The AIIM Blog
Keep your finger on the pulse of Intelligent Information Management with industry news, trends, and best practices.
It seems like just a few years ago (oh, it was just years ago) that social technologies were viewed as some temporary aberration of college students. Kind of like keg stands or an ice luge (ask your kids). Well, wake up, social technologies have moved into the enterprise with a vengeance, and are beginning to transform organizational processes.
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According to IDC, the amount of information in the Digital Universe will grow by a factor of 44 between now and the end of the decade. Even more challenging, the number of containers or files will grow by a factor of 67. The subset of information that needs to be secured is growing almost twice as fast. And the amount of UNPROTECTED yet sensitive data is growing even faster.
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Business Process Management (BPM)
We've all done it. Admit it. Tearful confessions are the first step to forgiveness. And an appearance on Oprah. No, not sex, drugs, or rock-n-roll. I'm talking about pulling rank on the IT people, coming in with a great idea you thought of over the weekend, and convincing everybody to roll it out as quickly as possible. To push out that new "System of "Engagement" and damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
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We've all just about had it with monolithic proprietary systems that cost lots of money in purchase costs and annual service, require expensive customizations in order to get anything actually done, with frequent upgrades requiring additional consulting services just to do the upgrade, followed by yet more consulting services to port the previous customizations to the upgrade, and on and on and on.
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Big Data | Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
I've been thinking about the question of the relationship of content and unstructured information to the seemingly never-ending parade of articles about Big Data. There is a certain element to this thinking that frankly is opportunistic, finding me thinking, "Hey, if EVERYONE is going to talk about Big Data, I want a piece of that." But there is also the stubborn reality that unstructured information is the red-headed stepchild of the Big Data equation - and the source of so much untapped value and intelligence in organizations. And our community - users, solution providers, and consultants - knows something about this whole messy question of unstructured information.
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Certified Information Professional (CIP) | Cloud | Enterprise Content Management (ECM) | Mobile | Social Media
I’ve been thinking about this on and off for a while, and as a result, the post is a bit longer than normal. I would welcome your thoughts in the comments section. What do you think? What rings true? Where do you think I’m nuts?
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