Best Practices for Defining and Establishing Effective Archive Retention Policies

Simply moving information into an archive does not constitute effective information management. In order to gain the highest benefit from archiving, all of the information that goes into the archive system must be categorized, and a retention period must be set for each category. Well-established retention periods used in conjunction with the automation and ease of use of an effective archiving system create a streamlined, customized, and uncomplicated means of achieving information preservation.