News Release

Safecore, Inc. Meets New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)

Contacts: Matthew Catanzano, Safecore, Inc.
(781) 272-1140
mcatanzano@safecore.com

Medford, MA, December 1, 2006—Safecore, Inc., a leading technology-enhanced service provider delivering a full suite of e-mail and IM archiving, and managed compliance solutions is positioned to address new Federal Rules which require stronger data management during litigation.

Amendments to the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), set to go into effect December 1, will alter the way companies retain and delete data. The FRCP rules are put into effect by the Supreme Court to govern civil procedures in U.S. courts.

Among other things, the new rules require both parties to discuss as early as possible where important data is located and develop a plan for retrieving it. Also, parties must produce data in a "reasonably usable" format, usually the native format in which the data is stored, such as PST files for Exchange. All this means that storage administrators may be saving less data, but they'll need to do more work up front to make sure they're saving the right stuff in the right way.

While the lawyers wrangle in any civil lawsuit, storage administrators will be called on to help answer key questions such as:

• Where is the data in question?
• What actions were taken to preserve it?
• How can the data be searched and reproduced?
• Just what is the company's established data retention/deletion policy?

The new rules won't hold a corporate defendant liable for failing to produce records if the company made a "good faith" effort to set a retention/deletion policy. This means a company can usually delete data according to established company policies, but cannot delete in anticipation of litigation. Also, a company may not have to produce data on legacy tape drives unless the other side proves in advance the data is relevant to the case.  

“Our current clients are well positioned to not only address these new federal rules and manage this new process, but also have a strong defensible position against litigation by pro-actively managing their electronic communications.  We make sure our clients critical data is at their fingertips when they need it most” Said, Stephen Catanzano, Safecore CEO. 

About Safecore
Safecore has the expertise and technology to successfully manage critical electronic records for any size corporation.  Areas of expertise include records retention for compliance, legal discovery, regulatory purposes, and data management for due diligence.  The company focuses on delivering solutions to our global clients whose commonality is the realization that the information they create has real business value.  The ability to protect that data, manage it well, and repurpose and produce it when needed creates a competitive edge and is a necessity in efficiently managing and growing a business. 

The firm’s powerful, unique hosted environment enables clients to concentrate on their own businesses, confident that all critical systems, electronic data, and intellectual property are permanently safeguarded and securely accessible. Safecore resolves to provide its customers the most flexible, robust, and affordable enterprise-sized solutions in the industry. www.safecore.com