HP has introduced a records management solution that enables customers to significantly reduce the business risks associated with the growing regulatory compliance and legal discovery demands.

HP Trim 7 – an advanced records management solution built on 24 years of experience and best practices – enables organisations to transparently manage all of their Microsoft SharePoint Server records in a single environment, regardless of the source, a statement said.

This includes documents as well as information found in SharePoint Server blogs, wikis, discussions, forms, calendars and workflows.

Widespread adoption of SharePoint Server provides the opportunity to consolidate and simplify the management of content stored across multiple SharePoint instances.

HP Trim 7 enables the transparent capture, search and management of all types of physical and electronic business information, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the upcoming SharePoint Server 2010.

“Businesses today are faced with managing an explosion of content 2.0 environments while trying to meet a wave of new regulations,” said Mounir Mahmoud, software director, HP Middle East.

“Our new HP Trim solution allows customers to benefit from a dynamic collaboration platform such as SharePoint with best practices records management and governance capabilities,” he added.

To help SharePoint Server customers, HP Trim provides two new modules: HP Trim Records Management for SharePoint and HP Trim Archiving for SharePoint.

HP Trim Archiving module helps customers reduce the risk of data loss when reclaiming storage and system resources from SharePoint Server. The module seamlessly archives specific list objects in SharePoint Server, or entire SharePoint Server sites to HP Trim.

This happens behind the scenes, and allows users to take entire SharePoint Server sites offline once projects are completed, while ensuring continued access to information.

“We’re pleased to see HP embracing and extending the SharePoint platform for their Trim offering,” said Tricia Bush, director, Microsoft SharePoint.

“For our joint customers, this provides a great opportunity to realize the value of their investment in both technology stacks,” she added.

“This shows the commitment of both companies to openness and interoperability in the content management arena.”

With the new HP Trim 7 web client interface and its highly configurable, off-the-shelf capabilities, customers can realize a faster deployment compared to other records management solutions – in weeks rather than months, the statement said.

In addition, the improved indexing and search capability allows customers to decrease the time spent searching for critical information as well as reduce response time for legal discovery, compliance requests and audits, according to the statement. – TradeArabia News Service