Analyst IDC recommends preparing now for corporate governance legislation

According to IDC companies should start preparing in advance for new EU legislation governing how data is stored on corporate systems.

It is predicted that the EU will be taking on many of the recommendations on corporate governance set out by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US . This being the case it is likely that specific guidelines will be handed down to UK companies regarding how they store data and e-mails on their IT systems.

IT professionals should start to consider procedures and technologies needed for compliance now in advance of the new legislation becoming a reality.

Technologies such ILM, content management, write once read many media, and e-mail archiving will all be valuable in compliance with this legislation.

However this is largely a management issue, and tools that provide IT Directors with knowledge about the content and make up of their data will prove invaluable

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