Texas DIR Selects Smarsh

Smarsh, Inc., provider of hosted archiving and
compliance solutions for email and electronic communications, announced its
selection by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) as an approved
software vendor.

Smarsh helps government, public education and other public entities meet the
electronic message retention and e-discovery needs required for compliance with
the Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state open records laws, such
as the Texas Public Information Act.

The Texas DIR provides
statewide leadership and oversight for the management of government information
and communications technology. Smarsh services are available through the
Department’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Cooperative
Contract program, a streamlined cooperative purchasing program designed for
state, local and public education institutions across Texas, as well as public
entities from other states.

The Smarsh message
archiving platform
enables public sector organizations to:

• Extend electronic record keeping, e-discovery and data protection initiatives to
  include email, public social media platforms, Salesforce Chatter, instant
  messaging and mobile messaging.
• Support cloud (such as Office 365) or on-premise (such
  as Exchange or Groupwise) email hosting deployments.
• Realize cost savings on storage, data center management and
  infrastructure.
• Improve IT efficiency and minimize operating burden by giving records managers
  the tools to search and produce email and electronic messages in sec.

"The addition of Smarsh to the DIR-approved
vendor list provides public sector entities throughout Texas with convenient
access to our message archiving and compliance solutions," said
Stephen Marsh, CEO and founder of Smarsh. "Organizations can responsibly support the platforms they use to
communicate, leverage the cost and operational benefits of the cloud and be a
leading voice in today’s conversations about open government and transparency."