 Unified CommunicationsNetwork World's Unified Communications Newsletter, 11/15/07You really should pay attention to the FRCPBy Michael OstermanLast week, I attended Exchange Connections in Las Vegas. The show, held in conjunction with a number of related events, was very good and quite well attended. Plus, every vendor with whom I spoke was pleased with the number and quality of the leads they received. In my discussions with senior people at a couple of archiving vendors, they both noted that lots of their prospects are not familiar with the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), despite the fact that these changes went into effect nearly a year ago. Should you be concerned about these new amendments? Yes. Unlike many data retention requirements in specific industries, such as those imposed upon broker-dealers or hedge fund managers by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the FRCP apply to almost all organizations across all industries. If an organization can have a civil lawsuit filed against it, then the FRCP should figure prominently in that organization’s data management strategy in the context of archiving, data retention policies and the like.
The new amendments to the FRCP are critically important for both IT and business decision-makers to understand, since they raise the importance of data governance practices to a new level. Instead of proper data retention being simply a best practice for organizations to follow, data retention is now a legal obligation that carries with it serious consequences if managed badly or ignored altogether. While backup, archiving and other data retention capabilities are important components of an appropriate data management strategy, organizations should adopt a holistic approach to managing data, particularly the growing proportion of electronic information that they possess. Editor's note: Starting Tuesday, Nov, 20, the Unified Communications newsletter will be merged with the Antispam News Alert and will be named the "Unified Communications Alert." Subscribers to the HTML version of this newsletter will notice some enhancements that will provide you with access to more resources relevant to unified communications. You will still receive Michael Osterman's analysis of this market, which you will be able to read in its entirety online at NetworkWorld.com, along with links to relevant news headlines of the day. We hope you enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.
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