As part of an effective information governance program, enterprises need to manage
desktop information to improve retention compliance, reduce litigation risk, and improve productivity. Trusted Edge and C2C enables the enterprise to define policies that actively classify, file, retain, and dispose of information created, read, modified, and stored on desktops, laptops, and file servers. These products extends corporate control to desktop information, by managing all desktop information throughout its lifecycle. All desktop documents and emails are managed, tracked, and controlled, from creation through the end of their retention period, according to corporate policy.

Against this backdrop, however, is today’s reality. Enterprises have too much information, stored in too many places, with too few controls. Information volumes are growing 50-75% each year, information is shared rapidly across the enterprise, and litigation is ever increasing. Some information is stored in structured repositories and databases, but 85% is stored, unmanaged, at desktops and file servers, under the control of the individual employee.

Although most enterprise information is created, used, and stored at the desktop,
desktop information is unmanaged. Storing desktop information on file servers
simplifies backup, but leaves the information under the control of the end-user, not under corporate control. Even if an enterprise has a structured document repository, participation in the repository is typically low. And to the extent that the repository is configured to be used as a high-end file server, repository files are not governed by corporate policies. What is needed is a solution that helps the enterprise manage, track, and control its information, by helping knowledge workers automatically apply corporate policies to the information that they create, use, and store at their desktops. The solution must help employees easily classify information, so the information can be automatic all managed according to corporate policies throughout its lifecycle. This is what is meant by adding business context and relevance to your information.