In this report from Kahn Consulting (KCI), a consulting firm specializing in IT legal and policy issues, the firm details its assessment of EMC's Centera Compliance Edition. The report focuses on the storage solution's strengths as a platform for the retention of electronic records and other digital information required for legal and regulatory purposes. According to KCI, Centera can play an important role in helping organizations retain and manage information to help ensure its admissibility and promote its evidentiary strength. Functionality and supporting technology were tested according to these criteria:

• Protection of content from alteration and unauthorized deletion
• Verification of the accuracy of information during the recording process
• Ability to provide long-term content accessibility
• Support for disaster recovery and information security needs
• Support for records retention and disposition functionality
• Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002