The Challenge - Should Records Management Be Centralized or De-centralized? by , for

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  We all know that, finally, organizations are going paperless.  A major effort ongoing in many departments as old paper records need to be scanned and stored is imaging and digita... read more

The Lasting Impact of Canadians in Records and Information Management by , for

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In honour of Canada Day today (and yes, "honour" is spelled with a "u"), I thought I would share the significant contribution Canadians have made to the information and recor... read more

Cut Paper, Cut Government Spending by , for

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In 1980, the United States passed a federal law called The Paperwork Reduction Act. This law was amended in 1995 recognizing the substantial increase in electronic information and additional req... read more

Information Valuation: Reinvention of Knowledge Management or is there more to it? by , for

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Recently, the term Information Valuation popped-up in various leading industry reports and in a few blogs, but the term is so new, there isn’t even a Wikipedia entry for it yet (as of June 11th, 20... read more

Practice Guide - How to make a consistent and lean ERM guide in the E2.0 world? by , for

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Some years ago we (4 authors) published a practitioners guide on ERM here in Switzerland, 2nd ed. came out 2 years ago. I am always getting questions from people who would like to get a new version... read more

Cool tools but do they fit? by , for

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iPad, iPhone, Android, surface technology, all of it is wonderful, mesmerizing the techie in many of us. The world of cool tools and gadgets of all types tends to take us into a dream world wher... read more

Information Governance and the Middle East – Taming the Risk! by , for

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We have Black Gold. We have Sovereign Wealth Funds. We are Rich. We also have regulations, some... Bahrain and Qatar have good financial regulations. Abu Dhabi has better health regulations.... read more

Bringing eDiscovery in-house is the way to go, but beware of the risks! by , for

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Bringing eDiscovery in-house is the way to go. At least, that is what recent surveys and analyst reports confirm. Reports from Gartner, IDC, The 451 Group, the eDiscoveryJournal (http://ediscoveryj... read more

The Fundamentals of a Successful Records and Information Management Strategy (Part 2) by , for

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Last week I talked about some of the opportunities and challenges inherent in the deployment of a records and information management program. This week I will share some tips for taking advantag... read more

Time to Fall in Love with Forms Again by , for

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People find them annoying at best and indecipherable at worst. Organizations use them for everything but hate to invest in them. And no one is exactly sure where the development art ends and the... read more