Backups and Archives, Oh My!

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This article was co-authored by Scott Murchison, SVP, Kaizen InfoSource. Most organizations today have confused the meanings of backups and archives. Backups initially began as a recovery mecha... read more

It’s in the Cloud. “What, Me Worry?”

This blog was co-authored by Norman Weiner, SVP Technology Services, Kaizen InfoSource. The “Cloud” and “Virtualization” have been driving forces behind the paradigm shift well underway for cre... read more

CIO, COO, CMO, CSO, CLO ... CxO --- Do titles really matter anymore?

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This blog was co-authored by Norman Weiner, SVP, Kaizen InfoSource LLC. Yes. Yes. And if there is any doubt to my position, Yes. Titles are more relevant and important than ever before. The man... read more

Connecting the Bits!

Connecting the bits or bytes with standards!  It is amazing to me that technology systems, applications, hardware – the tools – have had standards for years.  But until the last year and a half, th... read more

Mobile Madness, Part 2

This blog was co-authored by Scott Murchison, Vice President, RIM Services, Kaizen InfoSource.  In one of our past blogs, we talked about the advent of mobile devices for storing and communicating ... read more

Fox In The Hen House

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This article was co-authored by Norman Weiner, VP Technology Services, Kaizen InfoSource.  I hope you enjoy the read as well as take away the information offered. You work in a law firm and hav... read more

Imaging: Why Before What

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This article was co-authored by Scott Murchison, SVP Consulting Services for Kaizen InfoSource.  I hear from clients all the time that they’re rushing to begin imaging everything so they can lo... read more

Mobile Madness

For business, the use of mobile devices to do work is all but mandatory.  Whether the work is sales, manufacturing, marketing, finance or legal, work is being done via mobile devices.  People are r... read more

The Bottom Line Regarding Ownership

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This article was co-authored by Scott Murchison, SVP, Kaizen InfoSource LLC. I hear shock all the time from peers when I mention that anything they do for work on their personal equipment is su... read more

ECM Holiday Wishes and New Year Pledges

This article is co-authored by Norman Weiner, SVP, Technology Services, Kaizen InfoSource.  The holiday season is an opportunity to reflect on personal and professional accomplishments and chal... read more

Raiders of the Lost Artifact!

No this is not a science fiction story or an adventure story.  It is a blog about the lost artifact of a dictionary or glossary for data sets, data inventories or system information.  This lost art... read more

Laws of Information Management

This article was written primarily by my partner Scott Murchison, CRM, VP of RIM Services for Kaizen InfoSource.  There are more laws to be presented next week. Information management looks man... read more

$peed Bump$, Petabyte$, and a Bountiful Harve$t

This article was co-authored by Norman Weiner, SVP, Technology Services of Kaizen InfoSource.  “Align your service with the company’s strategic direction,” the mantra of the annual the budget p... read more

I’ve Heard That Before

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Have you heard the statement “I don’t have to care about retention anymore; I am going to store my data in the cloud”?  I have.  Statements like this one make me think of the blue sky filling up wi... read more

DM, RM, and ECM – What’s the Difference?

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This article was co-authored by Scott Murchison, SVP, Kaizen InfoSource LLC.  When searching for technology solutions to fit your needs, it helps to answer a few questions before beginning the ... read more

Personal and Business Data Co-Existing on One Smartphone, with Reduced Risk

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This article was co-authored by Norman Weiner, VP Technology Services, Kaizen InfoSource. The concept of having voicemail messages appear in your email inbox isn’t new.  In the ‘90’s Novell introdu... read more

A House without a Foundation

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Sounds silly, right?  Nobody I know who is worth their salt as a contractor or builder would build any structure without a foundation.  The foundation holds it up, keeps the structure from falling ... read more

Information Management’s 95% Rule

This blog was co-authored by Scott Murchison, VP Records Management Consulting Services, Kaizen InfoSource.    When faced with implementing an ECM solution, it’s important to remember The 9... read more

Good People Behaving Badly Part 2

Part 2 - Reality Time! Co-Authored by Norman Weiner, SVP, Technology - Kaizen InfoSource LLC Now, let’s try this scenario. Business Unit wants new software.  They do an end run around I... read more

Good People Behaving Badly

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This article was co-authored with Norman Weiner, SVP Technology, Kaizen InfoSource LLC. Business Unit perceives the need for a new technology to improve productivity and increase revenue.  The ... read more

Driving Towards ERM Solutions

With gas prices climbing higher and higher, and predictions saying that it will be $5 in the San Francisco Bay Area by this summer, I have become a strategic trip-taker.  I do not drive unnecessari... read more

A Confession

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I must confess, I recommended to a client this week that one of their departments need not scan their records.  Their paper records and the procedures they were following could not be improved by u... read more

End of 2010

Like most other folks, I won’t be blogging on Christmas Eve and probably not New Year’s Eve.  I am putting balance or family back into my life by attending parties, both holiday and birthday.  It s... read more

Simplicity Is a Lost Art

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Often processes and systems are developed or designed more complicated than is necessary.  The reasons for the complexity can vary, such as: 1) the developer was not given enough information, 2) pe... read more

The Ownership of SharePoint

The title of this blog sounds like a B-rated movie.  Did you immediately think, well Microsoft owns SharePoint?  That is not the ownership I was thinking about.  I had a conversation with an inform... read more

Standards and Measurements

What was your overriding find from the ARMA Conference?  Mine was that the information professional and vendor are both looking for a mechanism to measure the maturity and success of Records and In... read more

Social Networks – Are They Only Social?

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Social Networks are sure getting a lot of attention these days; and when I read about them in news or in trade journals, I am not surprised to see that the issues about social networks are varied. ... read more

Planning for the Future Means Knowing the Players

In less than two weeks the ARMA International Annual Conference will be held in San Francisco, California.  Along with a host of educational classes and social events to attend, the Conference will... read more

Where Has The Need for Quality Gone?

I know, I know – I am one of those bloggers who asks more questions than answers.  That’s because over the span of my career, I just don’t get it sometimes.  This is one of those times.  I keep see... read more

Managing Half the Picture

I know some of you will be shocked to learn that paper has not gone away as was predicted over 10 years ago.  Even the volume of paper has not decreased, but rather electronic information has incre... read more

What are You Using Your RRS for – Part 2?

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This is part 2 of my question to the community.  What are you using your RRS for?  I really don’t understand why organizations are in a hurry for a Records and Information Management Policy and Rec... read more

Are You Using Your Records Retention Schedule?

This blog is the first part of a series that asks the questions, raises some issues and maybe answers a few questions about the use of a Records Retention Schedule. When your senior management ... read more