KCI News & Events

• March 6, 2008
  7 Policy Mistakes Everyone Makes and How to Avoid Them
  Does this sound familiar to you? Someone decides that your company needs a “policy on e-mail,” a “security policy” or a “data management policy.” Then, someone (maybe in compliance, legal or IT) is told to find a template, swap in the company’s name, make a few tweaks to “reflect the way we do things around here,” then publish it on the intranet. Done, now we have a new policy. Or how about this? Read more.

• November 20, 2007
  E-mailers send a message: Please don't leave paper trail
  Businesses have reasons beyond cost and tree saving to promote prudent printing, said Randolph Kahn, founder of Kahn Consulting, which specializes in ... read more.

• November 17, 2007
  The Risk Cost Retention –Model: A New Approach to Records Retention
  What are the best processes for assessing how to retain records and emails that might be missed if they are deleted from systems and networks? Randy Kahn offers some techniques in the July/August 2007 issue of InfoTech Update. Read more.

• October 16, 2007
  Voicemail Management
  The retention and management of voicemail takes on a new dimension with the introduction of "integrated messaging," or "unified communications." Read more.

• October 9, 2007
  Keep the Cracks at Compliance Coming
  Every year, for every person on the globe, there is 800MB of new information created. At the same time, most institutions are confounded by information management, and information mismanagement seems ubiquitous. Click here to read more.

• April 12, 2007
  The Fine Art of Data Destruction
  "Proper information management impacts the entire cycle of information, from making sure employees understand policy surrounding how to manage the creation and storage of that information to how to properly dispose of it at the end of its useful life." read more.

• February 22, 2007
  Leading Consulting Organization Evaluates Meridio as Robust Records Management Application. Read more.

• December 18, 2006
  Compliance and Ethics Magazine:
  Why records management is a compliance problem ... read more.

• December 5, 2006
  Thumbs Down on Thumb Drives
  Where portable data's concerned, convenience has a cost... read more.

• December 5, 2006
  KCI IDC Data Protection & Archiving Forum
  
  The IDC-Kahn Consulting Data Protection and Archiving Forum is designed to answer key questions about storing and retrieving content in today's business environment. The Forum features end-user case studies that provide attendees with practical information on how to capitalize and learn from others on emerging best practices (criteria, policies, processes) for determining which data protection and/or archiving methods your firm should use. Hear best practices and technical information on the evaluation, deployment and consideration of different technology solutions to meet availability, performance, recovery and security requirements. Sessions will address business issues and implications of different technologies and their ability to meet budgetary, regulatory, business continuity, legal and disaster recovery needs of the firm. The role of underlying technologies such as content-based classification, email, file and database archiving, continuous data protection, tape virtualization, snapshots and replication will be examined.
  
  
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• December 2, 2006
  Corporations Need Help with New E-Discovery Rules. Read more.

• December 1, 2006
  KCI and SDI are partnering to offer a new joint consulting service to help companies respond to new Rules taking effect today explicitly requiring discovery of electronically stored information in all Federal cases. Corporations need help with new e-discovery rules... read more.

• September 20-22, 2006
  KCI IDC Compliance in Information Management Forum East
  
  Kahn Consulting Inc. and partner IDC, held Compliance Forum East at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York, NY
  
  
• February 23, 2006
  Media commentary.
  In an article from InfoStor, Randolph Kahn provides insight on information retention and email management issues.
  
  
• May 10-11, 2006
  KCI IDC Compliance in Information Management Forum West
  
  Kahn Consulting Inc. and partner IDC, held Compliance Forum West at the Marriott Santa Clara in Santa Clara, CA