Companies don't bother to create an email retention policy and put
the policy into place before they go out and buy the technology.
Once you purchase the technology and install it, what policies are
you going to set when you turn it on? Creating a company-wide
policy with all major departments included in the decision-making
process will help when setting the
archive system policies later on. I've seen
companies get to the point where they've made a technology
choice and brought it in, and now the system is just sitting
there because nobody knows what policies to setup.
@27658 Creating a document or email retention policy can take
some time because every major group within the company should have
the opportunity to examine their needs and provide their input. For
example, a human resources department has to deal with many data
retention laws. Legal departments, engineering, finance and other
departments each have unique retention needs that should be
considered long before an equipment purchase is made.
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