The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the US regulator of the Nasdaq and securities market, told its members to treat instant messages the same way they treat email in response to the growing use of the technology in large...
Fortunately there are a number of commercial applications that can log and archive IM conversation that work with the free IM giants. It might not be as searchable as an email inbox but archiving software is improving.
Organisations these days have to be able to archive and retrieve email - which is a problem for those who simply won't or can't do it, says new research. The importance of email management is now well known by IT vendors - witness the acquisition...
Industrial gases group BOC said it faces higher than expected costs, totalling around £20m, over the next two years in order to bring the company into full compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) corporate governance regulations.
The date is an extension of the original deadline of 15 July, 2005, set by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Like it or not, the clock is ticking for non-US companies that need to be compliant to one of the most talked-about elements...
We're warned of dire consequences if we get it wrong - especially in data security. Tamzin Matthew, partner at law firm Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, says that when she does talks on subjects such as email archiving, people often express surprise at...