Email archiving is a system that allows an organisation to automatically record and store all emails (including attachments such as word documents and spreadsheets) as they enter and leave the company.
The aim of an email archive is to ensure good business practice, adherence to Government legislation and compliance to international codes of practice.
The email archive should be ‘tamper proof’, i.e. not easily accessible to unauthorised personnel, and allow for a complete audit if there is a legal requirement to do so.
A subset of storing data, emails are one of the largest areas of storage and data retrieval because of the high usage relating to this form of communication. Vendors like Symantec, GFI, Risc Group and Pillar Data are joined by Software-as-a-Service [SaaS] vendors such as Cobweb and of course Google who provide this type of technology.