Latest Records Management News & Articles

It doesn't matter if your industry is highly regulated or not. The Electronic Records Management System (ERMS) implementation is a privilege, not a right. You mustn't take the opportunity for granted.

A sober response to a sensational post.

It all starts with a “discovery program framework” — which is just a glorified checklist. But it’s proven to be one heck of a useful checklist for those organizations who are addressing litigation readiness, compliance and e-Discovery.

Let’s start this admittedly provocative post with a question: Anybody out there actually doing records management in SharePoint?

Now that the holidays are over and the gifts budget is spent, does the world seem less burnished and a little darker? It shouldn’t, information professionals, because we know January is really the most wonderful time of the year.

The records retention schedule’s daily use is in decline. 

Last year Iron Mountain sold off its digital assets to Autonomy. Then Autonomy got gobbled up by HP and we thought that was that. But any fears that Iron Mountain exited the information management space can be put to rest by today’s announcement of its new records management product that works with SharePoint.

When was the last time a definition of records management left a person feeling inspired? August 24, 2012 just might be that time.

Alfresco announced its next generation Records Management 2.0 platform, and the updated system now fully integrates with Alfresco Enterprise 4 including more granular controls, mobile access and email features.

Working with many of the techniques of Digital Forensics, Digital Preservationists are moving to the forefront in many institutions, bridging the gap between archivists, technologists and records managers.

Forget Obamacare. There's something big happening in the healthcare industry, and it seems there is a silver lining to this cloud. Studies say that security, regulatory and privacy concerns might get in the way of cloud computing in the healthcare industry, although this sector is set to grow in the medium term. Cloud computing in healthcare is projected to grow to US$ 5.4 billion by 2017.

On your smartphone, you open an electronic expense report that is already pre-populated with your basic information. Then you photograph your receipts, which are automatically attached. That vision of reimbursement nirvana is one of the ways that iDatix foresees how its new mobile app will be used.

The Society of American Archivists (SAA) offered its “Managing Electronic Records in Archives & Special Collections” workshop in Seattle May 10-11th in support of its Digital Archives Specialist [DAS] certificate.

Createasphere is accepting submissions for its 3rd Annual DAMMY Awards, we're hosting the April DAM Tweet Jam tomorrow, we look at takeaways from OpenText Content Day and how Gannett plans to improve profits by leveraging its digital assets and North Plains acquires Xinet.

Bruce Miller has threatened for years to write a book amalgamating his decades of experience in electronic records management. This publication feels like a preview.

Jesse James Garrett quietly published the second edition of his requisite “The Elements of User Experience” last year, almost ten years after the first volume issued. Reading his book in light of today’s SharePoint governance plans is a fascinating hindsight exercise.

Last weekend, The New York Times ran an interesting article about big data’s impact on the world. If you didn’t already think big data was cool, you will after reading this article. We also look at recent product updates and the important role metadata plays in the government.

Product updates, a look at moving digital assets, how Brunswick Bowling and Billiards leverages Widen's DAM solution and how 50 Kaliber Films manages 20,000 video files.

Work for the government? If so, you have received a direct order from our commander-in-chief to get your records in order. Two weeks ago, President Obama gave federal agencies four months to come up with a plan to reform records management by moving to electronic records management systems. So what now?

CMSWire recently looked at why Google Docs is not Enterprise CMS. We did note at the time, that the on-going development of both native and 3rd party functionality was shifting its shape. The most recent of these additions brings certified records management functionality to Gmail and Google Docs.