Data retention is critical to secure content management and content compliance.  Unfortunately policy compliance and regulatory requirements are complex, yet vague, and vary by data type and jurisdiction.  Furthermore many organizations are driven by a “delete nothing” mentality when faced with pressing the key. 

In the foundational Gartner research, Best Practices for Data Retention and Policy Creation Will Lower Costs and Reduce Risks, you can explore a framework that will help IT leaders devise a policy for prudent data retention in the enterprise.  Discover best practices that Gartner recommends to help you manage the volume, variety and velocity of data within the organization, and overcome interdepartmental and cross-functionality issues created by data having different value to different parts of the organization.