IT decision makers, recommending influencers and other business decision-makers need to understand that retaining email and other electronic content is necessary to satisfy litigation and regulatory compliance requirements, not to mention the growing demand for valuable business knowledge constantly being mined by an organization’s employees. It is critical to manage email as a component of all of the other information types that must be governed appropriately.

This white paper discusses what drives organizations in heavily regulated and less regulated industries to retain email and other electronic content. It explores the content retention challenges faced by those organizations in the midst of stringent litigation and regulatory compliance demands. And it recommends that organizations take a proactive approach to address those challenges. Finally, it offers an overview of EMC, a vendor that can help organizations retain email and other electronic content.