STEP OUT OF THE

“DARK DATA.” It’s data that you are paying to store, protect and manage that isn’t

being efficiently utilized to improve the value of your business. Even worse, it may

contain content that puts your business at risk.

Not sure if you need to worry about “Dark Data?” Consider these 6 reasons to

shine a light on the critical data in your organization that may be just out of view.

YOU’RE SENDING MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN...

IF YOU’RE PAYING TO STORE EMAIL ATTACHMENTS

WITHOUT BUSINESS VALUE YOU’RE SIMPLY POURING

YOUR BUDGET DOWN THE DRAIN. Email data growth is

inevitable, but rather than continue to store everything, consider

an email archive that offers content-based retention policies

that can help you optimize your capacity management. This can

REDUCE YOUR RETENTION COSTS BY UP TO 70% .

YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW.

IF YOU DON’T HAVE VISIBILITY INTO THE CONTENT

BEING STORED IN YOUR EMAIL ENVIRONMENT, YOU’RE

PUTTING YOUR COMPANY AT RISK. Email data can be fraught

with litigious information and without adequate policy controls,

that content can cause costly events. Be prepared by selecting an

archive solution that will support the enterprise-wide search and

efficient discovery of all Electronically Stored Information (ESI).

YOU’RE KEEPING YOUR DATA FOREVER.

AN ARCHIVE DOESN’T MEAN YOU NEED TO KEEP

EVERYTHING FOREVER. Over time, the cost and risk of

keeping everything can be crippling. To eliminate “dark data”

manage data throughout it’s lifecycle from creation through

to disposition. An intelligent archive will enable policy-based

deletion and removal so that you can minimize risk and reclaim

the storage space that information once consumed.

YOU CAN’T DISCOVER WHAT YOU NEED.

EFFICIENT SEARCH AND DISCOVERY IS THE ANTIDOTE TO

“DARK DATA.” It can empower your compliance, legal and HR

teams with the self-service search that will minimize discovery

costs and time. Even more, a discovery-enabled archive will

minimize your company’s exposure to email content that could harm

the business while also unveiling email data that could provide

great value to your business’ operations.

YOUR PSTs ARE OUT OF CONTROL.

PSTs, OR PERSONAL STORAGE FILES, ARE AMONG

THE MOST PROBLEMATIC CHALLENGES FOR EMAIL

ENVIRONMENTS. They’re scattered everywhere – from

desktops and laptops to file servers. This ad-hoc PST storage

means they are difficult to locate, access and search for

litigation or compliance events. By using an advanced email

archive, you can eliminate PST files and integrate their content

easily into a common repository.

YOU LACK INSIGHT INTO EMAIL DATA VALUE.

Y O U R E M A I L M AY H O L D S I G N I F I C A N T

I N F O R M AT I O N T H AT W I L L I M P R O V E Y O U R

B U S I N E S S ’ O P E R AT I O N S . By giving users self-

service search and access to that data, you can unmask

the value of email content so that your company can

realize the full potential of the information you pay to

store, protect and manage. With an intelligent archive,

“Dark Data” is transformed into shining insight for better

business performance.

EMAIL ARCHIVING FOR THE

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It helps control email data growth while reducing risks associated with corporate, legal or regulatory governance. It will empower your ability to intelligently store, manage and discover email content to meet both business and compliance demands. Visit us at commvault.com/darkdata for more information.

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