E-Discovery: IT Execs Overconfident and Underprepared

Almost 98% of IT executives rate their ability to respond to litigation as above average or very well prepared, according to a new survey from IDC. But according to analysts, they are vastly overrating themselves.

Adam Bendell, senior managing director at FTI Consulting, which commissioned the study, says there is a big disconnect between perceived and actual litigation readiness.

IT executives' perceived ability to respond to e-discovery requests "doesn't jive with the reality that other people involved in the survey or delivering [e-discovery] services see," he says.