If time is money, most data admins are overdrawn. Users want the sales conference PowerPoints they made four years ago, while legal says to dispose of business documents ASAP. New regulations crop up constantly, requiring fine-tuning of data-retention policies. To make life even more hectic, if an order hits your desk asking for all electronic business documents—e-mail and IM, spreadsheets, Word and Excel files—pertaining to a lawsuit, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that took effect late last year give you just 120 days to comply. Forget sending the lawyers to say, "Too expensive! No tools!" The onus is on you to prove to a judge you can't pull it together.
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