Blog Article

Considerations When Choosing a Cloud Archiving Solution

Feb 26, 2015

The cloud can be a critical tool for your company to help you manage the archiving and supervision of digital communications content.

This is a guest post from Smarsh, originally seen on the Smarsh blog on January 15, 2015.

The cloud can be a critical tool for your company to help you manage the archiving and supervision of digital communications content, including email, social media, enterprise social media, mobile messages, and website records.

Compared to an outdated on-premise archiving solution, the cloud has the potential to give you a lower cost of ownership, fewer disruptions in service, and first-rate IT support.

However, not all cloud services are created equal. What should you look for in a provider?

A new Smarsh guide, ‘Considerations When Choosing a Cloud Archiving Solution,’ gives you overview of the business and technical questions to ask before selecting a cloud provider. Use this handy checklist to help determine:

  • How to set your company up for compliance success by asking the provider critical starter questions.
  • What technical qualifications and infrastructure specifications to insist on, if you want to have a solution that works for you now—and in the future.
  • How to determine if the provider has the business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities you need to keep your data secure.

Download ‘Considerations When Choosing a Cloud Archiving Solution‘ today to begin your search for a cloud archiving solution that works for your business.

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