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Kevin Craine

Kevin Craine is a professional writer, an internationally respected technology analyst, and an award-winning podcast producer. He was named the #1 Enterprise Content Management Influencer to follow on Twitter and has listeners and readers worldwide. Kevin creates strategic content for the web, marketing, social media, and more. He is the written voice for some of North America's leading brands and his interviews feature today's best thought leaders. His client list includes many well-known global leaders like IBM, Microsoft and Intel, along with a long list of individuals and start-ups from a wide variety of industries. Kevin's podcasts have been heard around the world, including the award-winning weekly business show "Everyday MBA". He is also the host and producer of "Bizcast"​ on C-Suite Radio and the producer behind podcasts for Epson, Canon, IBM and AIIM International, among others. Prior to starting Craine Communications Group, Kevin was Director of Document Services for Regence BlueCross BlueShield where he managed high volume document processing operations in Seattle, Portland and Salt Lake City. He also spent time at IKON as an Enterprise Content Management consultant working with national and major accounts. He was the founding editor of Document Strategy magazine. Kevin has also been, at one point or another, an adjunct university professor, a black belt martial artist, and a professional guitarist. Kevin holds an MBA in the Management of Science and Technology as well as a BA in Communications and Marketing.

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Collaboration

Are we so focused on input that we’ve overlooked the need to output information?

Prior to becoming involved with the content and information management industry, I spent several years in the high-volume printing industry. I was a mid-level executive for a large health insurance provider and was responsible for printing and mailing, pre-press and offset printing, and electronic book publishing across four states. And let me tell you, my teams concentrated on output. Tons of it. Twenty four hours a day, 365 days of the year. Imagine stacks of paper everywhere and truckloads of output being shipped and mailed nationwide.

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Cloud

Can Information Access and Control Co-Exist?

Today's businesses run in the cloud. Organizations are embracing a new way of working in a cloud-native environment that enables content to move effortlessly between teams, partners and customers. This is a powerful way to run the business without compromising on security, governance, and compliance.

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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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Content Services

Research: The State of the Content Services Industry

Recently, AIIM released an eBook titled, State of the Industry – Content Services that examines the current state of Content Services technologies and how user perceptions about them are changing. For this research study, we surveyed over 300 decision-makers from around the world about their focus on Content Services to answer these three core questions:

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Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Defining Intelligent Information Management

Recently AIIM released an industry watch report titled, The State of Information Management, Getting Ahead of the Digital Information Curve. In it, AIIM makes the case that every organization is on — or should be on — a Digital Transformation journey. At the heart of this transformation journey is the need to understand, anticipate and redefine internal and external customer experiences. This transformation depends on other important aspirations: business agility and innovation, operational excellence and automated compliance and information governance.

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AIIM Conference  |  Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AIIM Conference Preview: Absolute Intelligence - Taking the Artificial Out of AI

The AIIM Conference 2019 is only a short time away and information management professionals from around the world will converge in San Diego for three days of sessions, sharing and fun. But what can you expect this year? In this continuing series of AIIM19 session previews we get a taste of what’s to come. I spoke recently with Angela Watt about her session, co-hosted with Emily Speight, titled “Absolute Intelligence: Taking the Artificial out of AI,” and I asked her to briefly summarize the topics.

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AIIM Conference  |  Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AIIM Conference Preview: Bot Bootcamp - How to Manage Your Artificial Employees

There are some important sessions planned for The AIIM Conference this year. Topics range from artificial intelligence to business process automation and data analytics and beyond. But none will be more informative than a session planned by David Jacopille from Massachusetts Financial Services titled “Bot Bootcamp: How to Manage Your Artificial Employees.” I spoke recently with David and asked him to give us a preview of what to expect.

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