A customer recently asked us a question that raises some interesting points when individuals use personal accounts such Hotmail or Yahoo for business-related emails: “When is it OK to use a personal email for business purposes?”
The short answer is never, but individual proprietors, consultants, can often revert to “personal” email accounts. The smart ones will set-up a secondary account that reflects their business or business name (virtually all service providers, i.e. folks like Verizon, Comcast, etc. include the ability to create several email accounts at no additional charge).
For larger businesses, the inherent risks along with general availability of mobile email should be enough to preclude using a personal email account for business purposes. If for example that user is out-of-the-office, they should be able to access their office mail from a smartphone or computer, and this is a far better route than simply resorting to their personal email account. [Read more…]
For any company who’s faced a discovery request – whether it is a public-facing organization with a Freedom of Information request, a business performing an internal investigation, or a company facing a regulatory challenge or eDiscovery request – fulfilling those requests in an efficient and cost-effective manner is a real challenge.
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Business consulting giant Accenture recently posted a video and podcast of their CIO Andrew Wilson and Managing Director Joe Cheung on how the role of the CIO has been changing within Accenture. What’s interesting about this presentation is that it’s a leading consulting company acknowledging that the very way we approach IT is changing.