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Lost and found

Data that outlives its company, and archives worth saving.

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Lost and found · Explainer

What happens to a company's data when it closes

The archive outlives the company. Code, drawings and records often sit untouched on servers long after the last day of trading.

19 October 2026 · 2 min read
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Lost and found · Explainer

Lost in time: how company and research data quietly disappears

Nobody deletes it on purpose. It simply stops being looked after, and one day it is gone.

19 October 2026 · 2 min read

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