Monday 23 April 2012

Tracey Brunstrom & Hammond migrates to the Cloud

A dispute that the cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms have built a paradigm shift in enterprise technology and IT as a whole. Companies of all sizes – both public and private – seeking to reduce storage costs, improve overall efficiency and integration with partners, are increasingly turning to the cloud to house information and run essential business functions remotely.

Australia was rated among the leaders in each category, contributing to its overall second place ranking in what is one of the fastest growing information technology sectors globally. 

Today, software and service providers are introducing tools to help users manage, preserve, collect, process, review, analyse and produce documents on a single, do-it-yourself platform harnessing the power of SaaS-based technology dominated by the cloud.

With the movement of e-mail, user files and workgroup data to cloud computing, new challenges for e-discovery have emerged. The sheer volume of data and the expense of storing this data are the primary drivers behind the move to cloud computing.  These drivers are also the primary reason preserving and collecting data from the cloud remains a challenge for organisations.

A successful cloud strategy is one that takes into account the potential obstacles for preserving and collecting information for the purposes of e-discovery. Knowing where the service provider’s provisions end and where your organisation’s start is vital to ensuring a comprehensive, efficient and effective electronically stored information (ESI) request response. 

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