New Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedures Force Companies to Find New Email Management Systems

New amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures (court procedures for civil suits) are leading more companies to reevaluate their current email management and archiving systems and find e-discovery software that allows for quick searching and retrieval of electronically stored information (ESI) in response to litigation and discovery requests.

The new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures, as well as other regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, require companies to have an understanding of the breadth and depth of their information stores and establish preservation policies, archive locations, search methods and deletion procedures to properly manage the life cycle of information in the eyes of the government and courts.