"What to do about data archiving? Even while many vendors continue to tout their software platforms that enable you to establish your own internal archiving system, they are rapidly buying into hosted archive technology that lets you lease the capability from someone else.

So which is the better play? It basically comes down to two considerations: how much data you need to preserve, and how much you trust others to keep it secure and available. And it’s precisely because each enterprise will have different answers to those questions that vendors are covering their bets by adding hosted solutions to their portfolios.[..]"