A survey sponsored by FIOS that interviewed legal professionals from fortune 500 companies confirms an investment in email archiving tools. The survey respondents consisted of 26 lawyers and 2 non-lawyers responsible for legal discovery.
79% of the respondents stated that they had made investment in technology in the last 12 months to assist in legal discovery. 39% of those made investment in email archiving second only to legal hold management (50%). I believe that this is a trend that will continue as companies realize the best way to protect themselves or assist themselves with e-discovery requests is to proactively implement an archiving solution.
Other interesting technology trends from the survey:
Automate legal hold – Over 30% purchased litigation hold solutions
Centralize email – Email archiving systems are being implemented to give companies a single location for search and management.
Increase insourcing – 79% of respondents invested in e-discovery for in-house solutions.
When I read this article it was clear to me that a good email archiving solution can effectively address the technology trends that resulted from the survey. Legal hold can be implemented easier by having all email within an archive. Email archive solutions can centralize email from multiple messaging platforms. Email archives also provide an efficient storage mechanism for keeping email data in-house.
Article Source: http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202423099886
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