In this entry I am going to take a look at a handful of email archiving press releases from over the past month and see if I can ascertain a general market direction. Without naming any companies directly, I am going to provide a summary of the press release and a link if you wish [...]

Mitch Ratcliffe of Zdnet Rational Rants reports that President Bush was quite insightful in providing information about his administration’s email retention policy. “I don’t want you reading my personal stuff,” President Bush told the press when asked about why his administration has failed to comply with records-retention laws during his time in office. Ratcliffe then [...]

Richard Koman of Zdnet reports that a “primitive” email archiving system could be largely responsible for the missing white house emails. When president Bush first took control of the white house, Koman writes, he disposed of an Automatic Records Management System which was used by the Clinton administration under court order. What did the president [...]

The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has posted a PDF checklist of several items relating to HIPAA Security On-site Investigation that health care providers might want to take a look at in preparing for HIPAA email compliance. I suggest reviewing this list if you are a health care professional that is curious what [...]

Ellen Messmer of Network World reports that lately hospitals have had more to worry about than just preparing for upcoming HIPAA security audits. “Health care organizations feel under increasing attack from the Internet,” Messmer writes, “while security incidents involving insiders and disappearing laptops with sensitive data are piling up.” Dr. John Halamka, CIO at both [...]

Paul Korzeniowski of Byte and Switch reports that at least a few small to mid-sized businesses are ready to reflect on eDiscovery and the steps they have taken to successfully comply. Writing about the current state of eDiscovery preparation in American industries, Korzeniowski says: “while many firms, particularly SMB’s, continue to struggle with the FRCP [...]

Stacie N. Galang of the Salem News Online reports that Peabody Public School “will start archiving all e-mails — including those by teachers and other staffers — beginning March 3rd as state officials warn public agencies they must store such public records.” School Committee members have received adequate warning as Superintendent C. Milton Burnett has [...]

I came across an interesting article earlier today on Computer Technology Review regarding the current & future expectations of an email archiving solution in light of modern FRCP eDiscovery requirements. William Tolson has compiled an expert list of capabilities to be considered when choosing an email archiving solution that I feel all U.S. Businesses should [...]

I noticed today on Med Tech Sentinel that Google is about to begin experimentation with electronic patient medical records. Douglas Cress writes: “the Cleveland Clinic will facilitate Google’s potential domination of the electronic personal health record (PHR) space. Google chose the Clinic because they offer 100,000 patients the tools to manage their medical records online [...]

K & L Gates at the eDiscovery law blog has announced the enhancement of their searchable e-discovery case database and has “added a number of new attributes — several of which correspond with the 2006 e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP).” As I mentioned in a recent blog entry regarding an [...]