Why do you need a digital archiving and preservation solution?
Traditional storage approaches put long-term data at risk
A common misconception when archiving clinical data is that traditional storage solutions like Dropbox, SharePoint, OneDrive and backups provide sufficient levels of preservation...
They don’t.
Whilst these provide easy access via a central repository, they cannot guarantee the long-term usability, safeguarding and inspection readiness of that data and ultimately, these systems can put your data at risk. Software evolves. When storing data for decades, software and hardware both evolve and change. It’s therefore highly unlikely that a file created 25 years ago could be opened and read by a modern machine or device.
Ultimately, common storage approaches are not designed to archive and safeguard data for the long term.
- Live eClinical systems have not been built with archiving and preservation in mind and lack the features and capability to ensure compliance with regulatory retention requirements.
- CDs and hard drives have a limited lifespan with serious risk of data loss or corruption.
- File hosting sites such as Dropbox and OneDrive are designed as collaboration tools with almost no archiving and preservation capability.
What happens if you cannot find a file during an inspection due to data loss or corruption?
Or if a stakeholder needs to access a file and does not have the right software to open and read it?
Guaranteeing long term access and use of your eTMF and clinical data
A purpose built digital archiving and preservation solution provides the peace of mind that your data is inspection ready...forever.
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