E-mail sleuthing made easy

Iria · Jan 26, 2006, 07:28 PM

John Petruzzi had a job that, until recently, few people would envy.

As director of enterprise security at Constellation Energy, Petruzzi is the go-to guy whenever regulators request e-mail records from the $12.5 billion Baltimore utility and energy wholesaler. For years, Petruzzi has spent more than his fair share of weekends and long nights at the office, combing through terabytes of data on e-mail servers.

"We're talking about large amounts of data: millions of e-mails over a three-to-six-month period among hundreds of employees," Petruzzi said. "It has been a rather arduous process, obviously. I had teams that worked days on end."

Similar complaints are spurring software entrepreneurs who focus on easing this kind of sleuthing. One of them is Aaref Hilaly, chief executive of Clearwell Systems. Hilaly says the time is ripe for innovation as lawyers, regulators and executives come to view e-mail as a major source of evidence and facts.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	E-mail sleuthing made easy John Petruzzi had a job that, until recently, few people would envy. As director of enterprise security at Constellation Energy, Petruzzi is the go-to guy whenever regulators request e-mail records from the $12.5 billion Baltimore utility and energy wholesaler. For years, Petruzzi has spent more than his fair share of weekends and long nights at the office, combing through terabytes of data on e-mail servers. "We're talking about large amounts of data: millions of e-mails over a three-to-six-month period among hundreds of employees," Petruzzi said. "It has been a rather arduous process, obviously. I had teams that worked days on end." Similar complaints are spurring software entrepreneurs who focus on easing this kind of sleuthing. One of them is Aaref Hilaly, chief executive of Clearwell Systems. Hilaly says the time is ripe for innovation as lawyers, regulators and executives come to view e-mail as a major source of evidence and facts. __________ Read More / Source: News.com