The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) intended to strengthen data protection is due to come into force in May 2018, yet new research from content management company Metalogix shows IT professionals in many countries aren't prepared for it. Among the top IT considerations for a cloud archiving solution, GDPR readiness ranked only fourth, named by 26 percent, behind security (79 percent), administrative control (50 percent), and service level agreements (44 percent). IT professionals in the DACH (Deutschland, Austria and Switzerland) region are three times as aware and concerned (77 percent) about the implications of the GDPR as other regions… [Continue Reading]