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Email is the most widely used business communications tool and is responsible for the majority of exchanges by employees, both internally and externally. It is the interactions between individuals that comprise much of a company's business records, consequently the records kept of the day to day business activities are more detailed than ever. This data can be valuable to businesses if managed well, but if not it can be their undoing.
IT managers of European enterprises are concerned about far more than just compliance when it comes to handling the issues that govern their businesses
When asked about the drivers behind good corporate governance, positive ones like protection of brand name, customer confidence, productivity and competitive advantage all figured as highly as negative ones, like avoiding fines, litigation and regulatory compliance.
Good governance is about identifying and managing all data types that exist within an organisation - physical (paper), databases, discrete files and ad hoc data that has been disseminated across an organisation in the form of email. The latter of these ? email ? is now the most important of all, both Indeed, if a single infrastructure can be developed to address by volume and in its importance for recording the day to all issues around corporate governance then European day activities of businesses and it is email that is the main enterprises and their IT suppliers avoid a major headache, focus of this report.
About VERITAS Software
VERITAS Software, one of the 10 largest software companies in the world, is a leading provider of software and services to enable utility computing. In a utility computing model, IT resources are aligned with business needs, and business applications are delivered with optimal performance and availability on top of shared computing infrastructure, minimizing hardware and labour costs. With 2004 revenue of $2.04 billion, VERITAS delivers products and services for data protection, storage & server management, high availability and application performance management that are used by 99 percent of the Fortune 500. More information about VERITAS Software can be found at www.veritas.com
About EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation is the world leader in products, services and solutions for information storage and management that help organizations extract the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost, across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.emc.com
About Quocirca
Quocirca is a research and analysis company with a focus on the European market for information technology and communications (ITC). Its analyst team is made up of real-world practitioners with first hand experience of ITC delivery who continuously research and track the industry in the following key areas:
o Business Process Evolution and Enablement o Enterprise Applications and Integration o Communications, Collaboration and Mobility o Infrastructure and IT Systems Management o Utility Computing and Delivery of IT as a Service o IT Delivery Channels and Practices o IT Investment Activity, Behaviour and Planning
Quocirca research is always pragmatic, business orientated and conducted in the context of the bigger picture. ITC has the ability to transform businesses and the processes that drive them, but often fails to do so. Quocirca's mission is to help its customers improve their success rate.
Quocirca has a pro-active primary research programme, regularly polling users, purchasers and resellers of ITC products and services on the issues of the day. Over time, Quocirca has built a picture of long term investment trends, providing invaluable information for the whole of the ITC community.
Quocirca works with global and local providers of ITC products and services to help them deliver on the promise that ITC holds for business. Quocirca's clients include Morgan Stanley, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, CA and Cisco. Sponsorship of specific studies by such organisations allows much of Quocirca's research to be placed into the public domain. Quocirca's independent culture and the real-world experience of Quocirca's analysts, however, ensures that our research and analysis is always objective, accurate, actionable and challenging.
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