
<http://www.ostermanresearch.com/>, a market research firm that
helps organizations understand the markets for messaging,
directory and related products and services. He can be reached
by clicking here <mailto:michael@ostermanresearch.com>
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infrastructure expands to support different types of traffic and
users. Most traffic management solutions have serious
limitations: too expensive, difficult to use, and overly taxing
on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
requirements, overcomes the limitations of other solutions, and
gives you valuable insight into LAN performance. Click here to
download HP's Traffic Management Whitepaper
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