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Archiving's Role Within e-Discovery 2.0 and What's Expected for the Future

By Mike Pagani
September 02, 2015

When responding to e-discovery events such as audits or potential litigation, the cost of persisting with older, traditional methods for key parts of the process can nearly bankrupt a company. Modern archiving technologies that consolidate and proactively store content in a single “search-ready” repository are now playing a crucial role within next generation 2.0 e-discovery processes. They not only put an internal legal department in the best position to respond to e-discovery events, but also dramatically reduce the time, effort and cost of searching, reviewing and producing relevant electronic communications of all types.

This article covers why leveraging the benefits of archiving is an essential component of next generation 2.0 e-discovery methods when e-mail, text, instant messages, and a vast array of new and unique social media content types are involved, as well as what the future holds for this part of the e-discovery landscape.

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