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The skyrocketing cost of eDiscovery has made headlines recently with several court cases setting precedents in favor of supporting huge eDiscovery costs. For example, a January circuit court decision required the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight to spend $6 million (totaling 9 percent of its annual budget) to comply with a subpoena for electronic documents; and another recent district court ruling enforces preservation and production of metadata.

These rulings make taking control of eDiscovery costs more important than ever, and with many eDiscovery options available, corporate counsel and law firms are realizing that they can significantly reduce costs by bringing eDiscovery in-house.

But going in-house with eDiscovery cannot be over-complicated by having to fit technologies together that were never intended for the task of eDiscovery. Many “eDiscovery” solutions that vendors are selling include hard to manage and unnecessary processes, such as archiving, that are the result of vendors pushing legal features onto technology platforms that are inappropriate for what is needed. This adds unacceptable and unnecessary costs, weaker eDiscovery processes and a hard to manage infrastructure.

US President Obama faces many challenges as he enters the executive office. His new administration is set to tackle the economy and many in the document management industry are looking to them for signs of increased regulation when it comes to records management and retention.

While such a topic may not seem like it would be a priority for the new president, those immersed in the industry know that good knowledge management is key to solving some of the biggest problems facing the country. Like the economic crisis.

If you’ve ever wondered what keeps companies from implementing effective enterprise email management solutions, look no further.

MessageGate, a company that works to facilitate Enterprise email risk management through email controls, has released the results of a survey that sought to highlight the limitations of existing email management and security solutions. The Network WorldBusiness Intelligence survey revealed a growing gap in enterprise email management solutions, which as a result are hindering compliance measures in the face of growing regulatory mandates.

Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with MessageGate’s Vice President of Marketing and Business, Chris Bradley about the survey results and their implications among enterprise email management.