Backup restores data to a past point-in-time. Archive retrieves data based on search criteria. Companies archive for legal discovery and compliance. Backup lacks full search, intermediate versions, and metadata needed to properly support lawsuits and regulations. Curt recounts real disasters - from manual email restores costing over $1 million to losing a $2 billion case. Learn why backup fails at archive and how continuous archiving systems capture all data versions. Avoid regulatory non-compliance and expensive failed discovery by implementing the right archive technology from the start.