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As we start to think about #AIIM14, I thought I would ask a number of our sponsors a few identical questions and put them on a bit of a hot seat with regards to how they see the future -- and let attendees start thinking about your own questions to ask them in Orlando.  Here are the three questions I'll ask:

1. What are the three most important business problems related to Information Chaos facing YOUR customers?
2. What do you see as the three most important trends related to Information Chaos facing organizations over the next 18-24 months?  What will be different in our industry two years from now?
3. What are the three most important things attendees should know about your company?

Lubor Ptacek, Open Text's VP of Strategic Marketing, thinks that maximizing your ability to USE your content is the coming decades' key competitive differentiator.

As we start to think about #AIIM14, I thought I would ask a number of our sponsors a few identical questions and put them on a bit of a hot seat with regards to how they see the future -- and let attendees start thinking about your own questions to ask them in Orlando.  Here are the three questions I'll ask:

1. What are the three most important business problems related to Information Chaos facing YOUR customers?
2. What do you see as the three most important trends related to Information Chaos facing organizations over the next 18-24 months?  What will be different in our industry two years from now?
3. What are the three most important things attendees should know about your company?

Nishan DeSilva, Senior Director, Information Governance, Microsoft that "governance" and the "cloud" aren't not mutually exclusive.

As we start to think about #AIIM14, I thought I would ask a number of our sponsors a few identical questions and put them on a bit of a hot seat with regards to how they see the future -- and let attendees start thinking about your own questions to ask them in Orlando.  Here are the three questions I'll ask:

1. What are the three most important business problems related to Information Chaos facing YOUR customers?
2. What do you see as the three most important trends related to Information Chaos facing organizations over the next 18-24 months?  What will be different in our industry two years from now?
3. What are the three most important things attendees should know about your company?

We just released a new Trendscape report (the conclusions of our Executive Leadership Council) on mobile -- The New Mobile Reality: Forget About Apps, Get Mobile on Workflows.  Here's what is covered in the report (free downloads):

Action Plan:  How can you manage the RISK of growing volumes of content?

The following article in Information Age contains a good summary of some of my recent thoughts regarding the conflict between Information Opportunity and Information Chaos, and how dealing with the volume, variety and velocity of information is the central business challenge of the next 5 years.

As we start to think about #AIIM14, I thought I would ask a number of our sponsors a few identical questions and put them on a bit of a hot seat with regards to how they see the future -- and let attendees start thinking about your own questions to ask them in Orlando.  Here are the three questions I'll ask:

1. What are the three most important business problems related to Information Chaos facing YOUR customers?
2. What do you see as the three most important trends related to Information Chaos facing organizations over the next 18-24 months?  What will be different in our industry two years from now?
3. What are the three most important things attendees should know about your company?

Cengiz Satir, Program Director in IBM Enterprise Content Management, points to the value of maximizing the productivity and efficiency of your people. 

As we start to think about #AIIM14, I thought I would ask a number of our sponsors a few identical questions and put them on a bit of a hot seat with regards to how they see the future -- and let attendees start thinking about your own questions to ask them in Orlando.  Here are the three questions I'll ask:

1. What are the three most important business problems related to Information Chaos facing YOUR customers?
2. What do you see as the three most important trends related to Information Chaos facing organizations over the next 18-24 months?  What will be different in our industry two years from now?
3. What are the three most important things attendees should know about your company?

Ali Moinuddin, CMO of Workshare, discusses the increasing VALUE of information; along with increasing volume and velocity.

As we start to think about #AIIM14, I thought I would ask a number of our sponsors a few identical questions and put them on a bit of a hot seat with regards to how they see the future -- and let attendees start thinking about your own questions to ask them in Orlando.  Here are the three questions I'll ask:

1. What are the three most important business problems related to Information Chaos facing YOUR customers?
2. What do you see as the three most important trends related to Information Chaos facing organizations over the next 18-24 months?  What will be different in our industry two years from now?
3. What are the three most important things attendees should know about your company?

Mike Mahon is CEO of Zia Consulting.

As we start to think about #AIIM14, I thought I would ask a number of our sponsors a few identical questions and put them on a bit of a hot seat with regards to how they see the future -- and let attendees start thinking about your own questions to ask them in Orlando.  Here are the three questions I'll ask: