I was intrigued when I saw the news about Dell acquiring MessageOne. Here was Dell buying a company that was started by Michael Dell's brother. That relationship has a certain tabloid factor that I shamefully admit to copping to. What I found out after reading the links in Lionel's post (above) made me feel pretty good about being at Dell.
So then I went to MessageOne's web site to see what they do and I discovered it is very cool stuff. In an environment that includes litigation and regulatory risks, using an email archiving service can remove culpability from the IT organization and its operations. This could be particularly beneficial for IT organizations that can't afford to dedicate resources to archiving systems.
This article, written by Ron Robbins and Stephen Foskett has several good ideas to help people understand the business processes that go along with using an email archiving service.
