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Discovering E-Discovery: Page 4 of 4

As to the December 1 deadline, it will probably advance the cause of better data management for some firms, but not to the extent that suppliers predict. True, vendors of email management, archiving, enterprise content management, indexing, deduplication, and hosting wares have made e-discovery their battle cry and December 1 a doomsday target in sales pitches. But the real drivers for e-discovery are the larger scope of corporate litigation and regulatory mandates. Those are the forces for change, and they're already well underway.

Mary Jander, Site Editor, Byte and Switch