Document retention policies are often overlooked aspect of information management in most organizations. In 99% of business documents are now produced in electronic form, the processes that determine the place and period of storage of these documents are very important. Given that most of the organizations in the United States will be named in the lawsuit and the documents referred to above may be made in the original form of the trial during the opening, document retention policies can mean the difference between a successful defense and painful, expensive loss in the lawsuit. While some organizations have such policies, those policies do not cover new communication and storage technologies? In the policy address of the cell phones, personal computers, high density data storage devices, instant messaging technology and labor, which is no longer concentrated in the same physical space? This article discusses the new rules for e-discovery and how these rules should drive changes regarding organizational management and document storage. "Hide
by Robert M. Barker, Andrew T. Cobb, Julia Karcher Source: Business Horizons 10 pages. Publication Date: March 15, 2009. Prod. #: BH321-PDF-ENG
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