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Keep your finger on the pulse of Intelligent Information Management with industry news, trends, and best practices.

Alan Pelz-Sharpe

Extensive experience in information & process management working with businesses and IT executives to analyse and define needs and priorities. Also advising technology vendors large and small to understand specific buyer patterns and goto market requirements. Over the years my clients have included FedEx, The Mayo Clinic, AstraZeneca, Shell & BP and public organisations including the Federal Reserve Board, Global Intelligence Agencies, State and National Governments.

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AIIM Community  |  AIIM Conference  |  Market Intelligence

Information Management in Brazil

I was in Brazil recently to keynote the Information Show in Sao Paulo. Traveling to and speaking at Information Management conferences is endlessly fascinating. One might think that, except for language and location, Brazilian information management professional would be similar to their counterparts in North America and Europe, and in some regards, they are, but the differences can be surprising. 

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)  |  Machine Learning

Fact or Fiction: The 3 Biggest Misconceptions About Artificial Intelligence

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to be a very powerful tool in information management, the topic is so wrapped up in hyperbole and confusion that it can be challenging to cut through all the noise, causing many to fear the complexity of AI.

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14 Steps to a Successful ECM Implementation

Making an ECM implementation successful requires planning and attention to detail. The best way to create the right solution is to identify organizational goals and priorities. Learn how to manage a successful implementation in our free guide.

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Cloud

Seeing through the Haze to Leverage the Power of the Cloud

If we were to believe everything we hear in the press, then all computing and data storage is moving to the cloud — and quickly! The reality, though, is more nuanced. Firstly, there is no singular cloud; instead, there are hundreds of clouds to choose from. Secondly, not everything is moving to the cloud, and even the stuff that is is moving slowly. The world of Information Management has been somewhat slow and reluctant to move to the cloud, and often with good reason.

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Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

RPA – Is It the Answer to Our Dreams of Easier Business Automation?

I’ve been involved in some way or another in the world of business process automation (BPM) for over twenty years. I was the author of AIIM’s first BPM training course back in 2006. I’m a big fan of the idea of reengineering business processes, but there is no getting away from the fact that BPM projects are complex and scary – they require buy-in from the top (which is always difficult) and are seldom inexpensive undertakings.

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Blockchain

Blockchain Unchained – Discovering Its Potential in Information Management

Blockchain is the hot topic of the IT industry – the explosive and rapid growth of BitCoin has taken the obscure technology of distributed ledgers into mainstream consciousness. But the question we want to ask is, “Does Blockchain have a role to play in Information Management? Does it have a role beyond cryptocurrencies?”

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)  |  Machine Learning

How to Make Machine Learning and AI Accessible and Useful

These days it feels almost impossible to have a conversation with anyone involved in the world of Information Management without bringing up machine learning and artificial intelligence. Everyone is talking about it; everyone has an opinion; everyone claims to be doing it— or at least thinking about doing it. AI is part of the popular zeitgeist, entering our lives in the form of autonomous vehicles on our roads, Alexa in our homes, and a burgeoning AI arms race between rival world powers. Yet despite all the talk, no one really seems to agree on what its real impact will be. In fact, everyone seems to have a different definition of what ‘it’ even is. There are those telling us it’s nothing new, and its potential is over-hyped, while others tell us that AI and Machine Learning will make us all redundant.

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