Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions

Digital transformation after a merger, acquisition, divestiture, or internal restructuring can be quite a chore. Knowing what steps to take and having effective strategies is imperative for success.

Some of those tasks are best navigated with a partner who has the knowledge, skill and experience to guide your organization through these events. From cloud onboarding & offboarding to data migration to managing your data for legal compliance, Cloudficient will be by your side.

Understanding the Data Involved

Microsoft 365 and other cloud platforms can be an excellent choice for serving your user data needs. However, legal data requires a specialized approach to ensure compliance and efficient eDiscovery. As we begin to understand that the requirements of each type of data are very different, we can appreciate that it is not ideal to comingle, rather uncoupling the user experience from legal offers many benefits.

Understanding the difference between "suitable" and "unsuitable" data is paramount. This distinction is crucial for maintaining the chain of custody and ensuring that each piece of data finds its right place in the cloud, complying fully with legal standards.

Journal Splitting:

Journal splitting, the division of journal data into manageable chunks for migration into shared mailboxes, while somewhat more manageable, still introduces challenges.

This method complicates eDiscovery due to the fragmented nature of the data, loss of custodian-based management and search, and increased risks of incomplete archiving if ongoing journaling is required.

Additionally, it may introduce over-collection and over-retention of irrelevant data and may run afoul of compliance requirements due to potential oversights in data management.