I Need an Analyst

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I attended the Gartner ITxpo in Orlando last week.  It was billed as the world’s most important gathering of CIO’s.  At the event, I attended the roll-out of the latest Magic Quadrant for ECM.  Gen... read more

More on SharePoint 2013 and Records Management

I recently posted about the Public Beta of SharePoint 2013, noting that some of the features had not been publically described, so they were still under NDA.  A couple of days later, Don Lueders, o... read more

The Public Beta of SharePoint 2013 and Records Management

Like many others in the ECM and RM ecosystem who write and speak and consult and build solutions, I have been trying to figure out how to think about the Public Beta of SharePoint 2013.  We have ha... read more

Is Traditional Records Management Dead?

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In my never-ending search for good blog topics, I came across a quote this week from John Mancini in an interview in Fierce Content Management:  “FCM: What happens to traditional records manage... read more

Notes from the Field 2012

I have been out in the field lately (apologies to Bryant for not posting more often) and this post is on what I have heard clients talking about lately.  Obviously, this sample isn’t a complete sam... read more

2012 - Ready or Not

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Today is the first day of 2012.  Like other pontificators, this is a good day for me to summarize 2011 and pronounce on 2012.  Here is some of what I saw in 2011 in the world of Content Management,... read more

DoD 5015.2 Certification and SharePoint 2010

We recently completed the records management certification of native SharePoint 2010 add-ons based on the DoD 5015.2 standard.  Here is the JITC page where all of the certified solutions are identi... read more

Religious Wars and SharePoint

Chris Riley tries to start a conflagration in his latest entry.  It got me thinking about my one of my favorite topics, religious wars and SharePoint.  What I mean is the instant pro and con argume... read more

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011

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I attended the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference this week.  This is relevant to the AIIM SharePoint Community because this is one of the best opportunities (in addition to the SharePoint Conf... read more

5 Myths about SharePoint Records Management

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Myth #1: It is too hard to implement “true” Records Management (RM) in SharePoint. Reality:  Microsoft made SharePoint more of a retention tool with an interface that is familiar to SharePoint ... read more

SharePoint 2010 for Records Management - Add-On Requirements and Capabilities that take it to the Enterprise

This post describes a set of additional requirements that extend the records management capabilities of SharePoint 2010 to be an enterprise solution that doesn't require a separate content manageme... read more

SharePoint Information Lifecycle Governance

This is the third part of an extended post on getting started with SharePoint 2010 for ECM and RM.  Part one dealt with understanding the problem from a Microsoft infrastructure and planning perspe... read more

Getting started with SharePoint for ECM and RM – Understanding the SharePoint Partner Ecosystem

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This is the second part of a three part blog post on getting started with SharePoint 2010 for ECM and RM.  Part one dealt with understanding the problem from a Microsoft infrastructure and planning... read more

Getting Started with SharePoint RM

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I am giving a presentation next month to a group of executives who asked, "How do we get started with SharePoint for ECM and RM? They get that SharePoint is winning if it hasn't already won. Whethe... read more

Hello World

AIIM asked me to relocate my Community blogging from the ERM Community to the SharePoint Community.  This was fine from my viewpoint, because my Gimmal colleague, Dr. Susan Cisco, has joined the ER... read more

AIIM EmTAG Comments on Current Enterprise Records Management Trends

Several members of AIIM's Emerging Technology Advisory Group (EmTAG) recently responded to a request to comment on the trends, issues and opportunities in Enterprise Records Management that they ha... read more

SharePoint 2010 RM Analysis

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I am perpetually in search of a good topic for “this week” and was intrigued by James Lappin’s post on the AIIM ERM Community Blog this week.  Lappin said he taking the time to “look at SharePoint ... read more

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

Microsoft held its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington DC this week.  While the market strength of SharePoint was evident, the event was focused on the full range of Microsoft products... read more

Mid-year RM Update

This post is meant to be a mid-year update to the issues that I have heard our clients and partners discussing in the first half of 2010: 1. Email RM – The retention and records management of em... read more

Wandering through ERM Conferences Lately

In the last six weeks, I have attended a number of fascinating ERM industry events.  The Managing Electronic Records (MER) Conference, EMC World, the ARMA Houston Spring Conference, and SharePoint ... read more

Hiring an Expert Consultant in the Multi-Repository World of ECM and RM in 2010

In an excellent post, Roger Poole, Global Head of Records Management for Barclays Capital, recommends several factors that should be taken into consideration when choosing an Electronic Document Ma... read more

External Blob Storage (EBS) and SharePoint Records Management

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What have we learned in our SharePoint projects where we made use of External Blob Storage, or EBS?  A great deal.  This is the technology that Microsoft introduced with SQL Server to take the stor... read more

Records Management at the 2010 AIIM Show

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Here is what I saw related to records management at the AIIM Show in Philadelphia: SharePoint 2010 was clearly in ascendance.  The ECM Suite competitors were either barely visible as ECM pl... read more

Records Management at the 2010 AIIM Show

Here is what I saw related to records management at the AIIM Show in Philadelphia: SharePoint 2010 was clearly in ascendance.  The ECM Suite competitors were either barely visible as ECM pl... read more

AIIM Show is Here!

I am getting close to 30 AIIM Shows I have attended. I probably missed 2 or 3 in the early 1980’s, but none since then. Even so, looking at the booth layout online, there are some things that stand... read more