Whit Andrews

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Whit Andrews
VP Distinguished Analyst
10 years at Gartner
14 years IT industry

Whit Andrews is a vice president and distinguished analyst in Gartner Research. Mr. Andrews covers information access technologies, including enterprise search, and maintains the information access technology Magic Quadrant with Rita Knox. He is also a significant contributor to e-discovery… .Read Full Bio

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Social Media:: E-discovery Concern as Polar Bears:: Penguin Issue

by Whit Andrews  |  July 2, 2009  |  2 Comments

The New York Law Journal has a workmanlike and comprehensive look at reasons to worry about social media (not a lot of leavening, but one would not necessarily expect it from this source — the tone is one of risk management, and that’s fair enough). The title, “Social Networking Presents Challenges,” is a little like headlining a story in the Penguin Times “Escaped Polar Bear Cause for Concern,” but, again, one wouldn’t necessarily look to a law journal for shrieking and hairpulling. We have examined the issues around social media ourselves, for the first time in 2007, and we’re in full agreement that social media bring with them fresh complexity. Nevertheless, we have enough advice so that I’ll link to a search instead of a particular note on social media policy.

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  • 1 valas   July 2, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    Polar bears don’t eat penguins. They are on a different pole.

  • 2 Whit Andrews   July 5, 2009 at 10:49 am

    And a good thing for them both.