Smarsh, a provider of hosted solutions for archiving electronic communications, has added a new text messaging archiving platform to its suite of products. The mobile message capture and archiving solution, deployed at both the server and handset client level, is powered by technology from TextGuard, a provider of mobile device communication compliance solutions.

Mobile messaging content, like other forms of electronic communication, is subject to electronic discovery rules which require organizations to manage and produce electronically stored information in a timely and complete manner during litigation. Organizations in highly-regulated industries, such as government or financial services, are obligated to preserve communications and to produce these messages when necessary.