Guide: what every small business should know about managing information

The challenges of managing information are different depending on the industry in which a company operates and whether it's publicly traded or privately owned. A financial services company has different needs and legal requirements than a construction company or retailer. But while the challenges are different, all companies share this reality: nearly every business today is managing more information than ever before. And the amount is increasing at a much faster rate than even the boldest predictions.

Information lifecycle management (ILM) is all about what you should be doing at each step of this process - making the right decisions to keep the right information in the right place for the right amount of time.

In this guide, we'll look at how adopting these principles will help ensure that information is accessible, protected and put to good use, and that information with little or no value is safely destroyed.