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The ECM Toolkit

16 collections of articles and research to help you solve your information management challenges.

Purchase individually for $99 each, or buy Professional Membership ($125/annually) and receive the entire ECM Toolkit as a benefit of your membership. Four NEW collections published annually.


Accelerating Compliance--2008 Edition
Step-by-step guidance on how to take control and manage your unstructured content.


Topics covered:

  • Risk Management and Compliance
  • Compliance - A Perspective from the UK
  • Compliance and Email
  • Compliance Framework
  • The Compliance Struggle
  • EuroSOX - The European Version of SOX
  • Learning the Compliance Lesson
  • And More....

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    The ECM Primer--2008 Edition
    Understand the core ECM technologies and how they affect your organization's processes.


    Topics covered:

    • ECM Definitions
    • State of the ECM Industry - 2008
    • Capture
    • ERM System Developments
    • Introduction to XPS
    • Information Organization and Access
    • Security Standards
    • Email Management
    • Business Process Management
    • And More....
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    Capture 
    Understand and explore the area of content capture.


    Topics covered:

    • Distributed Capture
    • Scanning and Capture Technologies
    • Determining the Return On Investment for Capture
    • Planning Considerations for Image Capture--Technical Report:  ANSI/AIIM TR15-1997

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    Email Management--2008 edition
    Understand how to implement policies designed to ensure that the technology is used properly and that digital information is properly retained.


    Topics covered:

    • Email Management after the 2006 Amendments
    • Email Management Compliance
    • Channeling the Flood of Email
    • E-Discovery
    • Email Archiving
    • Proper Care and Retention of Emails

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    e-Discovery

    This collection provides guidance on the important decisions concerning archival, email management and retention as they relate to litigation issues.

    Topics Covered:

    • e-Discovery: Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)
    • The Prospects for Uniform e-Discovery Rules (Or Lack Thereof) Among the States
    • What's The Difference?
    • Email Management after the 2006 Amendments
    • Wherefore ROI?
    • FRCP: Discovery Obligations
    • New e-Discovery Rules: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
    • Staying Out of Court: Managing Email by Design
    • Retaining Websites
    • Records Management Goes Big Time
    • The Retention Game
    • Email Discovery: Tape Is Not Enough
    • Primer: Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
    • Industry Watch: Electronic Records Management: For Most, It's Still "Waiting for Godot"
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    Collaboration

    This collection includes resources and tips on how to foster a collaborative work environment by implementing collaboration tools.

    Topics Covered:

    • The Art of Working Together
    • Tracking Trends in Collaboration
    • Really Simple RSS
    • Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Collaboration
    • Is Your Office Ready for Office 2.0?
    • Electronic Collaboration and Records Management
    • Talking About My Collaboration
    • Sustaining Collaboration and Information Sharing
    • Fundamentals of Collaboration Systems
    • Secure Ad Hoc Collaboration
    • Let's Work Together
    • All Roads Lead to Collaboration
    • Something Wiki This Way Comes
    • Industry Watch: Electronic Communication Policies and Procedures
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    Web Content Management

    This toolkit provides tips for managing and publishing your organization's web content, and guidelines to the standards necessary for retention.

    Topics Covered:

    • Content Inventories and Content Delivery
    • Managing Content on the Web
    • Creating Personalized Content
    • Data, Data, Everywhere Data: Metadata Standards
    • Retaining Websites
    • From E-forms to Xforms
    • JSR170: Unlocking Enterprise Content
    • Single Source, Multi-Channel Publishing
    • The Business Case for WCM
    • Web Services
    • Enterprise Web Content Management: The Devil is in the Deployment
    • Web Content Management 101
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    Business Process Management

    This toolkit includes resources on how to implement BPM tools from design to execution to management while improving business processes.

    Topics Covered:

    • BPM: Business Process Management
    • Explaining BPM
    • BPM Implementation Pitfalls
    • People Improve Processes, Not BPM Tools
    • Mind the Gap
    • Stages for BPM Success
    • Business Process Management: Design Tools (Part 1)
    • Business Process Management: Execution (Part 2)
    • Business Process Management: Management Tools (Part 3)
    • Defining the Business Process for Workflow or BPM Engines
    • BPM & SOA
    • Empowering ECM with Rules-Driven BPM
    • Service Oriented Architecture and Business Processes
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    Compliance

    Receive guidance on the important decisions concerning the necessary resources for a compliance-ready business.

    Topics Covered:

    • Compliance in the Era of Service-Oriented Architecture
    • The Role of Business Rules Management in Ongoing Compliance Efforts
    • Compliance & Enterprise Content Management
    • Enterprise Compliance
    • Compliance: A Quick Look
    • Compliance: When Life Gives You Lemons
    • Compliant Emails
    • Learning the Compliance Lesson
    • The Reality of Regulatory Compliance
    • Building Compliant IT Systems
    • Compliance Crazy
    • Compliance and Standards
    • Memo to CIOs: Don't Forget the Business Case for Compliance
    • Compliance: It's Real, It's Relevant, and It's More Than Just Records
    • Gauging Your Records Audit Readiness
    • A Compliance Blueprint
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    Search/Information Organization and Access (IOA)

    This collection includes resources on how to implement policies and strategies designed to ensure that the right information is available when needed.

    Topics Covered:

    • Enterprise Search
    • Content Classification
    • Categorization and Clustering
    • Fact and Entity Extraction
    • Taxonomy Creation and Management
    • Information Presentation
    • Information Governance
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    Records Management

    The latest about records, retention efforts, and what mistakes you should try to avoid.

    Topics Covered:

    • The ABC's of Records Retention Schedule Development
    • Retaining Websites
    • Don't Forget the Paper
    • Five Golden Rules of Records Management
    • Records Management Mistakes to Avoid
    • Federated Records Management-Prototypes and Vendor Hype
    • Records Management Goes Big Time
    • Records Management: What to do About it Now
    • Instant Records
    • Enterprise Records Management Grows Up-and Becomes an Infrastructure
    • Records Management and IT: Bridging the Gap
    • Gauging Your Records Audit Readiness
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    Email Management

    Resources on how to implement policies designed to ensure that email is used properly and that digital information is properly retained.

    Topics Covered:

    • Email: Corporate Friend or Foe?
    • Email Discovery: Tape Is Not Enough
    • Email Retention: Time for a New Approach
    • Email Technology for Every Business Need
    • Managing Email — Overview of Issues
    • Create an Effective Electronic Messaging Policy
    • Are You Saving The Right Emails?
    • Storing and Managing Your Email Records
    • The Knowledge Within Email
    • Lifecycle Management of Email
    • Electronic Communications Policies and Procedures
    • Channeling the Flood of Email
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    Back-file Conversion

    Identify the important decisions concerning time, money, expertise, and risks that should be considered prior to initiating a conversion project.

    Topics Covered:

    • Are You In or Out?
    • Turning the Queen Mary, Parts 1, 2, and 3
    • Conversion for Customer Service
    • To Scan or Not To Scan?
    • Outsourcing — The Business-Critical Strategy
    • Document Back-file Conversion Project Guidelines
    • Imaging: 10 Keys to Success
    • A Taxing Problem
    • The On-Ramp to Effective Information Management
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    Industry Benchmarking Kit

    Compare your organization's experiences with those of other leading end-users.


    Topics Covered :
    • Current State of Information Management Compliance
    • Back to Basics: The Search for Efficiency and Compliance
    • Managing Email in the New Business Reality
    • Banking on Document Access
    • Anything Goes
    • Can I Get a Second Opinion ?
    • Distributed Document Delivery
    • Express Results
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    Regulatory Roadmap

    Help your organization stay out of trouble by staying up-to-date on the latest government regulations and requirements.




    Topics covered:

    • The Compliant Organization
    • Are you Saving the Right Emails
    • Create an Effective Electronic Messaging Policy
    • Who is Covered By HIPAA
    • DOD 5015.2: An Overview
    • Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Focus on Processes, Not Just Data
    • A New Privacy-Centric Business Imperative
    • Sign on the (Digital) Dotted Line
    • A Compliant Information Management Program
    • Enforcing Corporate Compliance
    • Protection and Security of Your Digital Content
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    Records Management for IT Professionals

    Apply sound records management practices and policies to your systems requirements.




    Topics covered:

    • Changes in Accountability
    • Enterprise Content Management: The Devil is in the Deployment
    • Specifying Requirements
    • Security in Motion
    • The New Scope of Business Continuity
    • From Threat to Opportunity
    • Storing and Managing Your Email Records
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    Taking The First Step

    Make informed purchase decisions based on your specific business needs, project goals, and technical requirements.


    Topics covered:

    • Planning for an Enterprise Content Management System
    • Developing RFP Guidelines For an Enterprise Content Management System
    • Processing Unstructured Documents: Challenges and Solutions
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