A survey of 1,700 companies in Europe conducted by Dynamics Markets revealed that 42% of network administrators admit they do not automatically back up data on laptops and other mobile devices.
Most emails are backed up every night, but only 4% of organizations perform this task during the day, putting a significant amount of important information at risk of being completely lost.
Email now plays a crucial role in businesses and is considered an effective and legitimate communication tool. Emails from many years ago can even be used as evidence in legal cases. However, approximately 71% of administrators do not retain emails from employees who have left the company.
Somerfield, a link in 1,200 grocery stores in the UK, began archiving emails four years ago as more contracts were being finalized via email. When a regulatory body from the UK government audited cigarette pricing and requested a review of all discussions regarding pricing between Somerfield and its suppliers, they only took 15 minutes to compile the emails and transfer them to a CD. In contrast, lawyers needed four weeks to gather all the data before the email backup system was implemented.
