Corporate compliance is always a hard job—but now that we’re in a global pandemic where laws, regulations, and organizational strategies are shifting daily, it’s become even more challenging. In our July 15 webinar, A Look Ahead—Perspectives on Compliance in Uncertain Times, Brad Harris, Hanzo’s Vice President of Product, led an extensive conversation about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and its persistent uncertainty, on maintaining corporate compliance. This blog post recaps some of the key highlights from that wide-ranging discussion. …

At Hanzo, we’ve been talking about Slack and other collaborative communication platforms for the last few years. These dynamic, channel-based applications allow colleagues to stay connected regardless of where or when they’re working. As such, tools like Slack were enjoying steady growth as they gained traction in the workplace as a replacement to email. …

Businesses have had to grapple with a whole new series of challenges in 2020. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, some have been required to close for weeks or months at a time. Others have found ways to reinvent their business models, switching to online ordering and curbside pickup or delivery. Office workers have by and large been sent home to work, which might have been a welcome change were it not accompanied by the widespread closure of schools and daycare centers. …

The coronavirus pandemic isn’t the only thing disrupting business in the U.S. in 2020. The recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, and countless other black Americans at the hands of the police have contributed to what the American Psychological Association has labeled a “racism pandemic.” “The impact of these repeated horrific incidents is inflicting trauma on the broader African American community,” leading to significant mental and physical health consequences, said Sandra L. Shullman, president of the APA.…

Hanzo is pleased to share the latest enhancements to Hanzo Hold, our purpose-built application for preserving and reviewing Slack collaboration content. Driven by strong customer input and insights, we’ve completed a comprehensive update to the user experience to support greater efficiency and ease of use.…

As the world embraces a more collaborative way of working and uses new applications like Slack to communicate with one another, there is a corollary impact on other areas of the business such as what are the differences between the Slack corporate export and Slack Discovery API?…

As the world embraces a more collaborative way of working and uses new applications like Slack to communicate with one another, there is a corollary impact on other areas of the business such as why legal is challenged to manage Slack data for ediscovery.…

As the world embraces a more collaborative way of working and uses new applications like Slack to communicate with one another, there is a corollary impact on other areas of the business such as how worried legal should be that Slack will be considered in scope for discovery requests.…

As the world embraces a more collaborative way of working and uses new applications like Slack to communicate with one another, there is a corollary impact on other areas of the business such as how does legal determine retention and deletion policies to effectively manage risk. …

As the world embraces a more collaborative way of working and uses new applications like Slack to communicate with one another, there is a corollary impact on other areas of the business such as how does a company meet its discovery obligations. …