John Mancini over at the Conquer Information Chaos blog thinks so, and he can’t understand why it hasn’t become a priority in document management yet. Here’s an excerpt from his post:

In a nutshell, email is a microcosm of the DIGITAL LANDFILL that exists in most organizations….

We all have it.

For most of us, what we are doing is an ungodly mess.

We certainly have no shortage of evidence of the risks of mismanagement — just take a look at a newspaper.

Lack of a strategy is pushing storage costs higher and higher as the volume of information explodes.

Lack of a strategy is taking a productivity toll as organizations try to pretend they are collaborating by sending around endless volumes of attachments.

Digital landfill-that’s a great name for all the emails, files, and other assorted data that fills many an office PC or server! What’s in yours?