By Melanie Turek, Sr. Vice President, Nemertes Research Inc
April 21, 2006

The news that Novell [NASDAQ: NOVL] will acquire privately held e-Security, Inc., spotlights the need enterprises have for automated compliance solutions. According to Nemertes’ benchmark, “Information Stewardship: Holistic Data Management in the Enterprise,” 86% of IT executives say compliance is a “vital” issue for them and their organizations, yet only 23% say their companies deploy technology specifically designed to help them in their compliance efforts.

The main reason companies don’t implement compliance tools? They’re not convinced the solutions exist to help them. IT executives want out-of-the-box applications that make it easy to define policy, track usage, manage reports, and meet auditing deadlines.

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