Collaborative tools such as blogs and wikis can create numerous benefits; improved knowledge-sharing, diminished need for meetings and email, and increased employee productivity. These tools can be set up in a matter of minutes, only increasing the rate at which departments are adopting them. SM2 will locate and monitor blogs and wikis running on your network.

Leaking proprietary and confidential information can damage an organization's competitive advantage and result in severe liability and loss of employee and stockholder confidence. SM2 will scan enterprise blogs and wikis to ensure that company sensitive information is not being shared with the wrong personel.

When communication lines are not monitored for compliance, individuals can post offensive language, inappropriate jokes, harassing comments, defamatory statements, or even threats. These types of communication can disrupt and vilify a work place leading to legal repercussions for individuals and the organization. Just as email and IM are monitored, your network's blogs and wikis should be monitored to ensure legal risks are not created.

With the updates to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in December of 2006, organizations must now record and index all electronic business communications. With employees of enterprises creating and using blogs and wikis for business purposes, it is essential for organizations to record these communications in the event of litigation and evidence discovery requests. Not only must organizations record these communications, but they must also organize them in a searchable format so that they can be easily discovered when an evidence request occurs.