Preserving information in perpetuity

David Hill, Mesabi Group

Previous storage tips have discussed the need to preserve data for the long-term (a minimum of 10 to 15 years, but it's actually likely to be 50 to 100 years or more). A general solution does not yet exist, but there is a way to preserve carefully-selected and targeted documents for the long-term. Here's what you need to know about long-term retention of information.