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E-discovery and the Archive: Page 2 of 2

What is the takeaway for companies? That e-discovery does not begin with a litigation matter, or even a reasonable expectation of one. It begins with well-managed archives, document retention policies that do not depend on individual employees, and enforceable procedures. Given the large size of modern archives, this will take an investment in archive management software that can admit e-discovery queries. This may take the form of a native ability to search an archive for e-discovery or compliance queries, or may require integration with a tool that does.

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