I am not sure which is most concerning. The fact that a corporation can buy a fighter jet or the fact that Larry Ellison already owns one.
Don't worry Microsoft, it's only a light attack jet. :)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/a-new-fighter-jet-for-googles-founders/
Monday, October 27, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Archive or Backup?
Recent research by CMS Watch shows that some IT managers still do not understand the differences between e-mail archiving and backup.
Backup is for the short term risk associated with a potential disaster that could prevent users from accessing their data. Backups should be easily available and provide a quick restore to a previous state before the disaster occurred.
An archive is used for the long term efficient storage of data. This includes features such as single instancing (de-duplication). Storing data long term in an archive preserves it and ensures that it is not tampered with. Ensuring the integrity of the data is vital in a legal discovery request. Archives also allow for the quick search and access to that data without restore to an email server.
Article link: http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/cant-tell-an-email-archive-from-a-backup-solution-003350.php
Technorati Tags:
Email Archiving, Compliance, eDiscovery, Exchange Server
Backup is for the short term risk associated with a potential disaster that could prevent users from accessing their data. Backups should be easily available and provide a quick restore to a previous state before the disaster occurred.
An archive is used for the long term efficient storage of data. This includes features such as single instancing (de-duplication). Storing data long term in an archive preserves it and ensures that it is not tampered with. Ensuring the integrity of the data is vital in a legal discovery request. Archives also allow for the quick search and access to that data without restore to an email server.
Article link: http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/cant-tell-an-email-archive-from-a-backup-solution-003350.php
Technorati Tags:
Email Archiving, Compliance, eDiscovery, Exchange Server
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Searching data is a burden for Google.
I read an article from eWeek today that I found interesting. Apparently Google was recently served with a subpoena for documents related to a court case it was involved in as an investor. They argued that it would be an unreasonable burden for them to search their own files.
I am not sure whether or not the judge believed them but it seems that a company that corners the market on search technology should not be able to get away with that argument. Although, Google isn't really considered a legal discovery search tool.
A legal discovery search tool provides something extra with their search technology. In the article they call it "concept search". This is the idea of doing an analysis of how the search terms are used in the data that is returned. Knowing the meaning of words and the way they are used in the data set allows for the inclusion of false negatives and the elimination of false positives from the results that are returned. A more accurate search means less review time before presentation saving companies money and lessening their burden to produce data.
I believe that as legal search technology improves the argument of unreasonable burden will be less successful.
Article Link: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Google-Cant-Search-Their-Own-Documents/
Technorati Tags:
eDiscovery, Concept Search, Google, Archiving, Compliance
I am not sure whether or not the judge believed them but it seems that a company that corners the market on search technology should not be able to get away with that argument. Although, Google isn't really considered a legal discovery search tool.
A legal discovery search tool provides something extra with their search technology. In the article they call it "concept search". This is the idea of doing an analysis of how the search terms are used in the data that is returned. Knowing the meaning of words and the way they are used in the data set allows for the inclusion of false negatives and the elimination of false positives from the results that are returned. A more accurate search means less review time before presentation saving companies money and lessening their burden to produce data.
I believe that as legal search technology improves the argument of unreasonable burden will be less successful.
Article Link: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Google-Cant-Search-Their-Own-Documents/
Technorati Tags:
eDiscovery, Concept Search, Google, Archiving, Compliance
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