Twitter and the World of Antiquing by Denise Clements Business Analyst

On Twitter, you can find me as DiscussAntiques. I'm an IT professional. I've been an Imaging Analyst, a programmer, and I am currently enjoying the business analyst role. However, I was born int... read more

Forgive me, Steve Jobs by John Mancini President for AIIM

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  OK, I will admit it. When I first read the reports about the iPAD in January, I thought, "Who would want a big iPhone?" I confess, Steve, that I just didn't get it This is despite,... read more

Pandora, ECM, and the New Frontier by Michele Kersey eDiscovery Program Manager

Best practices in records management teach us that lifecycle retention and disposition policies apply to content based on context, independent of the content medium. But I can’t help but have no... read more

Weather at AIIM 2010 -- Partly Cloudy by Russ Stalters Head, Information and Records Architecture

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For anyone who attended the 2010 AIIM expo + conference last week you had to wonder if this were really the “SharePoint Conference”. As I walked around the expo floor, besides the large SharePoi... read more

Communication, Process and Current Practises by Hanns Kohler-Kruner Research Director

During a recent project we did a spider web chart with a mixed group of IT and non-IT people. We did the exercise to try and find out what were the most important inhibitors to moving forwards. ... read more

Failure is not an option: Making Change Happen by Mary Lou Tierney Strategic Technologist

Napoleon Hill in his classic work, Think and Grow Rich, tells us we should burn all our ships. “Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources... read more

Progress at Different Paces by Timothy Elmore Director of Systems

When we first started a records management initiative 15 years ago, it was all about scanning account agreements and storing statements & green bar reports from our core processing system. Five ... read more

Kerosene and a Zippo: What else do you need for records management? by James Watson President and CEO

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How come the companies that keep everything forever always get in trouble, while the folks that retain very little get off easy? If this continues to hold true, why not aggressively – I mean VER... read more

Being an enterprise linchpin by Mark Drapeau Director of Innovative Social Engagement/US Public

Recently, I read the new business book by Seth Godin, Linchpin: Are you indispensible? which is a must-have for any modern person’s bookshelf.  The major premise of the book is that there are no... read more

Do Search and Tag Clouds Replace the Need for a Taxonomy by Alan Weintraub Principal Analyst for Forrester Research, Inc.

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There has been a lot of discussion in the industry concerning the need for a formal Taxonomy.  I guess I am a traditionalist and still see the need for a taxonomy.  A Taxonomy can address two as... read more