In my hometown of Boston, eDiscovery is suddenly a hot topic – and not just because of the launch of Murphy Insights ;-)  The upcoming mayoral election may ride on email mismanagement by one of the mayor’s top aides.  The story shines the light back onto the fact that all organizations need to monitor and manage how their employees use information.  Let’s face it - people are going to do what they want to do with the tools and information at their fingertips.  It’s the job of every organization to ensure that information usage is monitored and managed.  That means creating acceptable use policies…and actually enforcing those policies.  That means deploying technology that can monitor, manage, and find the information.

In the case of the City of Boston, it seems to me that something as simple as email archiving could have prevented this whole problem.  And now, the taxpayers (yours truly included) will pay for forensic investigators to come in and find all the emails that could’ve been found with one click of a button had the City prepared well.  It’s sickening.

Let me know what you think.

One of the biggest problems in the eDiscovery space is the lack of good, granular data about spending, best practices, and roles and responsibilities.  Murphy Insights was created specifically to address that problem, so we are happy to announce that our first survey is underway.  Respondents will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card.  It's a short, 10 question survey and should take only 5 minutes to respond to.  Please forward this to colleagues and friends - the more the merrier.


Find the survey here.


Thanks!!

It’s with a great deal of excitement that I return to the research / analyst world and launch Murphy Insights.  Having worked as an analyst with one of the large firms, with a software vendor in the archiving space, and with a background in management consulting, I am able to offer a unique perspective on how to address the challenges of information management.

The goal of Murphy Insights is to provide the best, most practical advice about information management – and specifically about how to manage information for eDiscovery, information worker access, and storage optimization.  Murphy Insights will work with both end-users of technology as well as solution providers to create a set of best practices and analytical frameworks targeted to meet the needs of each individual customer.

Murphy Insights will not be just another analyst firm; rather, Murphy Insights is the next-generation research and consulting partner.  It’s about community and answering questions fast; it’s about customers setting the research agenda and Murphy Insights being flexible and nimble enough to adjust on the fly.

I know I’m looking forward to the challenge and I hope you’ll come along for the right.  Email me with any questions or comments.

 

Thanks!